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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
FOUNDATIONS
CRESCENDO : Weilerstein , Biss & Young Soloists
Alisa Weilerstein cello Jonathan Biss piano
Guro Kleven Hagen violin Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad viola Kian Soltani cello m
HÅKONSHALLEN
DATE / TIME Wednesday 31 May at 19:30
DURATION 1:10 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
Crescendo musicians in a grand combination of master and apprentice .
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Jonathan Biss are Crescendo mentors in 2017 . At this concert the two Americans perform with young soloists Guro Kleven Hagen , Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad and Kian Soltani , who have all already become audience favourites at the Bergen International Festival . The mentors also perform with the string quartet Opus13 under the leadership of Sonoko Miriam Welde . All of these young musicians are participants in the ambitious mentoring programme , and as such make their mark on this year ’ s festival .
The repertoire on this occasion is a collection of late 19th century works ; Schoenberg ’ s dramatic Verklärte Nacht ( Transfigured Night ), alongside the unusual scoring of Arensky ’ s String Quartet for two cellos and closing with Dvořák ’ s Quintet , which has characteristics borrowed from Czech folk music .
Opus13 Sonoko Miriam Welde violin Edvard Erdal violin Michael Grolid viola Frida Tharaldsen Skaftun cello
ANTON ARENSKY ( 1861 – 1906 ) String Quartet no . 2 , op . 35 ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG ( 1874 – 1951 ) Verklärte Nacht ( Transfigured Night ) ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK ( 1841 – 1904 ) Piano Quintet no . 2 , op . 81
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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