Bergen International Festival 2015 English catalogue

BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL FE STIVAL 2015 060 Drop In Concerts m m FOU N DAT I ON S FOU N DAT ION S B E RG E N IN T E RN AT ION A L F E ST IVA L 2 01 5 The Academy’s Selection at 12:00 & 15:00 60 GUNNAR SÆ VIG ’S H ALL* TH E GRI EG HAL L EN FOYE R *Free in Bergen Domkirke and Gunnar Sævig’s Hall DATE / TIME TICKE T * Thursday 28 May at 15:00 Full price: 100 Carion Dóra Seres flute Egils Upatnieks oboe Egīls Šēfers clarinet David M.A.P. Palmquist horn Niels Anders Vedsten Larsen bassoon The Grieg Academy – Department of Music, University of Bergen has the pleasure of welcoming you to a concert in which the Academy’s students, teachers and young talents present their activity on a larger scale. In collaboration with the Grieg Academy – Department of Music, University of Bergen. D U RAT IO N Tuesday 09 June 1:00 GYÖRGI LIGETI (1923–2006) Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet T IC KET * T H E GRIEG HA LLE N FOY ER Monday 01 June at 17:00 DAT E/ T I M E Tuesday 02 June at 17:00 Monday 01 June at 12:00 & 15:00 Wednesday 03 June at 12:00 & 15:00 Tuesday 02 June at 12:00 & 15:00 Thursday 04 June at 12:00 & 15:00 BE RGE N D O MKIRKE * Friday 05 June at 12:00 & 15:00 DATE / TIME Thursday 28 May at 12:00 Sunday 07 June at 12:00 & 15:00 Monday 08 June at 12:00 & 15:00 Young Talents of the Grieg Academy Ensemblekonsert: 1B1 Bergen DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975) Arr. David M.A.P. Palmquist SchauSPIEL Suite JACQUES IBERT (1890–1962) DAT E/T I ME Trois pièces brèves Saturday 06 June at 13:00 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Arr. David M.A.P. Palmquist Octet in E flat major, op. 103, arranged for Wind Quintet D U R AT I ON FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) 1:00 Arr. David M.A.P. Palmquist No. 6 from Grandes études de Paganini DATE / TI ME Saturday 30 May at 13:00 DURAT I ON 1:00 The Young Talents class of the Grieg Academy belongs to the national programme Young Musicians String students from the Grieg Academy, the University of Stavanger and the University of Agder, led by prof. Jan Bjøranger. m F LØ IE N FOL K ERE STAU RA N T Master class with Håvard Gimse m Tuesday 09 June at 19:30 Piano Concert DATE / TI ME R EKST EN SA M L I NG E N E DAT E/ T I M E Friday 29 & Saturday 30 May at 10:00 DU RAT IO N 4:00 At these masterclasses you can experience pianist Håvard Gimse working with selected Norwegian and foreign piano and chamber music students. Sunday 31 May at 14:00 TICKE T * Full price: 200 Under 30: 150 OT H ER OTH E R 060 Fast track in the funicular queue for concert ticket holders. Allow plenty of time even so! Return ticket with the funicular costs 85 NOK. 1:00 Full price: 100 Free admission to the Audun Hetland Festival exhibition ‘The Bergen International Festival through five decades’. Hear the result of two days of masterclasses with Håvard Gimse. DURATION *Festival card: 40 %–30 % discount TIC KET * 1:20 including interval OT H E R RE KSTEN SAML I N G EN E Free admission to the Audun Hetland Festival exhibition ‘The Bergen International Festival through five decades’. W W W.FIB.N O Carion DAT E / T IME DU RAT ION m 061 Master class and piano concert in association with the Jiří Hlinka Grand Piano Academy. T IC K E T * Full price: 210 Under 30: 150 *Festival card: 40 %–30 % discount Did you think classical musicians always sit still? In that case you have not come across the woodwind quartet Carion. The programme is classical, but the ensemble puts great emphasis on communicating directly with its audience – and one another. They leave sheet music and music stands in the rehearsal room, and move around on stage to elucidate the way the music is put together. 'We play, and we show what we play. Through choreography, positioning on the stage and movement we shed light on the connections beneath the structure of the music.' This is how clarinettist Egīls Šēfers describes the characteristic approach of the quintet. One reviewer at a Carion concert wrote that 'the eye practically becomes an organ of hearing'! The award-winning ensemble has also been a great success at the Roskilde Festival with the Danish electronica guru Bjørn Svin, and has performed with classical celebrities including the flautist Sir James Galway. At the Bergen International Festival they appear at Fløien Folkerestaurant at the upper station of the funicular railway, with a fantastic view of the city. 'Whatever we do, there is always have lots of fun and good energy on the stage,' says clarinettist Šēfers. The Fløibanen funicular in Bergen is one of Norway's best-known attractions. The lower station is in the heart of Bergen, a short walk from the fish market and the Bryggen wharf. The 5–8 minute journey to the upper station (320 m above sea level) is an experience in itself, and at the top you can enjoy fantastic views over Bergen. In association with Fløibanen A/S and Fløien Folkerestaurant Supported by the Oticon Foundation W W W.F IB.N O 061

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