FOUNDATIONS
BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
051
Andreas Scholl & Tamar Halperin m
HÅKONSHALLEN
DATE / TIME Tuesday 06 June at 20:30
DURATION 1:40 including interval
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Introduction ( in Norwegian ) by Annabel Guaita at 18:55
TICKET Standard : 420 Under 30 : 150 BT Fordel : 320
Festival Card : 30 % discount
Music from the twentieth century with countertenor Andreas Scholl and pianist Talmar Halperin .
‘ His voice quality is unquestionably masculine , astonishingly high , incredibly powerful , flexible and commanding ’, was the verdict of a reviewer on Amazon after hearing Andreas Scholl .
Audiences and reviewers alike have given this German singer the credit for creating massive renewed interest in countertenor repertoire practically single-handed . There can be no doubt that Andreas Scholl has a particular ability to enthral and captivate concert-goers worldwide . His two most recent visits to the Bergen International Festival were no exception , when he sang to capacity audiences in Håkonshallen and received rave reviews .
Andreas Scholl has released numerous awardwinning and best-selling solo albums , and is best known for his interpretations of baroque music from Purcell onwards . He has however
always been a devotee of new music and composed himself . In this concert he presents a programme of twentieth century music , accompanied by his wife and musical partner Tamar Halperin . The Israeli pianist and harpsichordist is a soloist and chamber musician with a repertoire from the renaissance to the current day .
Andreas Scholl countertenor Tamar Halperin piano
Works by AARON COPLAND ( 1900 – 1990 ), ALBAN BERG ( 1885 – 1935 ), ARI FRANKEL ( 1960 –), ARVO PÄRT ( 1935 –), BENJAMIN BRITTEN ( 1913 – 1976 ), JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH ( 1685 – 1750 ), JOSEPH TAWADROS ( 1983 –) AND RALPH VAUGHAN- WILLIAMS ( 1872 – 1958 )
Sponsored by DNV GL
WWW . FIB . NO / EN 051