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Sir András Schiff piano
The
Goldberg
Variations
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
Sonata no. 60 in C major, Hob. XVI:50
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op. 109
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Sonata no. 16 in C major, KV 545
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Sonata in C minor, D 958
Christian
Ihle Hadland
Sir András
Schiff
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H Å KON SH A L L E N
DAT E / T IME
Friday 27 May
at 19:30
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H Å KO N S H A L L E N
DAT E/ T I M E
Thursday 26 May
at 19:30
D U RAT IO N
1:15
OT H ER
Introduction in
Norwegian by
Annabel Guaita
at 18:55
T IC KET
Standard: 420
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
Great sonatas performed by one of
the most charismatic pianists of our
time.
Sir András Schiff was knighted by Queen
Elizabeth in 2014 for his services to music. One
of the most prominent characters in cla ssical
music, he tours worldwide, with the exception of
his native country Hungary, which he boycotts
in political protest, as ‘a great opponent of the
political situation there now.’
Sir András Schiff is equally uncompromising
in his music; he has two spare Steinway grand
pianos which he is willing to take on tour with
him in order to ensure the best possible conditions for concerts. Fortunately he is happy with
the new piano in Håkonshallen, on which he
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Soothing tones and a milestone in
western music.
will be the first to perform. He is known for his
distinctive playing style, precise and attentive
to the slightest detail in every note and chord,
resulting in performances that conjure up every
nuance in works by the great composers.
Sir András Schiff himself emphasises that all
music is in the last analysis merely a game to
bring out the man behind the music. ‘The audience … want to be swept off their feet – it’s
about a kind of controlled letting go. Risk taking
is part of it, and that requires courage,’ as he
told Ilona Oltuski in August 2015.
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DU RAT ION
1:00
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations
consist of an aria and thirty different variants
of it. The music provides the soloist with plenty
of scope for a variety of interpretations and
expressions, and Christian Ihle Hadland takes
advantage of this.
OT H E R
Introduction in
Norwegian by
Annabel Guaita
at 18:55
T IC K E T
Standard: 400
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
‘Three of the variations are in G minor, while the
rest are in G major, so Bach creates his contrasts
primarily through tempo and character. Every
third variation (3, 6, 9 and so on) is a canon in
which the theme is systematically repeated one
tone higher each time, and the last variation is
a quodlibet – several different melodies played
simultaneously. One of the tunes in it is familiar from a Norwegian children’s singing game,’
explains Christian.
Christian Ihle Hadland (1983–) is one of
Norway’s foremost pianists. After making his
debut at the Norwegian Opera in 2008 he was
acclaimed in Norwegian press as ‘a unique
musician who from an artistic point of view
can fill any concert stage in the world’. He has
performed in many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and at major festivals
and is now in great demand as a soloist and
chamber musician. He has been a regular guest
at the Bergen International Festival since 2004,
appearing in solo recitals and chamber music
concerts alike. In 2015 he performed with the
Danish String Quartet.
Christian Ihle Hadland piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
It is said that Bach wrote the music for Count
Kaiserling, who was chronically ill and suffered
from sleepless nights. Kaiserling commissioned
the piece to be played during his insomnia by his
personal musician, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg.
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