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BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2016
FR I CT I ON
Apparatjik text, music, stage design
Concha Buika text, music
Void stage design
Supported by the Oticon Foundation
F RICT ION
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Scandinavian
premiere
G RIE G H A L L E N
PE E R GY N TSA L E N
DAT E / T IME
Friday 27 May
at 21:00
DU RAT ION
2:15 including interval
OT H E R
Powaqqatsi – Life in
Transformation
Wednesday 25 May
at 18:45
Thursday 26 May
at 19:30
See page 82–83
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World
premiere
GRIEGH A LLE N
P EER GY N TSA L EN
A Conversation
with Philip Glass
Friday 27 May
at 16:30
at Litteraturhuset.
See page 99
Apparatjik
Standard: 360
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
with Buika and Void
D U RAT IO N
1:15
OT H ER
Standing room only
T IC KET
Standard: 290
Under 30: 150
Festival Card:
30 % discount
BT Fordel:
25 % discount
A tragic soul gains new life on the
Day of the Dead.
Julia Pastrana was born in Mexico in 1834 with
two extremely rare syndromes. One resulted
in a protruding jaw and the other, dense hair
growth over her whole body.
She was called “the ape woman” and performed
throughout Europe. After her death her embalmed body ended up in Norway as a fairground
attraction at Lunds Tivoli.
She was later preserved at the University of
Oslo until, after a long political battle her body
was buried in Catholic tradition in Mexico in
2012.
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His music is often pigeon-holed as minimalistic,
but Philip Glass prefers to describe it as ‘music
with repetitive structures’. He explains: ‘I had an
epiphany when I realised I could use rhythms as a
tool to create structure in music.’
T IC K E T
DAT E/ T I M E
Friday 03 May
at 21:00
PGE Retro:
The Day of the Dead is a colorful Mexican festival
that eases the spiritual passing of those who have
died. This festival is central when Apparatjik,
in collaboration with Void and Mexican artists
Laura Andersen Barbata and Concha Buika,
present a staged concert production to honor
Julia Pastrana both as an individual and an artist
Apparatjik is a multi-disciplinary and flexible
collaboration founded in 2008 by Jonas Bjerre
from Mew, Guy Berryman from Coldplay, Magne
Furuholmen from a-ha, and celebrated producer
Martin Terefe.
For this concert, Apparatjik is comprised of
Concha Buika, Jonas Bjerre, Magne Furuholmen,
Martin Terefe and Void.
#FE STSPILLEN E16
BT Fordel:
25 % discount
Philip Glass Ensemble
(1969–1983)
Glass’s work in the 1970s and 80s was not exclusively minimalistic however: it included operas –
Einstein on the Beach and Akhnaten – and the film
trilogy Quatsi with Godfrey Reggio. At the Bergen
International Festival concert the Philip Glass
Ensemble performs works from all of these periods.
One of the greatest composers of our
time presents selected works from an
illustrious career.
Philip Glass wrote music that no one wanted to
perform. It was described as minimalistic, without
reference to the historical traditions and frameworks followed by his European counterparts.
In 1966, after two years in Paris, Glass returned
to New York, where traditional orchestras and
theatres showed no interest in his music either.
Consequently he started the Philip Glass Ensemble
and gave concerts in various lofts and galleries.
‘We had to find our own places to perform our
music. To start with it was out of necessity, but as
time went on I started to appreciate it. I liked not
needing anyone’s permission to give a concert,’
says Philip Glass.
Philip Glass composition, keyboard
Michael Riesman musical direction, keyboard
Lisa Bielawa keyboards, voice
Dan Bora live sound mix
David Crowell soprano, alto and tenor saxophone
Jon Gibson flute, soprano saxophone
Ryan Kelly onstage audience engineer
Eleonor Sandresky keyboards
Andrew Sterman flute, piccolo, bass clarinet
Yousif Sheronick, Frank Cassara Guest
musicians, percussion
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