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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
FOUNDATIONS
CRESCENDO : Alisa Weilerstein & Jonathan Biss m
HÅKONSHALLEN
DATE / TIME Friday 26 May at 19:30
DURATION 1:40 including interval
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Introduction ( in Norwegian ) by Magnus Andersson at 18:55
TICKET Standard : 400 Under 30 : 150 BT Fordel : 305
Festival Card : 30 % discount
Old friends in musical reunion .
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Jonathan Biss have been friends since their early twenties , yet have rarely had the opportunity to perform together .
As new mentors in the Crescendo programme at the 2017 Bergen International Festival they will have the chance to renew their friendship , and will perform with the young soloists and chamber musicians at several concerts .
In this evening ‘ s concert in Håkonshallen they perform two works by Schumann . Between these Alisa Weilerstein and Opus13 perform one of Boccherini ’ s most famous works , his Quintet in E major .
The concert closes with Norwegian violinist Guro Kleven Hagen joining Weilerstein and Biss for Beethoven ’ s ‘ Archduke ’ piano Trio , dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria , the youngest child of Leopold II , Holy Roman emperor .
Alisa Weilerstein cello Jonathan Biss piano Guro Kleven Hagen violin
Opus13 Sonoko Miriam Welde violin Edvard Erdal violin Michael Grolid viola Frida Tharaldsen Skaftun cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN ( 1810 – 1856 ) Five Pieces in Folk Style , op . 102 LUIGI BOCCHERINI ( 1743 – 1805 ) Quintet in E major , op . 11 , no . 5 , ROBERT SCHUMANN ( 1810 – 1856 ) Fantasy Pieces , op . 73 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( 1770 – 1827 ) Piano Trio in B flat major , ‘ Archduke ’, op . 97
Crescendo is a mentoring programme for young classical musicians and a joint venture between the Bergen International Festival , Barratt Due Institute of Music and Oslo Philharmonic . The project is supported by Trond Mohn , Bettina Ford Jebsen , Hans Peter Jebsen , The DNB Savings Bank Foundation , Dextra Musica and Talent Norway .
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