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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
FOUNDATIONS
Finland 100
with Nordlyd Quartet , Lydia Hoen Tjore & Ingrid Andsnes m
TROLDHAUGEN TROLDSALEN
DATE / TIME Tuesday 30 May at 16:00
DURATION 1:00
TICKET Standard : 350 Under 30 : 150 BT Fordel : 265
Festival Card : 30 % discount
TRANSPORT Transport included in ticket , see page 54
A Finnish celebration from a Nordic quartet .
In 2017 it is 100 years since Finland gained its independence . This is celebrated by the newly formed Nordlyd Quartet with a tour of all the Nordic countries .
In Troldsalen they perform chamber music by the Finnish composers Jean Sibelius and this year ’ s Festival Composer and Artist in Residence Kaija Saariaho . They are joined in Sibelius ’ s romantic songs by Lydia Hoen Tjore , soprano , and Ingrid Andsnes , piano .
The quartet consists of four students from the Norwegian Academy of Music , and collaborates with Voksenåsen Summer Academy . The quartet ’ s name Nordlyd – Northern Sound – plays on the phenomenon of Nordlys – the Northern Lights , and reflects the origin of its members – Norway , Sweden and Finland .
The quartet explains : ‘ The Northern Lights are a symbol for all the Nordic countries , and represent the quartet ’ s desire to combine traditional and newly composed music from those countries .’
Kaija Saariaho ’ s work Terra Memoria will also be performed on Thursday 01 June by 1B1 Ensemble in a version for string orchestra .
Nordlyd Quartet Hugo Hilde violin Aliisa Neige Barrière violin Ester Forsberg viola Andreas Øhrn cello
Lydia Hoen Tjore soprano Ingrid Andsnes piano
JEAN SIBELIUS ( 1865 – 1957 ) Spring is flying , op . 13 , no . 4 The diamond on the March snow , op . 36 no . 6 The girl returned from meeting her lover , op . 37 no . 5 Black roses , op . 36 no . 1 Voces Intimae for string quartet , op . 56 KAIJA SAARIAHO ( 1952 –) Terra Memoria for String Quartet
Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation DNB – Dextra , the Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation , FINNO , the Norwegian-Finnish Cultural Foundation , the Sibelius Society of Norway
Sponsored by Atea
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