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BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2016
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T RO L D H AU G E N
GRIEG S VI LL A
Joachim Carr
T IC KET
Standard: 500
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
Brantelid plays
Bach’s Cello
Suites
Sandra
Lied Haga
OT H ER
Transport included
in ticket, see page 105
with Ole Christian Haagenrud
DATE / TIME
DURAT I ON
DAT E/T I ME
D U R AT I ON
Friday 27 May
at 22:30
1:00
Saturday 28 May
at 22:30
1:00
A special home concert with
Grieg’s Cello Sonata and
other favourites.
Grieg’s
villa
Experience
the atmosphere
in Edvard
Grieg’s living
room
Supported by Anders Sveaas’
Almennyttige Fond
‘Edvard Grieg’s Sonata for Cello is
one of my favourite pieces, and it is a
privilege to be able to play something
that beautiful in his own home,’ says
Sandra Lied Haga, who is praised
by her teacher, Truls Mørk, for her
powerful playing.
Its gripping melodic line and the
combination of deep melancholy and
frantic light-headedness have ensured that Grieg’s sonata has a special
place in the minds of many cellists.
Sandra Lied Haga wants to explore
the interpersonal aspect of Grieg’s
works, and has also chosen to
contrast it with Frédéric Chopin’s
Polonaise.
Haga and her partner for the evening, Ole Christian Haagenrud, have
both won many prizes at home and
abroad.
‘Schubert’s six Moments musicaux
constitute some of the most beautiful and most moving music for piano
ever written. Grieg’s own living room
is a highly appropriate intimate space
for it,’ says Joachim Carr, who also
plays Grieg’s masterpiece Ballade
in G minor and mazurkas by Chopin
and Adès.
The evening’s programme is thus full
of exciting contrasts.
‘Adès approaches tradition in a
fascinating and thought-provoking
way. He is one of few contemporary
composers to write idiomatically for
the piano,’ he continues.
Joachim Carr swept the board at the
2014 International Grieg competition,
and has since received further prestigious awards in France, Switzerland
and Norway.
DU RAT ION
Friday 03 June
at 22:30
1:00
Honest, bare and beautiful.
Bach strikes the deep notes in us.
Bach’s Suites for unaccompanied
Cello are cornerstones for any cellist.
They attempt to reach the core of the
music – to find their own Bach. The
sound of the cello moves most people.
Is this because it resembles the human
voice? Bach’s suites have a special ability to move, simultaneously calming
the mind and making the lifeblood boil.
Enjoy a soirée of the suites interpreted
by Andreas Brantelid and enhanced
by the intimate atmosphere of Edvard
Grieg’s own sitting room.
The Danish-Swedish cellist, who
made his debut at the age of fourteen with the Royal Danish Orchestra,
was the first Scandinavian to win
the Eurovision Young Musicians
Competition. In 2007 he won won the
International Paulo Cello Competition.
He has since then performed with the
foremost Scandinavian orchestras and
has appeared regularly at chamber
music festivals throughout Europe.
Joachim Carr piano
Sandra Lied Haga cello
Ole Christian Haagenrud piano
Sponsored by DNV GL
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Joachim Carr from Bergen
evinces great emotions in an
intimate format.
DAT E / T IME
Andreas Brantelid cello
Supported by the Oticon Foundation
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Sharon Bezaly
with Ihle Hadland
DAT E / T IME
DU RAT ION
Saturday 04 June
at 22:30
1:00
Golden notes captured by a
spring breeze
She has been referred to as God’s
gift to the flute; the flute she plays
is of pure gold.
Sharon Bezaly made her debut at
the age of fourteen with the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra, and ever
since reviewers have vied to surpass one another in superlatives.
Her numerous solo recordings
have also received coveted awards.
Sharon Bezaly is one of a handful
of international stars on the flute,
and as such has contributed to
the creatio n of new works for the
instrument.
to write for her, as she seems to
consider nothing impossible.
On this particular spring evening
we can hear excerpts from Solo III
for solo flute by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho alongside Grieg’s
Romances. Aho composed the work
specifically for Bezaly. The Israeli
flautist has lived in Stockholm with
her family for over fifteen years,
and has in that time developed a
special relationship to Nordic composers. Accompanying her on the
piano is Christian Ihle Hadland, who
considers Bezaly to be one of his
favourite musicians.
Sharon Bezaly flute
Christian Ihle Hadland piano
Supported by the Finnish-Norwegian
Cultural Institute
Bezaly’s performance has been likened to a life-affirming, redeeming
spring wind – reflecting her characteristic breathing technique and
her energy. She particularly enjoys
playing nineteenth century composers, but has premiered numerous
works. Composers find it enjoyable
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