Bergen International Festival 2015 English catalogue | Page 2
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Love
Enigmas
Love is a perpetually fascinating theme in the
world of art. The most enigmatic of our emotions,
it brings us joy when we experience it set to music,
recounted in literature or staged in the theatre, in
dance and in film. We enjoy it because art presents
us with mirror images of ourselves and of the most
important driving forces in our lives.
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OPEN BANK
ON 5-6 JUNE 2015
Like a whirling maelstrom love can embrace
us and suck us in and down into the undertow
with unforeseeable consequences. Love unites
high and low, selfishness and selflessness, selfaffirmation and self-denial, and carries us with
equal portions of blindness and ruthlessness
into the embrace of the waterfall, where its
throat opens and makes room for the rest.
Experience Bergen International Festival at
our branch at Torgallmenningen 2. There will
be activities and mini-concerts for children
and adults.
The journey into the unknown often goes
through water, which since time immemorial
has been an image of a boundary or transition
between life and death. The destiny of love
affects the mythical Orpheus, who sails to the
underworld to fetch his beloved Eurydiche. The
same destiny befalls Porgy, who goes to New
York to seek out his Bess.
Bring your family and friends and discover a
different kind of bank. DNB – Always open!
Free admission. Welcome!
Programme details will be published
on fib.no closer to the event.
On the evening that the Bergen International
Festival occupies the beautiful city of Bergen
clothed in spring colours, we open with
Gershwin’s classic Porgy & Bess, and after two
weeks packed with experiences we round off
with Monteverdi’s Orfeo.
Together with our collaborators we aim to
create a many-splendoured festival – in the
truest sense of the word – impacting the lives of
our audiences in unique and unmissable ways,
both in venues in the city centre, the composers’
homes and elsewhere in the region.
The Bergen International Festival is an event
in which artists from all over the world want
to participate, and they are attracted to the
playfulness, creativity and tantalizing energy
of the festival. The Bergen International Festival
is synonymous with a high level of energy and
a zest for life and art. Like an explorer, it is
unafraid, yet approachable at the same time.
The Bergen International Festival leaves its
mark on the city and its inhabitants, disturbing
their everyday schedules – bringing instead a
menu to pick from of dreams, adventures and
a space to breathe in new air and think new
thoughts.
Anders Beyer
Festival director
Twitter: @AndersBey
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