Program

Enjoy the full festival experience

15:30

Come and enjoy a shorter, yet intense afternoon concert. Feel our musicians’ passion in a programme without intermission.

19:30

In the evening we bring out the big guns! You can enjoy a grand concert with some of the great classical masterpieces.

22:15

…and when the Sun finally sets, we transform the hall. Come and experience specially selected musical works for the magical summer night.

For this summer’s program, we have tried to put together a wide variety of music from different eras by combining old classics and contemporary composers in an extended and adventurous combination of musicians.

We have been aiming for more diversity in the repertoire and found pieces that we know even ‘connoisseurs’ of classical music have never heard (of) before … but no need to worry! We still care for oldies but goodies and embrace the opportunity to lean back with something you might already know the flavour of. Hopefully, you’ll feel inspired to challenge your taste buds just a little!

Thursday, June 22

19:30 - Opening Concert

Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche

Gustav Piekut, piano; Rafael Kyrychenko, piano

Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 2, Op. 111

Anna Agafia, violin; Ludvig Gudim, violin; Njord Fossnes, viola; Nicholas Swensen, viola; Jonathan Swensen, cello

Francis Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata FP 184

Gerbrich Meijer, clarinet; Elias Holm, piano

César Franck: Piano Quintet

Michael Germer, violin; Bartosz Skibiński, violin; Njord Fossnes, viola; Theodor Lyngstad, cello; Rafael Kyrychenko, piano

22:15 - Voices of The Night

Solo act: Vocal group ilinx

Florence Price: Andante Cantabile (from string quartet No. 2)

Ludvig Gudim, violin; Anna Agafia, violin; Nicholas Swensen, viola; Theodor Lyngstad, cello

Matias Vestergård: ‘KRISER’ (World Premiere)

Freja Højland Høj, soprano; Vocal group ilinx; Annaroosa Lampela, trombone; Anna Agafia, violin; Bartosz Skibiński, violin; Ludvig Gudim, violin; Michael Germer, violin; Gustav Piekut, piano; Gustav Sønksen, conductor; Johan Klint Sandberg, stage director.

Friday, June 23

19:30 - Massive Minimalism

John Adams: China Gates

Gustav Piekut, piano

Valentin Silvestrov: Icon for String Quartet

Ludvig Gudim, violin; Michael Germer, violin; Njord Fossnes, viola; Theodor Lyngstad, cello

Presentation of Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

Matias Vestergård, composer

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

Bartosz Skibiński, violin; Theodor Lyngstad, cello; Freja Højland Høj, female voice; ilinx, female voices; Sophie Haagen, female voice; Gustav Piekut, piano; Oscar Micaelsson, piano; Elias Holm, piano; Lea Han, piano; Mathias Reumert Group: Alicja Krajewska, Jonathan Jakshøj, Kalle Hakosalo, Lorenzo Colombo, Mathias Friis Hansen, Mathias Reumert, Oliver Kragelund; Jonas Frølund, clarinet; Gerbrich Meijer, clarinet