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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
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TORG- ALLMENNINGEN
DATE / TIME Thursday 25 May at 14:00
DURATION 1:00
Free admission
Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
The 90 members of Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra ( BFUng ) make their Bergen International Festival debut on the open-air stage in the city square Torgallmenningen .
The free concert opens with brilliant orchestral fireworks by Shostakovich , and continues with other popular works : Ravel ’ s hypnotic Bolero , Grieg ’ s Norwegian Dance , excerpts from Bizet ’ s Carmen ; the familiar tunes are lined up .
BFUng made its official debut in 2015 , the 250th anniversary of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra , and now gives several concerts a year . The new youth symphony orchestra , which originates from Ung Symfoni (‘ Young Symphony ’), is run by Musikkselskapet Harmonien in collaboration with the Grieg Academy at the University of Bergen , the University of Stavanger and the Barratt Due talent programme in Bergen .
Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Kjell Seim conductor
Ludvig Gudim violin
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH ( 1906 – 1975 ) Festival Overture , op . 96 EDVARD GRIEG ( 1843 – 1907 ) Norwegian Dance no . 1 , op . 35 GEIRR TVEITT ( 1908 – 1981 ) Excerpts from Hundrad Hardingtonar ( A Hundred Hardanger Tunes ), op . 151 CHARLES-CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS ( 1835 – 1921 ) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso , op . 28 GEORGES BIZET ( 1838 – 1875 ) Carmen , excerpts from Suites nos . 1 and 2 MAURICE RAVEL ( 1875 – 1937 ) Boléro
The young musicians , all aged from 15 to 25 , come from throughout western Norway ; the chief conductor is Kjell Seim .
Supported by The GC Rieber Funds
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