19. January – 12. February. Tuesday – Friday every week at 19.30 CEST at Bergenphilive.no.
Artists:
Lise Davidsen |Vilde Frang |Víkingur Ólafsson |Leif Ove Andsnes |Tine Thing Helseth | Ragnhild Hemsing | Sandra Lied Haga |Adam Walker | Nicolas Hodges |Edward Gardner | Pablo Heras-Casado | Jan Willem de Vriend | Juanjo Mena | Tabita Berglund | Edvard Grieg Kor| Per Hannevold | Ilze Klava | Christian Stene | Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra has the pleasure of inviting to a free streaming festival – Wintermezzo – on Bergenphilive.no. With great soloists and conductors, and a wonderful programme. Leif Ove Andsnes plays Mozart, Vilde Frang is soloist in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Tine Thing Helseth performs Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto and our Musician in Residence, Víkingur Ólafsson is soloist in Bjarnason’s Piano Concerto – Processions. And much more.
Music by:
Beethoven | Mozart | Bach | Schumann | Mendelssohn | Grieg | Halvorsen | Tveitt | Sibelius |Verdi | Hummel | Vaughan Williams | Brahms | Strauss | Stravinsky | Bartók | Tsjaikovskij | Rakhmaninov | Sevåg | Penderecki | Vasks | Ligeti | Kurtág | Glass | Steen-Andersen | Nielsen
Wintermezzo. Complete Programme:
Tuesday 19. January:
Edward Gardner, conductor
Edvard Grieg Kor
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Wednesday 20. January:
Edward Gardner, conductor
Edvard Grieg Kor
Vilde Frang, violin
György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Thursday 21. January LIVE STREAM
Edward Gardner, conductor
Per Hannevold, bassoon
Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in D «Basel»
Øystein Sevåg: European Memories, Bassoon Concerto (World Premiere)
Franz Schubert/Luciano Berio: Rendering
Friday 22. January:
Tabita Berglund, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano concerto No. 21 in C Major
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Tuesday 26. January:
Edward Gardner, conductor
Lise Davidsen, soprano
Jean Sibelius: Songs, Op. 36 and Op. 37*
Symphony No. 1
*Including world premiere of Kalevi Aho’s orchestration of «Lasse Liten»
Wednesday 27. January:
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Thursday 28. January: VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON RESIDENCY I LIVE STREAM
Edward Gardner, conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Philip Glass: Opening – arranged by Christian Badzura for piano and strings
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto No. 5 i f-minor for Piano and Strings BWV 1056
Johann Sebastian Bach: Adagio from Violin Sonata No. 5 in f-minor BWV 1018
– arranged by Víkingur Ólafsson for piano and strings (World Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 12 in c-minor for winds K 388/384a «Nachtmusik»
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in c-minor K 491
Friday 29. January: VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON RESIDENCY II
Edward Gardner, conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino, overture
Daniel Bjarnason: Processions, Piano Concerto (Norwegian premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Tuesday 2. February: VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON RESIDENCY III
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Melina Mandozzi, violin
Alexander Kagan, violin
Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen, cello
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin sonata No. 5 in f minor
Johannes Brahms: Cello sonata No. 1 in e minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Larghetto and Allegro in E flat Major for two pianos
J S Bach/György Kurtág: Chorales, for two pianos, selection
Béla Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1
Wednesday 3. February:
Edward Gardner, conductor
Ilze Klava, viola
Jean Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Pēteris Vasks: Viola Concerto (Norwegian Premiere)
Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste
Symphony No. 3
Thursday 4. February:
Jan-Willem de Vriend, conductor and presenter
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 32 in G Major
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1
Friday 5. February: VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON RESIDENCE IV LIVE STREAM
Edward Gardner, conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
György Ligeti: Melodien
Béla Bartók: Three Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District
Béla Bartók: Divertimento for strings
Edvard Grieg: Melodie, op. 47, No. 3
Igor Stravinsky: Four Norwegian Moods
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor
Tuesday 9. February:
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Christian Stene, clarinet
Sandra Lied Haga, cello
Ragnhild Hemsing, hardanger fiddle
Krzysztof Penderecki: Prelude for Solo Clarinet
Johan Halvorsen: Maskerade suite, selection
Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme (original version)
Geirr Tveitt: “Three Fjords”, Concerto No. 2 for Hardanger fiddle and Orchestra
Wednesday 10. February:
Stefan Kölsch
Leif Ove Andsnes
“How does music change the brain, and why does music keep the brain young?”
Neuroscientist Professor Stefan Kölsch in conversation with Leif Ove Andsnes about music and the brain.
Thursday 11. February:
Edward Gardner, conductor
Nicolas Hodges, piano
Stefan Kölsch, introduction
“What happens in our brain and our bodies when music surprises us”
Simon Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto, for Piano, Sampler, Orchestra and Video (Norwegian premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Friday 12. February: LIVE STREAM
Edward Gardner, conductor
Adam Walker, flute
Jean Sibelius: Tapiola
Carl Nielsen: Flute concerto Johannes
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
I love the Nordic region and I love its orchestras .
This Bergen celebration will keep Edward Gardner very busy in wide ranging repertoire but seemingly grounded in Sibelius. And why not? He gladly brings the great Finn’s music to London for our gratification and long may that continue,
But there are gems galore in this Feste and all for free, yes I love the Nordic region and am planning a Nordic celebration concert for our eventual exit from the awful
restrictions in place now.