Join us for a mesmerising evening where music weaves tales, and melodies bring stories to life. Welcome to the festival’s official opening, in which we present you some of the flavours of this year’s performances. Let yourself be immersed by a vibrant collection of songs, concertos and symphonic music, brought to you by the festival artists in the historical venue at Huset.
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Berit Norbakken, soprano
Solmund Nystabakk, lute
Sander Tingstad, violin
Alma Kraggerud, violin
Helga Diljá Jörundsdóttir, violin
Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cello
Arctic Philharmonic
Programme
Trad. Maze
Barbara Strozzi, selected works
Antonio Vivaldi, “Winter” from The Four Seasons
Georg Friedrich Händel, Giulio Cesare / Act3: «Piangero la Sorte Mia»
Antonio Vivaldi, Cessate, Omai Cessate, RV 684: “Ah Ch’infelice Sempre”
—intermission—
Joseph Haydn, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1st and 3rd movement
Peter Tchaikovsky, Nocturne op. 19
Sergej Prokofiev, excerpt from “Peter and the Wolf”
Geir Bøhren / Bent Åserud, Svalbardtemaet
