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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
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World premiere
Hugsjá
GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN
DATE / TIME Wednesday 31 May at 20:00
DURATION 1:15
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION See also Nordvegen in Ullensvang , Bekkjarvik , Os and at Moster
TICKET Standard : 190 – 490 Under 30 : 150 BT Fordel : 150 – 370
Festival Card : 30 % discount
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DIALOGUES
Norske røtter
( Norwegian Roots )
BERGEN OFFENTLIGE BIBLIOTEK ( BERGEN PUBLIC LIBRARY )
DATE / TIME Tuesday 30 May at 17:00 – 18:00
A historical world premiere .
Indigenous and contemporary music are woven together in an imposing new work by Einar Selvik and Ivar Bjørnson , familiar from Wardruna and Enslaved respectively . Norse and Norwegian poetry , accompanied by instruments from the Stone Age up to the present day , resonate in us just as they would have done with our forebears .
The Norse word hugsjá means to remember – literally ‘ to see in the mind ’. Focused on ideas , traditions and instruments from our Norse past , the work recounts Norwegian history while drawing lines to the present . Devoid of religious and political agendas and without romanticising the past , Hugsjá gives us space to reflect on ourselves and Norway as a nation .
The commissioned work is a result of a series of concerts under the name Nordvegen (‘ the northern road ’, see p . 80 ), performed in four venues in the west of Norway . Bjørnson and Selvik have designed concerts inspired by local history for each of these places , and now combine the results into a major work in Grieghallen .
Afterparty : Hugsjá
The prize-winning composers and musicians perform on guitar , keyboards and Hardanger fiddle alongside historical instruments such as the Kravik lyre and goat ’ s horn in this development of Skuggsjå , which was created for the bicentenary of the Norwegian constitution in 2014 . The project was a great success both nationally and internationally , with the album Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik ’ s Skuggsjá ( 2016 ) reaching ninth place in the Billboard World Music charts .
Einar Selvik song , Kravik lyre , various historical instruments Ivar Bjørnson guitars , effects , song Iver Sandøy drums , percussion , song Silje Solberg Hardanger fiddle , song Håkon Vinje keyboard , song
Nico Benz , Showlab lighting Stein David Baastad sound
IVAR BJØRNSON ( 1977 –) / EINAR SELVIK ( 1979 –) Hugsjá World premiere
Supported by H . Westfal-Larsen og Hustru Anna Westfal-Larsens Allmennyttige Fond
LYSVERKET TÅRNSALEN
DATE / TIME Wednesday 31 May at 21:30
TICKET 290 Age limit : 20
Welcome to more Hugsjá in Tårnsalen after the concert in Grieghallen . You can look forward to musical contributions by Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik and to DJs Arne Sandvoll and Lindy Fay Helle from Waldruna . The bar is open , the mood is mellow and the opportunity to meet the artists is up for grabs .
Tickets include finger food and a welcome drink inspired by the historical theme of the evening , served by the Festival Restaurant Lysverket ( p . 11 ).
Produced by Lysverket
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