FRICTION
BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
081 m
Nordvegen
TICKETS ( PER CONCERT ) Standard : 390 Under 30 : 150 BT Fordel : 300
Festival Card : 30 % discount
LANGUAGE English / Norwegian / Norse without surtitles .
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Most Nordvegen concert are outdoors , please dress according to the weather .
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The crash of waves from the Norse era in an innovative major work .
The shipping route Nordvegen – the origin of the name Norway – was for three thousand years what connected Norway to the world and the world to Norway . Ivar Bjørnson ( Enslaved ) and Einar Selvik ( Wardruna ) take us on a spectacular journey along this route in a musical declaration of love to Norwegian coastal culture and Norse history .
In the concert series Nordvegen Bjørnson and Selvik further develop their successful performance Skuggsjá , which they composed for the bicentenary of the Norwegian constitution in 2014 . In each of the four ports of call the unique history of the place , from the Stone Age to the present day , is related in words and music . What can the local identity of these four communities along the west coast tell of greater national identity ? Instruments from our own era are combined with goat ’ s horn , lyre , tagel ( bowed ) harp and other apparatuses from Norway ’ s earliest musical history , and Norse traditions are forcefully , gently and wisely woven into the music of today . Each performance is distinctive , with local forces , local identities and different music .
The Nordvegen concerts create an acoustic and intimate basis for the grandiose commissioned work Hugsjá , which will receive its world premiere in Grieghallen on Wednesday 31 May ( p . 78 ). Bjørnson and Selvik have both won national and international awards for their music , including several Spellemann prizes , the Norwegian Grammy . Selvik is also a co-composer of the music for the television series Vikings .
Einar Selvik song , Kravik lyre , various historical instruments Ivar Bjørnson guitars , effects , song Iver Sandøy drums , percussion , song Silje Solberg Hardanger fiddle , song Håkon Vinje keyboard , song
In collaboration with Agderforskning , Bekkjarvik Eiendom AS , Bekkjarvik Gjestgiveri , Hotel Ullensvang , Lysverket , Moster Amfi , Oseana Kunst- og Kultursenter and Solstrand Hotel & Bad , supported by Regional Research Fund for Western Norway .
Supported by Hordaland County Council
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