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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
FOUNDATIONS
So Many Things Anne Sofie von Otter & Brooklyn Rider m
TROLDHAUGEN TROLDSALEN
So Many Things 1
DATE / TIME Sunday 28 May at 16:00
So Many Things 2
DATE / TIME Sunday 28 May at 18:00
DURATION 1:00
TICKETS ( PER CONCERT ) Standard : 400 Under 30 : 150 BT Fordel : 305
Festival Card : 30 % discount
TRANSPORT Transport included in ticket , see page 54 .
Pop and Classical with no dividing wall .
In her latest project the Swedish mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter joins forces with the groundbreaking string quartet Brooklyn Rider – an album with music by iconic artists from both classical and pop music . In this first of two concerts in Troldsalen you can listen to music by Philip Glass , John Adams and other composers , and the title track of So Many Things by Nico Muhly .
‘ So Many Things … so much fascinating and wonderful music out there to discover , to perform and to record . This disc is about music from our days : 1990s to 2015 . I am bringing two worlds together on So Many Things . In fact I don ’ t see them as two worlds at all , but just plain old good , interesting , attractive music that moves and inspires me ’, says Anne Sofie von Otter .
The Grammy-winning mezzo has previously demonstrated her great talent for juggling genres , as she did in collaborating with Elvis Costello and again two years ago in her Bergen International Festival performance of French chansons .
American Brooklyn Rider play with the energy level of young rock stars and have been dubbed ‘ the future of chamber music ’. The quartet celebrated its tenth anniversary last season with fifteen commissioned works , and consistently receives equally enthusiastic reviews from all quarters – classical , world music and rock .
Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation DNB – Dextra Musica and Anders Sveaas ’ Charitable Foundation
Sponsored by BI Norwegian Business School
Brooklyn Rider Johnny Gandelsman violin Colin Jacobsen violin Nicholas Cords viola Michael Nicolas cello
Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo soprano
So Many Things 1 Urfremføring
PHILIP GLASS Three excerpts from Bent CAROLINE SHAW Cant voi l ’ aube ( new commission ) COLIN JACOBSEN For Sixty Cents ( new commission ) JOHN ADAMS Am I in Your Light ( from Doctor Atomic , arr . Evan Ziporyn ) GLEN KOTCHE Ping Pong Fumble Thaw NICO MUHLY So Many Things COLIN JACOBSEN Exit
So Many Things 2
COLIN JACOBSEN Beloved , do not let me be discouraged BJÖRK Cover me ( arr . Erik Arvinder ) Hunter ( arr . Vince Mendoza ) COLIN JACOBSEN Heimlaus ( Homeless ) and Rekveen ( Rekve ' s Tune ), arranged Norwegian trad .) ANDERS HILLBORG Kväll ( Evening ) ELVIS COSTELLO Speak darkly my angel ( written for Anne Sofie von Otter , arr . Rob Mathes ) KATE BUSH Pi ( arr . Kyle Sanna )
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