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BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2015
FOU N DAT I ON S
FOU N DAT ION S
B E RG E N IN T E RN AT ION A L
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Borodin String Quartet
Ruben Aharonian violin
Sergey Lomovsky violin
Igor Naidin viola
Vladimir Balshin cello
H Å KO N SH A L L E N
DAT E/ T I M E
Sunday 31 May
at 19:30
D U RAT IO N
2:20 including
interval
ALEKSANDR BORODIN (1833–1887)
String Quartet no. 2 in D major
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
OT H ER
String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110
Introduction (in
Norwegian) by
Gunnar Danbolt
at 18:55
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
String Quartet no. 2 in F major, op. 22
T IC KET *
Full price: 420
Under 30: 150
*Festival card:
40 %–30 % discount
Les Arts
Florissants
The French vocal and instrumental
ensemble rounds off a tour lasting
several years with a concert of
Monteverdi madrigals at the Bergen
International Festival.
Over recent years Les Arts Florissants have
worked with Monteverdi's entire madrigal
collections under the leadership of its associate conductor, the tenor Paul Agnew. When
they visited the Bergen International Festival
in 2012, the local newspaper described their
performance with superlatives: 'the delivery
was animated and full of drama, and reached
all extremities of dynamic breadth. An exciting
ensemble with excellent communication skills
and a vibrant performance of the pop music of
four hundred years ago!'
In Håkonshallen eight singers and eleven instrumentalists will perform Madrigals of Love from
Monteverdi's eighth and last Book of madrigals.
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W W W.FIB.N O
Paul Agnew explains that the great Eighth Book
of Madrigals is really two books, one on war and
one on love. They are monumental in size, being
twice as long as any of his other madrigal books;
they are a monument to Monteverdi's long
career and a monument to the madrigal itself,
which many at the time viewed as an outdated
phenomenon, superseded by the operatic aria.
Today the book is considered to be at the forefront of the genre. Some of the pieces are written for music theatre, and Les Arts Florissants
perform them partially staged.
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew musical direction, tenor
Hannah Morrison soprano
Miriam Allan soprano
Lucile Richardot contralto
Stéphanie Leclercq contralto
Sean Clayton tenor
Cyril Costanzo bass
Antonio Abete bass
Supported by Institut français
Sponsored by DNV GL
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H Å KON SH A L L E N
DAT E / T IME
Tuesday 02 June
at 19:30
Borodin
String
Quartet
DU RAT ION
1:45 including
interval
OT H E R
Introduction in
Norwegian by Erling
Dahl jr. at 18:55
T IC K E T *
Full price: 400
Under 30: 150
*Festival card:
40 %–30 % discount
Russian masters in the programme
and on stage.
The legendary Borodin String Quartet was
founded in Moscow in 1945 by a group of music
students, acquiring a unique position in the
Soviet Union. The ensemble played at Stalin's
funeral, and Shostakovich always consulted
them when he wrote string quartets. During
the cold war the Borodin V'FWBv2