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B ERGEN
D O M KI RKE
DAT E/ T I M E
Tuesday 04 June
at 19:00
BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2019
FR I CT I ON
Arctic
Philharmonic
Sinfonietta
DU RAT IO N
1:00
TIC KET
Standard: 320
Senior: 288
Under 30: 190
​ he world’s most northern orchestral
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institution performs contemporary
music of the highest order.
FiB Fordel: 256
BT Fordel: 240
The Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra performs
in a variety of ensembles ranging from cham-
ber groups to full symphony orchestra. The
Bergen International Festival welcomes them
as a sinfonietta to perform music by Festival
Composer Unsuk Chin and the acclaimed Nor-
wegian composer-author Eivind Buene.
In Unsuk Chin’s Double Bind?, performed by
Peter Herresthal (violin), the composer focu-
ses on the ‘playful jumble’ that she finds in
the limits between the ‘real’ and the ‘artificial’,
between acoustic instruments and electro-
nics. Her third work in the concert, based on
the books The Neverending Story by Michael
Ende and Lewis Carroll’s Through the Loo-
king-Glass, expresses the emotions described
in the stories, ranging from bright to grotes-
que. The soprano soloist is American Sara
Herschkowitz, a daring, charming artist with
a flexible, beautiful voice and huge presence.
The Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra was nomi-
nated for the Spellemann award (the Norwegi-
an Grammy) in 2018 for its recording of Eivind
Buene’s Violin Concerto. In Bergen the work
will be performed in a new version for violin
solo and full sinfonietta, with Peter Herresthal
as the soloist.
Conducting the Arctic Philharmonic is its
American artistic director, Tim Weiss.
Arctic Philharmonic Sinfonietta
Tim Weiss conductor
Sara Hershkowitz soprano
Peter Herresthal violin
UNSUK CHIN (1961–)
Double Bind? for Solo Violin + Electronics
Akrostichon-Wortspiel (Acrostic Wordplay) : seven
scenes from fairy tales for Soprano and Ensemble
EIVIND BUENE (1973–)
Violin Concerto for Solo Violin and full Sinfonietta
In collaboration with Arctic Philharmonic ​
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