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B ER G EN I N T ER N AT I ON AL
FEST I VAL 2019
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Bergen Cathedral Choir
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BE R G E N
D OM K I R K E
(BERGEN
CATHE DR A L )
DATE / TI M E
Wednesday 29 May
at 19:30
D U R ATI ON
1:10
TICKET
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​ n a cappella evening with
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two world premieres.
Bergen Domkor (Bergen Cathedral
Choir) celebrates its 10th anniversary
in 2019 and will be presenting music
by three young Norwegian compos-
ers during the Festival.
From Martin Ødegaard (born 1983),
the choir has commissioned a new
a cappella mass which will be heard
for the first time during the Bergen
International Festival. The composer
is known to combine traditional folk
music with a modern sound image
and has a special ear for choral music
and for the voice as an instrument.
The second mass is composed by
Tord Kalvenes (born 1989) and began
as a Missa Brevis that he wrote during
his studies. The choir received much
audience praise for their performance
of this work and has now commis-
sioned two new movements. The
complete mass has been named Mis-
sa de Lumine and will be performed in
full for the first time at this concert.
Completing the programme is a work
by another young composer. Birgit
Djupedal (born 1994) from Bodø is
living in Reykjavík, where she com-
pleted her masters last spring. Sun-
niva-migrant begins with the legend
of the patron saint of Western Nor-
way, Saint Sunniva, and connects her
story with today’s refugees.
Bergen Catherdral Choir
Kjetil Almenning conductor
MARTIN ØDEGAARD (1983–)
Missa Convallo
World Premiere
TORD KALVENES (1989–)
Missa de Lumine
World Premiere
BIRGIT DJUPEDAL (1994–)
Sunniva-migrant
First performance in Scandinavia
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B ER G EN
D OMKI R KE
( B ER G EN
CAT HED R AL )
DAT E/T I ME
Sunday 02 June
at 11:00
D U R AT I ON
1:20
Free
admission
Sing with Bergen
Cathedral Choir
​ ingalong during worship at
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the Bergen Cathedral.
Do you have a mass singer in you?
Sunday 02 June you can join a
reinforced folk choir when Bergen
Domkor (Bergen Cathedral Choir)
takes the helm in a Missa Brevis
(Latin for ’short mass’) by Mozart.
The mass will be performed in the
Bergen Cathedral as part of the
worship service together with the
Bergen Cathedral Choir, a string
orchestra – and anyone who wants to
sing along. Prior to the service, there
will be a joint rehearsal at 10:00 in
the cathedral, but you can also arrive
just for the service and start singing
when the first movement, Kyrie,
begins. Sing with the voice you have!
Free music sheets are available at
www.fib.no/syngmed.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was only
12 years old when he wrote Missa
Brevis no. 1 in G major, and this is
the earliest of his masses that have
survived.
Bergen Catherdral Choir
Kjetil Almenning conductor
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791):
Missa Brevis No. 1 in G major, KV49​
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