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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
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TROLDHAUGEN TROLDSALEN
1B1 Ensemble with Sonoko Miriam Welde
DATE / TIME Thursday 01 June at 16:00
1B1 Ensemble
DATE / TIME Thursday 01 June at 18:00
DURATION 1:00
TICKETS ( PER CONCERT ) Standard : 350 Under 30 : 150 BT Fordel : 265
Festival Card : 30 % discount
TRANSPORT Transport included in ticket , see page 54
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Jan Bjøranger conductor Sonoko Miriam Welde violin
For the string players in the Stavangerbased ensemble 1B1 , the love of playing and passion for music always come first .
Since the ensemble ’ s inception in 2008 they have won a Spellemannpris ( the Norwegian Grammy Award ), entered the international music scene , and performed with great artists and composers including Arvo Pärt , Benjamin Schmid , Steve Reich and Lars Anders Tomter .
Artistic director and founder Jan Bjøranger claims that the ensemble works and thinks more like a rock band . The members play from memory , and communication and artistic expression trump perfectionism every time . This approach is audible : the ensemble has developed a tight , vibrant sound with a strong rhythmic drive .
The 1B1 Ensemble will play two concerts in Troldsalen . The first concert includes works by Britten , Tchaikovsky , Schnittke and Shostakovich , performed together with the young Bergen violinist Sonoko Miriam Welde , who has been admitted as a soloist into the prestigious mentoring programme Crescendo for 2018 .
Later in the evening , they perform their rendering of Kaija Saariaho ’ s Terra Memoria and Edvard Grieg ’ s Holberg Suite , the theme of their recording Holberg Variations , for which they received the 2014 Spellemannpris .
‘ This is how music should be performed and experienced today .’ – CELLIST CLEMENS HAGEN
1B1 Ensemble with Sonoko Miriam Welde
BENJAMIN BRITTEN ( 1913 – 1976 ) Prelude and Fugue , op . 29 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY ( 1840 – 1893 ) Souvenir d ’ un lieu cher , op . 42 ALFRED SCHNITTKE ( 1934 – 1998 ) Concerto Grosso nr . 1 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH ( 1906 – 1975 ) Chamber Symphony , op . 110
Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation DNB – Dextra Musica and Anders Sveaas ’ Charitable Foundation .
Sponsored by Statoil Heroes of Tomorrow
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EDVARD GRIEG ( 1843 – 1907 ) Two melodies , op . 53 1 . Norwegian 2 . The first meeting KAIJA SAARIAHO ( 1952 –) Terra Memoria ( string orchestra version ) EDVARD GRIEG ( 1843 – 1907 ) From Holberg ’ s Time , ‘ The Holberg Suite ’, op . 40
Supported by The Savings Bank Foundation DNB – Dextra Musica , Anders Sveaas ’ Charitable Foundation , FINNO , The Norwegian-Finnish Cultural Foundation and The Sibelius Society of Norway .
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