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The
Composers’
Homes
BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2016
FOU N DAT I ON S
TRO LDH AUGE N
TRO LDSALE N
T ROL DH AU G E N
T ROL DSA L E N
DATE / TIME
OT H E R
Saturday 28 May
at 19:00
Entrance to
the museum/
Grieg’s Villa and
transportation
included in the
ticket. See page
105 for details
DURATIO N
OTH E R
Entrance to
the museum/
Grieg’s Villa and
transportation
included in the
ticket. See page
105 for details
TICKE T
Standard: 270
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
BT Fordel:
25 % discount
Several young soloists are taking part in the
Bergen International Festival for the first
time, and in the spirit of Ole Bull there are
also instruments of world-class quality in
Bergen: Two Stradivarius instruments from
The Sveaas foundation are played by the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Norwegian
Concertmaster David Coucheron, and cellist
Andreas Brantelid. The latter can be heard
both in Håkonshallen and in the more intimate setting of Grieg’s villa. In addition, you
can meet Norwegian-British Charlie Siem at
Lysøen with a Guarneri del Gesù violin that
once belonged to Yehudi Menuhin; one of
the greatest violin virtuosos of the twentieth
century. The enchantingly combined sound of
this violin and Ole Bull’s own Guarneri can be
heard at Bull’s home.
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Concerts in the homes of composers
are influenced this year by a Norwegian
repertoire under the curatorship of
Peter Herresthal. Works by Grieg, Hall,
Sæverud, Bull, Skouen, Kvandal and
others lead towards the celebration
next year of the 100th anniversary of
the Norwegian Society of Composers.
FOU N DAT ION S
Louis Lortie
Irrespective of what he plays, ‘Lortie
has it all’ – the verdict of the Daily
Telegraph reviewer after a Louis Lortie
concert in Wigmore Hall in March 2015.
The French Canadian pianist has throughout a
long career concentrated on a repertoire ranging
from Mozart to Stravinsky, and has made over
thirty recordings to prove it. He is often praised for
his superb technique, but he himself is more concerned about playing from the heart. ‘Everybody
plays well now. What matters is the concept, the
mind and soul behind the playing’, he said in an
interview.
With a view over Nordås lake and Grieg’s composing hut, concerts in Troldsalen are a special experience. On this occasion you can hear Grieg’s only
Piano Sonata, which he wrote at the age of 22 –
contemplative, coloured by German romanticism,
inspired by his years of study in Leipzig. Louis
Lortie also plays Brahms’s third Piano Sonata. He
is convinced that Brahms’s music encompasses
echos from great composers before him, and is
interested in the inspiration he derived from contemporaries such as Schumann and Beethoven.
Louis Lortie piano
T IC K E T
Standard: 270
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
BT Fordel:
25 % discount
CRESCENDO
Christian Svarfvar &
Helge Kjekshus
DAT E / T IME
DU RAT ION
Sunday 29 May
at 18:00
1:00
Grieg’s ‘Norwegian Sonata’ in
European company.
In this concert the Swedish-Norwegian duo performs Grieg’s second Violin Sonata, often referred
to as the ‘Norwegian Sonata’. It was composed
during Grieg’s intense honeymoon in Oslo.
‘We have a long and close relationship to Grieg’s
sonata – it is pure inspiration and joy. For the
Bergen International Festival concert we have put
it alongside the sonata in which Schumann treats
his own schizophrenia – fragmentary, melodic,
virtuoso, intense and intimate all at the same
time. The immensely beautifu