25 MAY 8 JUNE 2011

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25 MAY 8 JUNE 2011

25 MAY 8 JUNE
2011
BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
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CONTENTS
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From the Festival Director/Opening ceremony
MUSIC iN Grieghallen
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Oedipus rex
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Farinelli - Les Talens Lyriques
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The Swedish
Chamber Orchestra
phantasm
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THE NORWEGIAN
trio mediæval
soloists’ CHOIR
with Tine Thing Helseth
kissin PLAYS liszt
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jaga jazzist and FRIENDS
CHAMBER MUSIC
giuseppe verdi:
THEATRE/DANCE
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andreas scholl
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messa da requiem
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EARLY MUSIC
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+- 0
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SOMEONE IS GOING TO COME
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DOLLs IN THE HOUSE
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GERPLA
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MANTA
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sharon eyal 2011
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THE WORD
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BEFORE SUNRISE
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THE THEATRE OF THE EAR
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cirkus cirkör
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beethoven’s
cello sonatAS
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khatia buniatishvili
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kopatchinskaja & say
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ihle hadland
PLAYS bach
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THE NORWEGIAN
SOLOIST PRIZE
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NORWEGIAN LANDINGS:
logen/lysøen
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NORWEGIAN LANDINGS:
siljustøl/VALESTRAND
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OTHER EVENTS
AT TROLDHAUGEN
The Flame of
Ole Bull
PERFORMANCE/
EXHIBITION
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ABOUT the flame of ole bull
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BE CAPTIVATED!
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kremerata baltica
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FESTIVAL EXHIBITION
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GALA CONCERT
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FAMILY CONCERT
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poltéra AND FRIENDS
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mozart/brahms
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brahms/schOEnberg
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nordiC SUMMER NIGHT
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MUSIC AS gps/mASTER CLASSES
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troldhaugen
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LYSØEN
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valestrand/siljustøl
TICKETS
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BUY TICKETS
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DISCOUNTS
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Thank you!
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T H E 5 9 th B E R G E N I N T E R N A T I O N A L F E S T I V A L 2 0 1 1
His majesty king Harald V
is the patron of the bergen international festival.
TRADITION AND
RENEWAL
OEDIPUS
REX
Bergen International Festival and DEN NYE OPERA PRESENT
Tradition and renewal are not contradictory concepts – they are mutually interdependent.
Without tradition we lose our collective memory and are left at a standstill. Without renewal we lose
direction and run around in circles. A lack of historical awareness can be as great an obstacle to the
arts as a lack of will to change.
Performances related to tradition are central features of this year’s festival programme. The Swiss
director Christoph Marthaler went to Greenland to experience Inuit traditions. The broad range of Ole
Bull’s work and his great importance to his contemporaries and to history have inspired us to create a
new festival in the festival, which we have called The Flame of Ole Bull.
There has been a noticeable tendency in recent years for the theatre to look to music – and vice versa.
Musicians and composers are to a growing extent attracted to the theatre. Igor Stravinsky found in
the story of King Oedipus a framework to enhance the strength and clarity of his music. In the concert
series The Theatre of the Ear Henrik Hellstenius examines how stage elements can support and extend
the message of the music.
We have intentionally given high priority to new productions. We want the Bergen International
Festival to make its mark and to be an active contributor to the international festival landscape.
I hope our programme will awaken both recognition and curiosity, so that you will want to join us in a
journey of discovery into the past, the present and the future.
ILLUSTRATION: GUNNLAUG MOEN
GRIEGHALLEN
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WEDNESDAY 25 MAY
| 19.30
| Duration approx. 1 hour
Tickets 500 / 450 / 400 / 200 (cat. 1–4) | Students 150 | Children 120
FRIDAY 27 MAY
| 19.30
| Duration approx. 1 hour
Tickets 460 / 410 / 360 / 180 (cat. 1–4) | Students 150 | Children 120
Buy the Festival Card and get a 30 % discount.
p e r b oy e h a n s e n
F ES T IVAL DIRE C T O R
OPENING CEREMONY
Torgallmenningen – the city square
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WEDNESDAY 25 MAY
| 12.30
Duration approx. 1 hour | FREE ENTRANCE
The 59th Bergen International Festival opens with a large scale event in the city square. Come and enjoy performances from
Festival artists, speeches and surprises. The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is also on stage.
Welcome to all!
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The story of Oedipus, who unaware kills his own
father and marries his mother, is the tragedy above
all tragedies – a classical drama that has cast light
and shadow on over two thousand years of European cultural history.
Igor Stravinsky’s monumental, clean-cut opera
from 1927 is a powerful portrayal of the classical
tragedy, and has remained a musical icon of the
twentieth century.
Eirik Stubø, former theatre director of Rogaland
Theatre and the National Theatre (Oslo), makes
his debut as an operatic director with this Bergen
International Festival performance. Jon Fosse has
translated parts of Jean Cocteau’s original libretto.
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971) Oedipus Rex
BALDUR BRÖNNIMANN conductor
EIRIK STUBØ DIRECTOR
KARI GRAVKLEV SET AND COSTUME DESIGN
ELLEN RUGE LIGHTING DESIGN
HÅKON MATTI SKREDE CHOIRMASTER
ANDREAS CONRAD Oedipus
TUIJA KNIHTILÄ JOCASTA
MARCUS JUPITHER Creon
CARSTEN STABELL Tiresias
HELGE RØNNING SHEPHERD
THORBJØRN GULBRANDSØY MESSENGER
BERGEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
KORVEST WITH GUESTS
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MUSIKK
MUSIC
INI GRIEGHALLEN
FARINELLI
LES TALENS LYRIQUES
THE SWEDISH
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
with tine thing helseth
PHOTO: Cinéart Agence Artistique
GRIEGHALLEN
PHOTO: SIMAX
| THURSDAY 26 MAY | 19.30
GRIEGHALLEN
Duration approx. 2 hours (with interval)
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SATURDAY 28 MAY
| 19.30
Duration approx. 1 h 45 min (with interval)
Tickets 460 / 410 / 360 / 180 (cat. 1–4) | Students/Children 150 |
Tickets 460 / 410 / 360 / 180 (cat. 1–4) | Students/Children 150 | Buy the Festival Card and get a 30 % discount.
CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET conductor, cembalo | LES TALENS LYRIQUES |
ANN HALLENBERG mezzo-sopranO
ANDREW MANZE conductor | THE SWEDISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA |
TINE THING HELSETH trUmpet
WORKS BY Riccardo BROSCHI (1698–1756) � Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782) � Nicola
PORPORA (1686–1768) � Geminiano GIACOMELLI (ca. 1692–1740) � Leonardo LEO (1694–1744)
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714–1788) SymPHonY no 3 iN f MAJOR, Wq. 1883/3 � ARVO PÄRT (B. 1935) Concerto
piccolo über b-a-c-h for solo trumpet, strings and one keyboard player � IGOR STRAVINSKIJ (1882–1971)
Concerto iN E FLAT MAJOR, «Dumbarton Oaks» � JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) Ricercar BWV 1079:3
SonatA ROM THE MUSICAL OFFERING BWV 1079, BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO 2 IN F MAJOR, BWV 1047
THE FILM FARINELLI about the famous castrato
singer of the same name, caught the imagination
of wide audiences in the mid 1990s, and the core
repertoire of the castrati blossomed anew.
Just how castrato singers sounded is something
we know little about, but when the Bergen International Festival is visited by the ensemble behind
the film soundtrack, the principal part is played by
the Swedish mezzo soprano Ann Hallenberg. She
has received superb reviews for her consummate
technique and dynamic stage presence.
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The baroque ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, currently celebrating its twentieth anniversary, is renowned for its technical skill combined with historical performance practice, under the leadership
of Christophe Rousset, one of Europe’s foremost
experts on eighteenth century music.
BOTH THE conductor Andrew Manze and the
Swedish Chamber Orchestra are recognized for
finding new perspectives on music. Along with
Tine Thing Helseth, who makes her Carnegie Hall
debut this season, they come to the Bergen International Festival with a programme centred on Johann Sebastian Bach.
The master himself is represented with The Musical Offering. King Fredrik II of Prussia, himself a
musician, gave Bach the theme of the work, intentionally making it a difficult theme to improvise
upon. Bach impressed all present with a three-part
fugue, returning later with a complete score.
We also hear one of the orchestral symphonies of
his second son, CPE Bach. In Concerto Piccolo über
B-A-C-H it is the contemporary composer Arvo
Pärt who takes his inspiration from the renowned
family, while Stravinsky was inspired by Bach’s
Brandenburg Concertos to write Dumbarton Oaks.
And the entire concert is rounded off with one of
Bach’s own Brandenburg Concertos. 7
MUSIKK
MUSIC
INI GRIEGHALLEN
KISSIN
PHOTO: SHEILA ROCK
GRIEGHALLEN
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TUESDAY 31 MAY
Tickets 460 / 410 / 360 / 180 (cat. 1–4) |
PLAYS
Liszt
| 19.30
| Duration approx. 2 h (with interval)
Students/Children 150
JAGA
JAZZIST
AND FRIENDS
PHOTO: ROBIN OTTERSEN
GRIEGHALLEN
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THURSDAY 2 JUNE
Tickets 410 / 360 / 310 / 180 (cat. 1–4) |
| 19.30
| Duration approx. 1 h 30 mins
EVGENY KISSIN piano
MATHIAS EICK TRUMPET, DOUBLE BASS, KEYBOARD, VIBRAPHONE MARCUS FORSGREN GUITAR,
EFFECTS EVEN ORMESTAD bass, keyboard ANDREAS MJØS VIBRAPHONE, GUITAR, DRUMS,
ELECTRONICS LINE HORNTVETH tuba, PERCUSSION MARTIN HORNTVETH DRUMS, DRUM MACHINES
LARS HORNTVETH TENOR SAX, BASS CLARINET, GUITAR, KEYBOARD ØYSTEIN MOEN keyboard
ERIK JOHANNESSEN trombone, PERCUSSION
FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) Ricordanza IN A FLAT MAJOR «Études d’exécution transcendante» S. 139:9 �
SonatA IN B MINOR S. 178 � Funerailles, «POETIC AND RELIGIOUS HARMONIES» S. 154:7 � OBERMANN’S VALLEY
«Years of Pilgrimage, First Year: Switzerland» S. 160:6 � Venice and Naples, «Years of Pilgrimage,
Supplement to Second Year: Italy» S. 162
the russian pianist evgeny kissin has already at
an early age achieved a reputation which draws capacity crowds at his solo recitals worldwide. Born
in 1971, he made his debut at the age of twelve.
From a child prodigy he has developed technical
prowess and a personal depth of expression that
has made him into a controversial but highly respected performer.
On his one previous appearance in Norway, a
national newspaper described his performance as
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displaying ’great beauty, at times white hot with
intensity’.
His programme in Bergen is designed to showcase the distinctive personal style of Liszt, the great virtuoso pianist of the nineteenth century. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s
birth in 2011, Kissin’s recital programme is
amongst the most coveted at major venues in Europe, Asia and the USA.
Jaga Jazzist CONSISTS of musicians who have
made a considerable impression on Norwegian
and international musical circles over the last decade, both in ensemble and as contributors to numerous other projects in jazz, pop, rock and electronica. Jaga is to be found in all of these genres.
The musical versatility of the band was driven
home last year when the album One-armed Bandit was released. The sources of inspiration for the
recording ranged from Fela Kuti through Zappa to
Wagner.
Presented in collaboration with Nattjazz
Jaga Jazzist has a constantly expanding international following. A new world tour awaits in 2011.
The Bergen International Festival is their first port
of call in the Nordic countries, and they bring with
them several international artists and musicians.
The guest list will be published in the course of the
spring. This is the first time since the 1990s that
the band has included guest musicians in one of its
concerts.
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MUSIC IN GRIEGHALLEN
THEATRE/DANCE
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MESSA DA REQUIEM
PHOTO: Steve J Sherman
GRIEGHALLEN
| TUESDAY 7 JUNE
WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE
| 18.00
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| 19.30
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Duration approx. 1 h 30 min
ANDREW LITTON CONDUCTOR | VIRGINIA TOLA soprano | ANITA RACHVELISHVILI mezzo-soprano
PAVEL CERNOCH tenor | GEORG ZEPPENFELD bass | BERGEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
HÅKON MATTI SKREDE choirmaster | BERGEN PHILHARMONIC CHOIR | ÅLESUND CHAMBER CHOIR
COLLEGIÛM MÛSICÛM’s CHOIR
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901) Messa da Requiem
The final performance of the 2011 Bergen International Festival is Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem,
composed in 1874. This musical icon is a monumental work depicting heaven and hell, darkness
and light, yet at the same time it portrays an intimate encounter with the complex emotions which
arise at the loss of a loved one. The entire gamut
of human emotion – anger, grief, the search for
meaning, the all-important and the fragile – is presented by a team of first-rate soloists and two of
the city’s best choirs.
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Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra has roots going
back to 1765, making it one of the oldest orchestras
in the world. The American conductor Andrew
Litton has been the orchestra’s music director
since 2003. In recent seasons, in addition to regular concerts at home, the orchestra has toured major European concert venues and received critical
acclaim internationally for its recordings.
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DEN NATIONALE SCENE STORE SCENE | SATURDAY 4 JUNE–TUESDAY 7 JUNE | 19.00
Duration approx. 3 hours (with interval) | Norwegian and English surtitles
Tickets 440 / 390 / 180 (cat. 1–3) |
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CHRISTOPH MARTHALER DIRECTOR | ANNA VIEBROCK scenography and costumes
ROSEMARY HARDY MUSICAL DIRECTOR | BENDIX DETHLEFFSEN MUSICAL PRODUCTION
MALTE UBENAUF/STEFANIE CARP dramaturgy | GERHARD ALT assistant director
PHOENIX (ANDREAS HOFER) lighting | FRITZ RICKENBACHER sound
VOLKSBÜHNE AM ROZA-LUXEMBURG-PLATZ workshops
+- 0 – plus minus zero – is the point where solid
and liquid meet, where solid ground becomes thin
ice. Few places have more experience of this grey
area than Greenland, where extreme natural conditions and social isolation dominate everyday life,
and the difference between plus and minus can be
the difference between life and death.
But how do you adapt when your foundations
start to melt? How do you find a point of reference
when both the political and the physical landscape
are changing?
In spring 2011, director Christoph Marthaler will
head for Greenland to find out what the +- 0 condition actually feels like. Far from Europe’s centres
of culture, Marthaler’s expedition will come into
contact with the forgotten stories, the forgotten
people and forgotten music. With Greenland’s
mythical world and traditions as a backdrop, this
musical production will be a new arena in which
different experiences and perspectives on the future meet and merge.
A co-production between Bergen International Festival, Wiener Festwochen, Det Kongelige Teater in Copenhagen, Volksbühne
am-Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Stockholms Stadsteater, Napoli Festival Teàtro Italia, Théàtre de la Ville in Paris and others.
Sponsored by Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Culture Fund and Freedom of Expression Foundation.
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THEATRE/DANCE
Bergen International Festival and
Shanghai Theatre Academy present
SOMEONE IS
GOING TO COME
STUDIO BERGEN | FRI 27 MAY | 21.30 | SAT 28 MAY–SUN 29 MAY | 20.00
Duration approx. 1 h 20 min | Performed in Mandarin, with Norwegian and English surtitles
Tickets 320 |
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DIALOGUE: Fosse iN CHINA � Studio Bergen � SATURDAY 28 MAY � 18.00
Last autumn Chinese audiences were able to
experience a play by Norwegian playwright Jon
Fosse for the first time when Someone Is Going
to Come was performed in Shanghai. The performance was very well received and was accompanied by several workshops.
Someone Is Going to Come examines paranoia
and sexual jealousy between a man and woman
who move to an out-of-the-way ramshackle house
in order to spend time alone together. However,
right from the outset they are nervous that ‘someone is going to come’.
The play, first performed in 1996, was Jon
Fosse’s definitive breakthrough as a playwright,
and is still considered one of his best works.
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SUPPORTED BY ibsen international
By JON FOSSE (B. 1959)
SHENG HAN artistic director
LULU ZOU translation and dramaturgy
YAN HE director � JUN ZHANG producer
WEILIE TONG set design � With NINGFANG SUN,
XIAOFENG MA, SHENGNAN XU
DOLLS IN THE HOUSE
STUDIO BERGEN
SAT 28 MAY | Sun 29 MAY | 16.00
Inspired by Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, students and
lecturers from the Northwest University in Xi’an,
China have created a new performance set in contemporary China. The play analyses the conflicting roles of the individual and society, family traditions and modernity and generational differences.
GERPLA
–THE HAPPY WARRIORS
DEN NATIONALE SCENE STORE SCENE | THURSDAY 26 MAY–SATURDAY 28 MAY | 19.30
Duration approx. 2 h 20 min (with interval) | Performed in Icelandic, with Norwegian and English surtitles
Tickets 440 / 390 / 180 (cat. 1–3) | Students/Children 150 | Buy the Festival Card and get a 30 % discount.
The harsh satirical tale of the blood brothers Thorgeir Hávarsson and Thormódur Kolbrúnarskáld has been a huge success on the Reykjavik stage. Now the National Theatre of Iceland
visits Bergen with this magnificent though slightly
skewed saga from Viking times, presenting some
of Iceland’s most highly profiled actors.
The sagas have significantly affected the way
Icelandic people see themselves, as they have Norwegians. Halldór Laxness, the Nobel Literature
laureate, took a new look at the idealised image of
Norse culture in his 1952 novel Gerpla (The Happy
Warriors). The book, an incisive satire on heroworship and Viking violence, caused a major stir
when it was published. It has recently been dramatised for the stage, and the result is a powerful
and humorous performance. The director, Baltasar Kormákur, known from several stage plays and
films (including 101 Reykjavik), has gone to town
with visual and theatrical effects. Gerpla is also a
crass comment on warfare, hero-worship and
arrogance in our own time.
THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF ICELAND
DRAMATISED BY Baltasar Kormákur
AND Olafur Egill Egilsson
BASED ON A NOVEL BY Haldór Laxness
BALTASAR KORMÁKUR DIRECTOR
GRETAR REYNISSON SET DESIGN
HELGA I. STEFÁNSDÓTTIR COSTUMES
LÁRUS BJÖRNSSON LIGHTING DESIGN
Gisli Galdur ThorgeirssoN SOUND DESIGN
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THEATRE/DANCE
MANTA
CARTE BLANCHE
What happens when a dancer covers up – when the body is concealed?
SHARON EYAL
PHOTO: SHARON EYAL
PHOTO: Laurent Philippe
DEN NATIONALE SCENE STORE SCENE | MONDAY 30 MAY AND TUESDAY 31 MAY | 19.30
GRIEGHALLEN
Tickets 290 / 240 / 180 (cat. 1–3) |
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HÉLA FATTOUMI/ERIC LAMOUREUX CHOREOGRAPHY | HÉLA FATTOUMI PERFORMER
ERIC LAMOUREUX MUSIC/VIDEO | MARILYN ELAFAY costumes/veils | STÉPHANE PAUVRET
SET DESIGN | XAVIER LAZARINI LIGHTING | JACKIE BAUX TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION
PAULINE LE BOULBA ASSISTANT
with the white
veil Tunisian women use, just as little girls pretend to be grown-up by putting on their mother’s
shoes,’ says Héla Fattoumi. Though she comes
from a Muslim family, the Tunisian-French dancer has never worn a hijab herself.
As time went on Fattoumi started asking questions about the many taboos she experienced
growing up.
‘Now, as an adult woman, I consider myself fortunate to have distanced myself from parts of this
tradition that limits, dictates and removes oppor‘As a little girl I loved playing
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tunities. I did so by becoming an artist, making my
own conditions and constantly moving,’ she says.
Although Fattoumi has never felt pressured into
covering herself up, the fierce discussion around
the practice has made her both fascinated and appalled by veiled women. One day her curiosity got
the better of her, and she wore a hijab to find out
what makes so many women cover up their faces
and bodies from the world. It was a hot day, and
all sounds were muffled. She risked a movement,
a step, a dance, and realised that it was as an artist – with her dancer’s body – she would have to
examine the garment.
| FRIDAY 3 JUNE | 19.30
created by SHARON EYAL & GAI BACHAR | CARTE BLANCHE the Norwegian National Company
of Contemporary Dance | TORKEL SKJÆRVEN lighting design | ORI LICHTIK MUSIC
Sharon Eyal is the resident choreographer
of the famous Israeli Batsheva Dance Company,
but has also created performances for Carte
Blanche, the Norwegian National Company of
Contemporary Dance. Many will remember Killer
Pig, her audience favourite from 2009, or Love
from 2005.
Eyal has a strong signature. She focuses on the
erotic, the androgynous, and sometimes the grotesque in her choreography.
This new production with Carte Blanche centres on feelings and forms, with several references
to Killer Pig, according to the choreographer. She
feels affinity with the Norwegian dance company:
‘I love Carte Blanche. The more I get to know the
different people, the more I fall in love. It is a good
place to create new things.’
Sharon Eyal has collaborated for several years
with Ori Lichtik, the Israeli musician and DJ. His
sound complements her powerful stage language.
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THEATRE/DANCE
Den Nationale Scene PRESENTS
THE WORD
| WEDNESDAY 25 MAY– FRIDAY 10 JUNE
19.00 | SATURDAYS 18.00 | No performance on Sundays | Duration approx. 1 h 50 mins
Tickets 285 | Students/Children 150 | Buy the Festival Card and get a 30 % discount.
DEN NATIONALE SCENE LILLE SCENE
Performed in Norwegian without surtitles.
IN THE WORD the core themes are belief and doubt,
while the play also treats the subjects of sudden
death and the helplessness most people experience when it affects them.
It is set in and around the Borgen family on the
Borgensgård estate. Kaj Munk’s play describes the
various religious states in the family, from the eldest son Mikkel, who has ‘lost faith in himself’ to
the next eldest son Johannes, who thinks he is Jesus and is declared insane.
The film of The Word, made by Carl Dreyer in
1954, won the 1955 Golden Lion in Venice, and
went on to receive the American Golden Globe
award for Best Foreign Film the following year.
Kaj Munk (1898–1944) was a Danish clergyman
and playwright who was an active contributor
to the public debate on the philosophy of life. He
wrote several plays, of which the best known is
The Word (1925), recognised with a place in the
Danish cultural canon. After the German invasion
Munk became one of the central figures of the resistance movement in Denmark, resulting in his
execution by the occupying forces in 1944.
BEFORE SUNRISE
DEN NATIONALE SCENE SMÅSCENEN | FRIDAY 27 MAY–SATURDAY 18 JUNE
SATURDAYs 18.00 | No performance on Sundays |
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Kraft&Kultur is a company for people who are passionate about the environment
and culture. For the past ten years we have been offering our customers energy
obtained solely from renewable sources, while also building up an extensive
business around culture and organic produce.
| 19.00
Duration approx. 2 hours
Performed in Norwegian without surtitles.
What happens when a community becomes
nouveau riche overnight? What does it do to the
people, and how do they steward their wealth?
What choices and political opportunities do they
actually have? A growing part of our lives is explained as being determined by hereditary biological and chemical processes.
These are among the questions asked by Tore
Vagn Lid as he takes the naturalistic masterpiece written by the German playwright Gerhart
Hauptmann in 1889 and turns it into relevant music theatre for today. Tore Vagn Lid has made his
mark with his ambition to extend the scope of the
theatre into a critical space for experience, and has
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pRoud inteRnational MaRKeting paRtneR. Meet us in beRgen May 25 - june 8, 2011.
Renewable eneRgy
the Bergen International Festival and Den Nationale Scene PRESENT
Tickets 285
KRaFt & KultuR – a sustainable
liFestyle CoMpany
directed several prize-winning performances.
Gerhard Hauptmann (1862–1946) published several dramas, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1912. Although his first play Before Dawn
is regarded as one of the most significant dramas
in the German repertoire, it has never before been
performed in Norway.
CultuRe and oRganiC pRoduCts
We are now one of the largest energy companies in Sweden, and also publish
books and magazines on culture and travel, as well as running the biggest online
store for organic goods in the Nordic market. We are currently extending our
business to Norway after successfully establishing a base in Finland last year.
Meet us at beRgen inteRnational Festival
Kraft&Kultur aims to use its business expertise to help spread good culture to as
wide an audience as possible – and our partnership with Bergen International
Festival gives us an opportunity to do just that. For more information about the
company, please come and meet us at the festival.
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THEATRE/DANCE
THE
THEATRE
OF THE EAR
I-IV
The Bergen International Festival has invited the composer Henrik Hellstenius to be in charge
of four concert performances. We have called the series The Theatre of the Ear. What happens when
music is performed in a new environment? In a grass-covered hall? Between the backdrop and the film
screen? Sitting at the meal table with the musicians?
Hellstenius’s work ranges from chamber and orchestral works via electro-acoustic works to music for
the theatre, film and ballet. In these four concert performances he has placed his own music and that of
others in various thematic settings, all of which involve an encounter between the music and the stage
elements in the form of video, text, lighting or movement.
THURSDAY 26 MAY � 20.00
SATURDAY 28 MAY � 20.00
I 24 H/GRASS
II FOUR WAYS TO DIE
WORKS BY Salvatore Sciarrino, Dans Les Arbres,
Henrik Hellstenius, Carola Bauckholt, Luc Ferrari,
david monacchi AND kjell samkopf
WORKS BY Claude Vivier, Dmitri Shostakovich, Henrik Hellstenius AND Gérard Grisey
With
ENSEMBLE ERNST thomas rimul conductor
dANS LES ARBrES PETER HERRESTHAL VIOLIN
DAN STYFFE DOUBLE BASS
HANS KRISTIAN KJOS SØRENSEN PERCUSSION
Ignas Krunglevicius video
Nia Damerell set and lighting design
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With
Ensemble Allegria
Siri Torjesen VOCALS
Hans Kristian Kjos Sørensen VOCALS
Tora Augestad VOCALS BIT20 ensemble
MICHAEL BARTOSCH conductor
Note! The bar is open during the performance
WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE � 20.00
FRIDAY 3 JUNE � 20.00
III GROUP THERAPY
IV THE STORYTELLERS
WORKS BY Henrik Hellstenius, klaus Lang
and Ignas Krunglevicius
WORKS BY john cage, franz schubert, thierry de
may, geörgy kurtag, henrik hellstenius, erik dæhlin, arne nordheim, andy smith AND luigi nono
With
With
Cikada
christian eggen conductor
Ning
jonas corell-petersen DIRECTOR
Silje Aker Johnsen VOCALS
Ning
Unni Løvlid VOCALS
ultron concept: Christian Immler VOCALS
Florian Donderer Violin
Gro Løvdahl VIOLA Tanja Tetzlaff cello
Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen PERCUSSION
LOGEN TEATER
20.00
THUR 26 MAY SAT 28 MAY WED 1 JUNE FRI 3 JUNE
TICKETS 290 Students/Children 150
Duration approx. 2 h 10 min (with interval)
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CIRKUS
¨
CIRkOR
W ear it like a crown
THE FLAME of
OLE BULL
The new Bergen International Festival
long-term project
PHOTO: MATTIAS EDWALL
GRIEGHALLEN
|
SUNDAY 29 MAY 18.00 AND MONDAY 30 MAY 19.30
Duration approx. 2 h 25 mins (with interval)
Recommend age: 8 years and up
Tickets 460 / 410 / 360 / 180 (cat. 1–4) | Students/Children 150 | Buy the Festival Card and get a 30 % discount.
Over the coming years the last few days of the Bergen International Festival will be dedicated
to a grand celebration in the spirit of the Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull. This year’s project
comprises over twenty concerts, master classes and dialogues. Ole Bull (1810–1880) had a gift for talent
development, international impulses and mind-blowing violin playing, and all of these aspects of Ole Bull
TILDE BJÖRFORS concept and direction REBEKKA KARIJORD music and lyrics ENSEMBLE and
ARTISTIC TEAM set design ANNA BONNEVIER costume design HELENA ANDERSSON masks
ULF ENGLUND lighting design TOMAS HELSING props and set decorations JOHAN BÅÅTH film
and projections CAMILLA DAMKJAER dramaturgy MOLLY SAUDEK/CILLA ROOS choreography
VIKTOR SVÄLAS sound design PATRIC MARTINSSON props JOEL JEDSTRÖM sound technician
LISEN BOALT producer
will be reflected in the project.
Attending this festival within a festival is a dream team of string players ranging from bright new talent
to the iconic virtuoso Ida Haendel (82). We bring together about 200 young people from all over Norway
to create a massed orchestra. On the Ole Bull stage we establish a meeting place for popular music rooted
in folk music from all over the world.
We will be visited by the fantastic El Sistema programme from Venezuela, which provides music
Wear it like
a crown after its inspiration, Norwegian-Swedish
Rebekka Karijord’s song of the same name. In an
absurd tragicomic show the circus director, Tilde
Björfors, examines chaos and order, and how risk
can easily be transformed into opportunity. On a
revolving stage the artists move through a world
of illusion, shadow puppetry, knife throwing, acrobatics, juggling and drama. The six characters, all
lonely, try to make contact in their own way – using table tennis balls, suction cups and chain saws.
This year’s performance is named
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It is all about choosing to accept our faults, fears
and defects and to wear them like a crown. And to
polish the crown with pride.
Cirkus Cirkör is the largest Nordic contemporary circus company. The name comes from the
French ‘cirquecoeur’ – circus heart. The company
is renowned for combining circus stunts with good
stories, catchy music and clever humour.
education to over 250 000 children, nurturing several world class musicians in recent years. At the
same time we look critically at the situation of talent development in Norway. You can also follow in the
footsteps of Ole Bull in the city centre – please visit www.fib.no for further details.
On the following pages you can read about all events under the auspices of The Flame of Ole Bull.
Cast LOUISE BJURHOLM, DAVID ERIKSSON,
FOUZIA (FOFO) RAKEZ, JESPER NIKOLAJEFF,
ANNA LAGERKVIST, HENRIK AGGER
For other events for children and families, please visit www.fib.no.
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THE FLAME OF OLE BULL
KREMERATA
BALTICA
GALA
CONCERT
Grieghallen SUNDAY 5 JUNE
Grieghallen MONDAY 6 JUNE
19.30 � Duration approx. 2 hours (with interval)
Tickets 460 / 410 / 360 / 180 (Cat. 1–4)
20.00 � Duration approx. 2 hours (with interval)
Tickets 460 / 410 / 360 / 180 (cat. 1–4)
GIDON KREMER conductor, VIOLIN
KREMERATA BALTICA
BJARTE ENGESET conductor � ARVE TELLEFSEN
violin � VILDE FRANG violin � IDA HAENDEL
violin � GURO KLEVEN HAGEN violin
LARS ANDERS TOMTER viola � TRULS MØRK
cello � DALASINFONIETTAN � OSLO CAMERATA
ARVO PÄRT (born 1935)
Passacaglia for VIOLIN SOLO AND STRINGS
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
VIOLIN SONATA (ORCHESTRATED) op 134
BACH/U.A. «The Art of Instrumentation»
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto for Four VIolins in B flat major, opus 3 (L’Estro Armonico)
No 10 JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) Cello Concerto in
C major, Hob.VIIb/1 ARNE NORDHEIM (1931–2010) Nachruf OLE BULL (1810–1880) Visit to a Summer Farm
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major for
Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K.364
Gidon Kremer, violinist, conductor and author, founded Kremerata Baltica as a 50th birthday present to himself. Since then the chamber
orchestra, consisting of 27 young musicians from
the Baltic countries, has won a Grammy prize and
commissioned works from several composers,
including Arvo Pärt. At this concert Kremer and
Kremerata Baltica also perform their orchestrated
version of Shostakovich’s Violin Sonata. Their recording of the work has been critically acclaimed.
In The Art of Instrumentation, Kremer has commissioned ten contemporary composers, including
Giya Kancheli, to arrange Bach pieces from Glenn
Gould’s repertoire for chamber ensemble. The
result displays great variation in sound, form and
instrumentation.
‘This is a contribution to the epoch in which we
live, and a glance into the future … the score extends into the kingdom of Johann Sebastian Bach,
but at the same time pays homage to Glenn Gould,
one of the greatest personalities in modern interpretation’, writes Gidon Kremer in his comments
on the work.
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The legendary Ida Haendel meets several generations of Norwegian musicians in this gala concert. We’ll hear musical highlights ranging from
Vivaldi’s breakthrough work, L’estro armonico
– harmonic inspiration – through Haydn’s Cello
Concerto in C major to Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante.
Antonio Vivaldi’s concerto for four violins,
written in 1711, inspired many composers of the
time. Haydn’s Cello Concerto often appears in the
repertoire of cello soloists thanks to its gruelling
demands on technique and style. Sinfonia Concertante, composed for violin, viola and orchestra
is often considered to be one of Mozart’s finest
works.
The spirit of Ole Bull runs through the concert, and Arve Tellefsen will perform the violin
virtuoso’s familiar composition Visit to a Summer
Farm with DalaSinfoniettan. The title of Arne Nordheim’s work Nachruf for string orchestra means
posthumous reputation. The work is like a long,
shimmering echo of something long ago.
PHOTO: CHRISTIAN LUT
FAMILY
CONCERT
Grieghallen SATURDAY 4 JUNE
17.00 � Duration approx. 1 h 15 min
Tickets 410 / 360 / 310 / 180 (Cat. 1–4)
HILDE LOUISE ASBJØRNSEN compère
NORSK BARNESYMFONIORKESTER
The Bergen International Festival invites the
whole family to join us on a journey, with composer and violinist Ole Bull as our guide.
supported by the GRIEG FOUNDATION
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POLTÉRA
AND FRIENDS
MOZART/
BRAHMS
HÅKONSHALLEN SATURDAY 4 JUNE
HÅKONSHALLEN SUNDAY 5 JUNE
19.00 � Duration approx. 1 h 45 mins (with interval)
Tickets 320 � Students/Children 150
16.00 � Duration approx. 1 hour
18.00 TALK WITH Christian Poltéra (IN ENGLISH)
BJARTE ENGESET conductor
IDA HAENDEL VIOLIN
HENNING KRAGGERUD VIOLIN
OLEG KOGAN cello
DALASINFONIETTAN
OSLO CAMERATA
HENNING KRAGGERUD VIOLIN � ALEXANDER
SITKOVETSKY VIOLIN � LARS ANDERS TOMTER
VIOLA � CHRISTIAN POLTÉRA cello � CHRISTIAN
IHLE HADLAND piano
ARNE NORDHEIM (1931–2010) Clamavi
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
SonatA for cello AND piano no. 1
iN B flat MAJOR, op. 45
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) 3 Fantasiestücke
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
PIANO QUINTET IN f MINOR, op. 34
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
VIOLIN CONCERTO no 4 i D MAJOR, K. 218
Concerto for Violin and Cello IN a mINOR, op. 102
Not many people can boast of more than seventy years on the international concert scene, but
Ida Haendel has never stopped performing. The
Polish-born violinist has impressed critics and audiences alike ever since the 1930s, and even in her
teens Ida Haendel had grown into a mature artist
with an international reputation. During the Bergen International Festival this Grande Dame of the
Violin plays Brahms, whom she has referred to as
‘a landmark in my life as an musician’.
‘Brahms seemed to me to be the most essential
of all composers, with a wealth of heart-rending
themes and original harmonies. When he was lyrical, Brahms moved my soul like none other, and
his structural constructions sped up my pulse and
made me dizzy with their overwhelming greatness’, writes Haendel in her autobiography.
She is accompanied by Oleg Kogan from the
Razumovsky Academy in London, the Swedish
chamber orchestra DalaSinfoniettan, and Oslo
Camerata. During the first part of the concert
Henning Kraggerud plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 4 with Oslo Camerata.
CHRISTIAN POLTÉRA , compared by the Swiss
newspaper Der Bund to such renowned cellists as
Mischa Maisky and Yo-Yo Ma, has appeared with
orchestras throughout Europe. An avid chamber
musician, he has selected some of his Norwegian
colleagues to join him for this concert, which
starts with Arne Nordheim’s Clamavi. The work
has been said to hold the key to the Norwegian
composer’s nerve. Accompanied by Christian Ihle Hadland he
will perform Mendelssohn’s first Cello Sonata,
in which the melody sings with great romantic pathos. The same atmosphere continues into
Schumann’s fantasy pieces.
Further Norwegian celebrities are involved
in the final work of the concert, Brahms’s Piano
Quintet. The composer draws on a depth of sonority and a thematic wealth that approaches the
diversity of a symphony. These musicians have
collaborated on several former occasions, demonstrating their superb sensitivity in ensemble.
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PHOTO: TOM HENNING BRATLIE
PHOTO: Razumovsky Academy
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Foto: Helge Skodvin
expect
more
Culture
and good food
Radisson Blu Hotel Norge
is the official
Bergen International Festival hotel.
We are situated in the heart of Bergen,
within walking distance to most
of the concert scenes.
Visit our Restaurant Ole Bull
and taste our special composed
Festival menues.
You can choose from
a wide range of dishes.
Light meal from NOK 95,3 course Festival dinner
from NOK 495,Please visit us in
Radisson Blu Hotel Norge, 1st Floor.
Welcome to Ole Bull Restaurant
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Radissonblu.com/hotelnorge-bergen
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brahms /
schOENberg
NORDIC
SUMMER NIGHt
JOHANNESKIRKEN ST JOHN’S CHURCH
SATURDAY 4 JUNE
HÅKONSHALLEN TUESDAY 7 JUNE
KNUT HAMRE HARDANGER FIDDLE � ELISE
BÅTNES VIOLIN � PAULS EZERGAILIS VIOLIN �
ARVE TELLEFSEN VIOLIN � VILDE FRANG
BJÆRKE VIOLIN � LARS ANDERS TOMTER VIOLA
� IDA BRYHN VIOLA � TRULS MØRK cello �
OLEG KOGAN Cello � BJØRN SOLUM cello �
LEIF ARNE PEDERSEN CLARINET
BJARTE ENGESET conductor
DALASINFONIETTAN
MATHIAS ZACHARIASSEN tenor
HENNING KRAGGERUD violin
Works by CARL LEOPOLD SJÖBERG (1861–1900)
FOLK TUNES
CLARINET QUINTET i B mINOR Op. 115
ARNOLD Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Transfigured Night Op. 4
LARS-ERIK LARSSON (1908–1986) � HARALD SÆVERUD
(1897–1992) � AGATHE BACKER GRØNDAHL (1847–1907)
EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907) � WILHELM STENHAMMAR
(1871–1927) � WILHELM PETERSON-BERGER (1867–1942)
PEHR HENRIK NORDGREN (1944–2008) � JEAN SIBELIUS
(1865–1957) � and folk music
opens the evening’s concert with selected folk tunes, followed by Johannes
Brahms’s melodious but melancholic Clarinet
Quintet. Brahms had actually stopped composing
in spring 1891 when he heard the brilliant clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. He was so impressed that
he started composing again, dedicating several
works to the performer.
Brahms was referred to by Arnold Schoenberg
himself as a predecessor, and the latter part of
the concert is devoted to Transfigured Night. This
work is solidly rooted in the romantic style, but
heralds the way into a new era. When it was first
performed it challenged not only the musical language of the day but also prevalent moral attitudes.
The poem by Richard Dehmel on which the work
is based was considered highly controversial in its
time, and Schoenberg’s work is filled with musical
metaphor. On a romantic moonlight walk a woman
admits to being pregnant by another man whom
she does not love. After a dramatic contretemps
her current lover agrees to accept the child as
his own.
THE HARDANGER FIDDLE
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the musical traditions of the nordic countries
have many features in common, but there are distinctive differences too in the gamut from sprightly
Norwegian dances and poignant Swedish songs to
dark Finnish melancholy. Since 2007 Bjarte Engeset from Norway has been the principal conductor of DalaSinfoniettan, the ensemble of musicians
working for the Falun region in Dalarna, Sweden.
By way of warming up for the release in autumn
2011 of their recording with the violinist Henning
Kraggerud, DalaSinfoniettan visit Bergen with
Nordic romantic music ranging from the carefree to the melancholic. They open with a seductive homage to music, Tonerna, a song irrevocably associated with the legendary Swedish tenor
Jussi Björling. They then dance and yearn their
way through warm orchestral tones by Lars-Erik
Larsson and Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish folk
tunes and the Norwegian miniatures of Grieg and
Sæverud, before ending their journey in a Finnish national romantic landscape with humour and
reverie in four works by Jean Sibelius.
PHOTO: BERGEN REISELIVSLAG/ODDLEIV APNESETH
PHOTO: sverre chr. jarild
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MUSIC AS GPS
TROLDHAUGEN
THE HOME OF EDVARD GRIEG
The 2011 Bergen International Festival presents a series of concerts inspired by Ole Bull,
cosmopolitan, globetrotter and seafarer – and by
every other seafarer from Bergen. With music as a
navigational aid we make for waters far and near.
grieg’s VILLA | Tickets 540 / 490 (Cat. 1–2)
TROLDSALEN | Tickets 280
TROLDSALEN
Sunday 5 JUNE � 11.30
TRANSPORT Free bus from Småstrandgaten to Troldhaugen
JIAFENG CHen VIOLIN | BRENDA BLEWETT PIANO
Bus journey approx. 30 minutes
Works by Mozart, beethoven, Debussy, dvorák
AND PONCE
OLE BULL SCENE �
22.00
Tickets 250 � STUDENTS/CHILDREN 150
THURSDAY 26 MAY
Unni Løvlid & Eva Quartet (NO/BU)
FRIDAY 27 MAY � Kamel El Harrachi (ag)
SATURDAY 28 MAY � Attwenger (AU)
THURSDAY 2 JUNE � Gabriel Fliflet,
Richard Burgess & Hordaland 80 (UK/NO)
FRIDAY 3 JUNE � Yoruba Andabo (CU)
Presented in cooperation with Bergen International Music
CONCERT 11.30 Departure 10.45, return 13.30 or 14.30
CONCERT 22.30 Departure 21.45, return 00.00
THORSEN/GIMSE
GRIEG’S VILLA
FRIDAY 3 JUNE � SATURDAY 4 JUNE � 22.30
Duration approx. 1 h 10 mins
MARIANNE THORSEN VIOLIN | HÅVARD GIMSE PIANO
Works by GRIEG, HALVORSEN AND FAURÉ
Festival. PLEASE VISIT www.fib.no for more information.
MASTER
CLASSES
Logen teater 12.00–15.00
CONCERTS START AT 14.15
Tickets 90 (all)
SATURDAY 4 JUNE
arve tellefsen
Sunday 5 JUNE
MARIANNE THORSEN
Monday 6 JUNE
stephan barratt-due
TUESDAY 7 JUNE
PHOTO: SILJE GRIPSRUD
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Marianne Thorsen is a member of the Nash Ensemble and is an established soloist in Europe. She
was nominated for a Grammy award last year together with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra,
and also appeared as a soloist on the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra’s Halvorsen recording.
LEONG/BRAATEN
TROLDSALEN
SATURDAY 4 JUNE � 11.30
kersong leong Violin | LINA BRAATEN PIANO
Works by Tommaso, Beethoven, Gluck, Kreisler, Bull
AND Gershwin
Kerson Leong (b. 1997) won the Junior 1st Prize
in last year’s Menuhin Competition, and has also
received the Canadian Music Competition five years in a row.
j. CHEN/BLEWETT
Jiafeng Chen (b. 1987) from Shanghai won the second prize in the Sibelius competition in 2005, and
has appeared at international festivals in Switzerland, China, the USA and at the BBC Proms.
HA-YOUNG JUNG
TROLDSALEN
Monday 6 JUNE � 11.30
Ha-Young Jung DOUBLE BASS
Olga Sitkovetsky piano
Alexander Sitkovetsky Violin
Guro Kleven Hagen Violin | Oleg Kogan cello
Works by Rossini, Bottesini, hindemith AND tabakov
Ha-Young Jung (b. 1990) from Korea calls her double bass her “life partner” and has won a number
of prizes and stipends. She is currently studying at
the Royal Academy of Music in London.
prize winners from
barratt due
TROLDSALEN
TUESDAY 7 JUNE � 11.30
Guro Kleven Hagen violin | Sonoko Miriam
Shimano Welde violin | Eivind Ringstad
Holtsmark viola | Sandra Lied Haga viola |
Ole Eirik Ree cello
Works by Schubert
Students from the Barratt Due Institute of Music
have made their presence felt in national and
international competitions.
IDA HAENDEL/oleg kogan
For more concerts at Troldhaugen, Lysøen, Valestrand and Siljustøl, please see pages 32–33 and 42–46.
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VALESTRAND
SILJUSTØL
Tickets 350 | Students/Children 150
TRANSPORT Free bus from Småstrandgaten to Valestrand.
CONCERT 13.00
Departure from Småstrandgaten 12.00, return 15.00
TRANSPORT Free bus from Småstrandgaten to Siljustøl.
Departure from Småstrandgaten 14.00, return 16.30
Bus journey approx. 25 minutes.
CONCERT 15.00
Departure from Småstrandgaten 14.00, retur 17.00
Bus journey approx. 45 minutes.
R. HEMSING/süssmann
RAGNHILD HEMSING VIOLIN
gunilla süssmann piano
PHOTO: MAGNUS SKREDE
LYSØEN
TRANSPORT Free boat from Dreggekaien to Lysøen
CONCERT 11.30
Departure from Dreggekaien 10.00, return 14.00
CONCERT 14.30
Departure from Dreggekaien 13.00, return 16.15
Boat journey approx. 50 minutes
HAENDEL/SITKOVETSKY
SATURDAY 4 JUNE � 11.30 AND 14.30
Duration approx. 1 hour
IDA HAENDEL VIOLIN | OLGA SITKOVETSKY PIANO
Works by SAINT-SAËNS, ENESCU, SARASATE AND Händel
Ida Haendel (b. 1928) has a career spanning generations. At this concert, she will play works by
Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Händel and Enescu. Georges Enescu was one of her teachers, and Haendel
has referred to him as ‘enthralling – one of the
world’s greatest geniuses’.
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R. HEMSING/süssmann
FOLK MUSIC and works by BRUSTAD, SVENDSEN,
GRIEG AND BULL
Works by HALVORSEN, SUK, BEETHOVEN AND BULL
ELDBJØRG HEMSING VIOLIN
E. HEMSING/süssmann
ELDBJØRG HEMSING VIOLIN
Works by BEETHOVEN, YSAŸE, PROKOFiEV AND BULL
Eldbjørg Hemsing (b. 1990) has appeared at Wigmore Hall and at major festivals in Norway and
abroad. She has won many words of praise and
awards for her interpretations of the great masters.
CAMILLA KJØLL Violin
Gunnar FLAGSTAD PIANO
Works by Chausson, Bartók AND Janáček
Camilla Kjøll studied in Switzerland, the USA and
at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Norway.
She has appeared with Arve Tellefsen in India
and Henning Kraggerud in Brazil, and plays in the
Charmina quartet.
E. HEMSING/süssmann
RAGNHILD HEMSING VIOLIN
Ragnhild Hemsing (b. 1988) made her debut at 13
with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and has
appeared with all the great orchestras in Norway,
and orchestras in Denmark, Russia, the USA and
Italy.
KJØLL/flagstad
Works by Tchaikovsky, YSAŸE, MOZART AND BULL
SITKOVETSKY/
SITKOVETSKY
Alexander Sitkovetsky Violin
Olga Sitkovetsky piano
KLEVEN HAGEN/FLAGSTAD
Sunday 5 JUNE � 13.00 og 15.00
GURO KLEVEN HAGEN Violin
Gunnar FLAGSTAD PIANO
Works by MOZART, YSAŸE and ShOSTAKOVIch
Works by Tartini, Brahms AND Grieg
Mother and son Sitkovetsky have both been affiliated with the Razumovsky Academy and the International Menuhin Music Academy for a number
of years. They have also made several recordings,
both separately and together.
Guro Kleven Hagen (b. 1994) is the prize winner
of numerous international competitions, including the 2nd prize in the European Broadcasting
Union’s competition “Young Musicians 2010”, and
EMCY’s prize for Music in the Menuhin Competition 2010.
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EARLY MUSIC
ANDREAS SCHOLL
PHANTASM
PHOTO: JAMES MCMILLAN
PHOTO: MARCO BORGREVE
HÅKONSHALLEN
|
MONDAY 30 MAY
| 19.00
Tickets 320 |
|
ANDREAS SCHOLL TENOR � TAMAR HALPERIN cembalo, piano
works by HENRY PURCELL (1659–1695) � JOHN DOWLAND (1563–1626) � GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685–1759)
THOMAS CAMPION (1567–1620) � FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) � AND FOLK TUNES
on
the edge of their seats when he sang Handel arias
in the BBC Proms some years ago. The German
counter-tenor has released several critically acclaimed recordings. His repertoire spans from opera and baroque music to folk tunes.
In the autumn of 2010 he released his first album
of music by Henry Purcell, O Solitude. A critic in a
Bergen newspaper gave the CD top marks, commenting that ‘Scholl sings it all with his expressive
high voice, sounding so different from everything
with which we are familiar – ethereal, supernatuAndreas Scholl had six thousand people
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DOMKIRKEN - BERGEN CATHEDRAL | THURSDAY 2 JUNE
|
21.00
ral, at times eerily exotic. And the unusual voice
makes all the old songs radiate and sparkle.’ The
Bergen International Festival concert opens with
Purcell’s Music for a While (from Dryden and Lee’s
Oedipus), which Scholl considers to be one of the
greatest songs ever written. He is accompanied by
the Israeli soloist and chamber musician Tamar
Halperin.
Tickets 320
|
Students/Children 150 | Buy the Festival Card and get a 30 % discount.
LAURENCE DREYFUS conductor og TREBLE VIOL � WENDY GILLESPIE TREBLE VIOL
JONATHAN MANSION TENOR VIOL � MARKKU LUOLAJAN-MIKKOLA BASS VIOL
MIKKO PERKOLA tenor AND bass VIOLS � EMILIA BENJAMIN TENOR VIOL
WORKS BY WILLIAM BYRD (ca. 1540–1623) WILLIAM LAWES (1602–1645) JOHN WARD (ca. 1589–1638)
ORLANDO GIBBONS (1583–1625)
The early music ensemble Phantasm made its
first major breakthrough when its first CD received the Gramophone Award for best instrumental Baroque recording in 1997. Since then the
ensemble has recorded a further 12 CDs, won several awards and been named Consort in Residence
at Oxford University, where they teach, perform,
and collaborate with student viol players and organists.
Phantasm like to take chances in their quest to
bring early music to life. Laurence Dreyfus, the
founder, taught at Yale and Stanford before coming
to Oxford. The ensemble has received critical acclaim worldwide for its concerts, where they focus
particularly on the intricate fantasias of Byrd and
Gibbons and works by Lawes and Purcell.
‘Phantasm is truly in a class of its own’, wrote
Gramophone on Consorts in Six Parts with music
by William Lawes.
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EARLY MUSIC
THE NORWEGIAN
SOLOISTS’ CHOIR
TRIO MEDIæVaL
PHOTO: ANNIKEN C MOHR
HÅKONSHALLEN
| TUESDAY 31 MAY
|
19.00
Tickets 320
|
DOMKIRKEN - BERGEN CATHEDRAL
|
WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE
| 21.00
|
GRETE PEDERSEN conductor � DET NORSKE SOLISTKOR � BJØRNAR HABBESTAD FLUTE
ROLF BORCH CONTRABASS CLARINET � ALVISE VIDOLIN LIVE ELECTRONICS � ALTA PUNTA
giovanni gabrieli (1555–1612) Symfoniae Sacrae � LUIGI NONO (1924–1990) Io, Frammento de Prometeo
The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir has a long tradition of appearing at the Festival, and there is always a special atmosphere at their concerts. This
year’s programme spans many centuries.
Towards the end of his career the composer
Luigi Nono wrote a series of works connected to
the myth of Prometheus. In typically gentle tones
Nono takes a close look at space as a living instrument. It is also about space within the music
itself – how voices, instruments, electronics and
acoustics affect one another – and about the philosophical space between thought, language and an
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PHOTO: Åsa Maria Mikkelsen
outer world. Io, Frammento de Prometeo (1981) is
written for three soloists, a small choir, bass flute,
contrabass clarinet and live electronics. The work
is built on textual fragments by Aeschylus, Euripides, Herodotus, Hölderlin, Pindarus and Sappho.
Nono’s work meets music by Giovanni Gabrieli,
who experimented with music and space almost
300 years earlier in Luigi Nono’s native city, Venice. As the organist of St Mark’s Cathedral, Gabrieli was concerned about the exact positioning of
the groups of instrumentalists and singers in the
church.
Tickets 320 |
TRIO MEDIÆVAL
a worcester ladymass - anon 13th century, england
Salve sancta parens | Kyrie | Gloria | Munda Maria | O Maria, virgo pia | Benedicta / Virgo dei genitrix
| Felix namque | Salve, rosa florum | Grata iuvencula | De Supernis sedibus | Dulciflua tua memoria |
Sanctus | Agnus dei | Beata viscera | Alma dei genitrix | Benedicamus DOMINO | Ave Regina gloriosa
Music was a central feature of everyday life
and celebrations alike for nuns and monks in early
mediaeval England. Most of the church music of
the time has passed into oblivion, but in Worcester Cathedral over a hundred anonymous compositions from the era were discovered, having been
used as padding in the process of bookbinding.
From this unique material Trio Mediæval have
compiled ‘A Worcester Ladymass’ – a mass to the
Virgin Mary, supplemented by contributions by
Gavin Bryars. ‘The three voices blended with a
supernatural clarity and beauty that might cause
even a confirmed agnostic to contemplate a spark
of divinity in these centuries-old manuscripts’,
wrote the New York Times. Trio Mediæval, who
were Musicians in Residence at the 2007 Bergen
International Festival, have for several years spellbound audiences worldwide with their beautiful
voices and polyphonic music. Their repertoire
spans from mediaeval English and French music
and traditional Norwegian ballads to contemporary music written specially for the ensemble.
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CHAMBER MUSIC
BEETHOVEN’S
CELLO SONATAS
Khatia
Buniatishvili
PHOTO: MORTEN KROGVOLD
PHOTO: JULIA WESELY
HÅKONSHALLEN
| THURSDAY 26 MAY and FRIDAY 27 MAY
| 19.00
THURSDAY Duration approx. 1 h 40 mins (with interval) and FRIDAY Duration approx. 2 hours (with interval)
Tickets 390
|
TRULS MØRK cello
THURSDAY 26 MAY: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) sonatA nO 1 iN f MAJOR, op 5 nO 1 � SonatA nO 4 iN
C MAJOR, op 102, nO 1 � 12 VARIATIONS ON «See the Conquering Hero comes» FROM Händel’s Judas Maccabeus
SonatA nO 3 IN A MAJOR, op 69
FRIDAY 27 MAY: SonatA nO 2 IN g MINOR, op 5 nO 2 � 12 VARIATIONS ON «Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen» frOM
MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE � 7 VARIATIONS ON «Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen» frOM MOZART’S
THE MAGIC FLUTE � SonatA no 5 iN d MAJOR, op 102 NO 2
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|
THURSDAY 2 JUNE
| 19.00
Tickets 320
|
KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI Piano
� HÅVARD GIMSE piano
Beethoven’s five sonatas for cello and piano
describe in many ways a journey through the
composer’s life. They represent three stages: the
first two were written when the young composer
was making his name as a concert pianist. The
Cello Sonata in A major was written at a time
when his deafness was already acute, while he
composed numbers four and five in 1815, the year
that marked the start of his last creative period.
HÅKONSHALLEN
The concert programme is exactly the same as that
of Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim in the
1970 Bergen International Festival.
Truls Mørk, cello, is known for his raw intensity,
a reputation he has built up through performances worldwide. He plays here with Håvard Gimse,
who has made over 30 recordings and won the
Grieg Prize, the Steinway Prize and the Sibelius
Prize.
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849) 3 ScherzI – SonatA nO 2 FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) Mefisto WalTZ nO 1
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971) 3 MOVEMENTS frOM PetrusHka
‘The piano is a complete instrument. It needs
no other instruments, and can exist entirely alone,’
claims Khatia Buniatishvili. Many musicians and
journalists regard the prize-winning pianist as one
of the great musicians of the future. She is a BBT
2010 Award Winner and a member of BBC Radio
3’s New Generation Artists Scheme.
Khatia Buniatishvili grew up in a musical family
in Georgia. She feels that Georgian folk music has
had a strong influence on her musicality: ‘When
you are surrounded by music all the time as a
child, it gets into your head and makes you play
more freely, without being so systematic and dogmatic.’
Critics have described her style as melancholic
and withdrawn, but Buniatishvili does not consider this to be negative. For her freedom is closely
related to solitude.
‘The piano is the darkest instrument – a symbol
of musical loneliness that even pianists have to get
used to. Perhaps it is lonely, perhaps it is just a little
sad and a little too gloomy, but I think it is beautiful’, she says.
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CHAMBER MUSIC
Kopatchinskaja
& SAY
IHLE HADLAND
PLAYS BACH
PHOTO: MARCO BORGERVE
HÅKONSHALLEN
|
FRIDAY 3 JUNE |
19.00
Tickets 320 |
| Buy the Festival Card and get a 30 % discount.
PHOTO: ANDERS BERGERSEN
JOHANNESKIRKEN – ST JOHN’S CHURCH
|
FRIDAY 3 JUNE
Duration approx. 1 h 30 mins (with interval) | Tickets 320
|
|
21.00
PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA Violin � FAZIL SAY Piano
CHRISTIAN IHLE HADLAND Piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) VIOLIN SONATA iN A MAJOR nO 9 op. 47, THE Kreutzer sonatA
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) VIOLIN SONATA BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) Romanian Folk Dances
FAZIL SAY (b. 1970) VIOLIN SONATA
J.S. Bach (1685–1750) PARTITA NO 1 IN B FLAT MAJOR BWV 825. FANTASIA AND FUGUE IN A MINOR BWV 904, ENGLISH SUITE
NO 2 IN A MINOR BWV 807 C.P.E. Bach: (1714–1788) SONATA NO 2 IN B FLAT MAJOR FROM 6 PRUSSIAN SONATAS (WQ48/H25),
SONATA NO 1 IN A MINOR FROM 6 WÜRTTEMBERG SONATAS (WQ49/H30)
like this; you
don’t hear but rather feel the music with your
whole body, with your eyes, all your senses’, says
Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The Moldovan violinist,
known for her bold, expressive interpretations
and untraditional stage performances, feels that
her musical encounter with the Turkish pianistcomposer Fazil Say changed her life.
‘We are on the same musical wavelength’, says
Say. In Håkonshallen their performance will include Beethoven’s famous A major Violin Sonata,
Except for a few obvious similarities, such as
shared DNA, there is very little that Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach had in common, according to Christian Ihle Hadland, who
has performed in the Bergen International Festival on several occasions before.
‘Whereas Johann Sebastian Bach’s music may
sometimes give a feeling of being so formally perfect that its very perfection overshadows the personal expression of the performer, the music of his
second eldest son is a very different matter. Alt-
‘I have dreamt of making music
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which they have also recorded together.
‘This is far from being just another recording of
the Kreutzer Sonata. Patricia Kopatchinskaja and
Fazil Say share a radical approach, performing
each musical gesture in the most vivid way … It’s
undeniably exciting’, wrote The Gramophone of
their CD, which also contains the repertoire of this
Festival concert.
hough the Baroque period was far from over, we
already note the rumblings of Sturm und Drang in
the distance,’ says Christian Ihle Hadland, adding
that sonata form, developing at this time, was an
important prerequisite for the coming Viennese
Classical period.
Mozart and Haydn admired CPE Bach enormously. Mozart said, ‘He is the father, we are the
children.’
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THE NORWEGIAN
SOLOIST PRIZE
During the Bergen International Festival the Norwegian Soloist Prize will be
awarded to an especially talented young instrumentalist. This year the competition has been extended to
all of the Nordic countries, and each of the five largest Nordic orchestras has selected a candidate. Each
musician will give a concert in Troldsalen before coming together in Håkonshallen, where the winner
will be announced. The prize, donated by Bernt Fossum, is 100 000 Norwegian kroner.
TROLDSALEN
| Tickets 280
FINALE IN HÅKONSHALLEN
| Students/Children 150
| Tickets 290
|
Free bus from Småstrandgaten to Troldhaugen
CONCERT 11.30: Departure 10.45, return 13.30 or 14.30
CONCERT kl 14.00: Departure 13.15 return 16.30
Bus journey approx. 30 min
VISA SIPPOLA
THURSDAY 26 MAY � 11.30
TROLDSALEN
FRIDAY 27 MAY � 11.30
TROLDSALEN
Duration approx 1 h 15 min
The Swedish cellist Jakob Koranyi (born 1983)
attracted attention when he won the 2nd Grand
Prize at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris in
2009. He has been described as ‘absolutely rock’em-sock-’em, mesmerizingly perfect’.
The Finnish pianist Visa Sippola (born 1993) has
performed as a soloist and chamber musician in
Finland, Estonia, Germany, the UK and the USA, in
addition to conducting the Helsinki Youth Symphony Orchestra. Among the prizes he has received
is the Young Talent Prize of the Finnish national
broadcasting corporation, YLE.
JAkOB KORANYI cello
peter friis johansson piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Prelude, Sarabande and Gigue in D Major, BWV 1012
No. 6, ‘Suite for solo cello No. 6’
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
Sonata for cello in D Minor, L 135 No. 1
GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923–2006)
Solo sonata for cello
Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38
SUPPORTED BY THE NORDIC CULTURE FUND.
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Elfa Rún
Kristinsdóttir
VISA SIPPOLA piano
Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Visions fugitives op. 22 nr. 1–14
MUZIO CLEMENTI (1752–1832)
Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 24 No. 2
FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
ANDERS KJELLBERG
NILSSON
TROLDSALEN
SUNDAY 29 MAY � 11.30
TROLDSALEN
The Icelandic violinist Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir
(born 1985) has given solo performances with the
Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Royal
Chamber Orchestra and the Freiburg Academic
Orchestra, and has collaborated with several German chamber ensembles.
The Norwegian violinist Anders Kjellberg Nilsson (born 1983) made his first Bergen International Festival appearance in 2007. He is one of few
young musicians to have had a concerto written
for him. An uncommonly versatile musician, he
plays both violin and viola, and has received acclaim as a soloist, chamber musician, instructor,
orchestral violinist and musical director.
ELFA RÚN KRISTINSDÓTTIR violin
FRANÇOIS LAMBRET piano
JAKOB KORANYI
PHOTO: Kunstmuseene i Bergen
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681–1767)
Fantasia for solo violin in E flat Major No. 7
SALVATORE SCIARRINO (B. 1947)
Caprices for Solo Violin
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Sonata for violin and piano Op. 121
Andreas Brantelid
TROLDSALEN
The Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid (born 1987)
won the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition
in 2006. He is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York, and his debut
performances this season include a concert in the
Concertgebouw with the Brussels Philharmonic
Orchestra.
ANDREAS BRANTELID cello
christian ihle hadland piano
ANDERS kjellberg NILSSON VIOLIN/VIOLA
TOR ESPEN ASPAAS piano
Krzysztof Penderecki (B. 1933)
Cadenza for Solo Viola
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata for Violin in G Minor, L. 140
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Fantasy, Op. 47
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78 No. 1
FINALE
THE NORWEGIAN SOLOIST PRICE
SUNDAY 29 MAY � 19.00
HÅKONSHALLEN
All five candidates will perform at the finale
concert before the Norwegian Soloist Prize
is awarded.
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
5 Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102
LEOŠ JANáčEK (1854–1928)
Pohádka, JW 7/5, ‘The Story of Tsar Berendyey’
SERGEJ RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)
Sonata for cello and piano in G Minor, Op. 19
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NORWEGIAN LANDINGS
SILJUSTØL
VALESTRAND
GET A WEEKEND CRASH-COURSE IN NORWEGIAN MUSIC! The composers’ homes and Logen are the
venues of a concert series presenting familiar Norwegian works. Presiding over the series is the violinist
Peter Herresthal, professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Music and at The Royal College London. At the heart of the series is the music of Arne Nordheim and Harald Sæverud, who were diametrical
opposites in the 1960s, when a new generation of composers started a revolution against the national
romantic style in search of a new musical language.
| Student/Barn 150
THE CITY SQUARE - TORGALLMENNINGEN
Saturday 28 MAY � 13.00 � FREE OF CHARGE � Duration approx. 1 hour
NORWEGIAN LANDINGS OPENING
THE NORWEGIAN ARMED FORCES BAND,
WESTERN NORWAY
PETER SZILVAY CONDUCTOR
SVERRE RIISE trombone
PETER KATES � TROND MADSEN PERCUSSION
HARALD SÆVERUD (1897–1992)
The Devil’s Five-Hop, op. 28 no. 1
ROLF Wallin (B. 1957) FrOM Stonewave
OLAV ANTON Thommessen (B. 1946) Stabsarabesk
Arne Nordheim (1931–2010)
Hunting of the snark for solotrombone
KNUT Vaage (B. 1961) Forward March
SVEIN HENRIK Giske (B. 1973) Nystemten
LOGEN TEATER
LYSØEN
Sunday 29 MAY � 16.00
Tickets 280 | Student/Barn 150
NORWEGIAN
MASTERPIECES
Excerpts from Sæverud and Nordheim’s caustic
verbal exchanges and some of the best known
music in the country.
ENSEMBLE ALLEGRIA
PETER HERRESTHAL Violin
JAKOB KULLBERG Cello
STAFFAN SCHEJA piano
Kjempeviseslåtten
ARNE NORDHEIM (1931–2010)
Superduplex for violin/cello AND strINGS
ODD GRÜNER-HEGGE (1899–1973)
ELEGY for strINGS
ChristiaN SINDING (1856–1941)
Frühlingsrauchen
EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
FROM HOLBERG’S TIME, OP. 40
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Saturday 28 MAY & Sunday 29 MAY
11.30 & 14.30
TELLEFSEN/GIMSE
ARVE TELLEFSEN violin
HÅVARD GIMSE piano
Works by Grieg, Halvorsen, SVENDSEN
AND NORDHEIM
TRANSPORT TO LYSØEN
FREE boat from Dreggekaien
CONCERT 11.30
Departure 10.00, return 14.00
CONCERT 14.30
The boat journey takes approx. 50 min
Saturday 28 MAY � 15.00
Tickets 350
ENSEMBLE ERNST
ENSEMBLE ERNST
JAKOB KULLBERG cello
ROLF WALLIN (B. 1957)
Scratch
JON ØYVIND NESS (B. 1968)
New Work for Trombone and Wind Quintet
ØRJAN MATRE (B. 1979)
CHANT
From Solo Suite for Cello
Wind Quintet
Sunday 29 MAY � 15.00
| Student/Barn 150
Tickets 350
NORWEGIAN
CONTRASTS
STINE AARØNES violin
INGVILD HABBESTAD violin
ELLEN NISBETH viola
AUDUN SANDVIK cello
HARDANGER FIDDLE TUNES
From Duets for Two Violins, Op. 32
String Quartet, Op. 49 No. 1
Brudd for viola
EDVARD GRIEG (1843–1907)
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27 No. 1
TRANSPORT TO SILJUSTØL
Free bus from Småstrandgaten
The bus journey takes approx. 25 minutes.
Saturday 28 MAY � 13.00 and 15.00
� Student/Barn 150
TICKETS 350
ÖVINGE/BJELLAND
SARA ÖVINGE violin (intro-musician)
ELLEN NISBETH viola
SVEINUNG BJELLAND piano
Dance you Monster FROM ‘Partita’
OLE BULL (1810-1880)
Concerto fantastico, 1st and 2nd movement
GISLE KVERNDOKK (B. 1967)
Through the looking-glass, ‘Kverndokk’
Händel/Halvorsen (1864–1935)
Passacaglia
Sunday 29 MAY � 13.00 and 15.00
| Student/Barn 150
Tickets 350
C. Chen/ Bjelland
CATHARINA CHEN violin (intro-musician)
SVEINUNG BJELLAND piano
OLE BULL (1810–1880):
la verbena de san juan
cantabile doloroso e rondo giocoso
CHRISTIAN SINDING (1856–1941):
Cantus Doloris, OP. 78
ØISTEIN SOMMERFELDT (1919–1994):
Sonata for Solo Violin
HARALD SÆVERUD (1897–1992):
Romance
TRANSPORT TO VALESTRAND
CONCERT 13.00
CONCERT 15.00
The bus journey takes approx 45 minutes.
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PHOTO: HELGE SKODVIN
AT TROLDHAUGEN
PHOTO: HELGE HANSEN
Antti Siirala
FRI 27 MAY � 22.30 � SAT 28 maY � 20.30 & 22.30
GRIEG’S VILLA � Duration approx. 1 h 10 min
Tickets 540 / 490 (cat. 1–2) | Students/Children 150
Antti Siirala is a well-established pianist on the
European concert stage, and wowed the Festival
audience with her performance of Grieg’s
Concerto in A minor in 2005.
ANTTI SIIRALA piano
Works by GRIEG, CHOPIN and BEETHOVEN
KIELLAND
SINGS HAUGTUSSA
THURSDAY 2 JUNE � 11.30
TROLDSALEN � Duration approx. 1 h 15 min
Marianne Beate Kielland’s beautiful, expressive
voice has made her a popular concert singer, and
she has participated in over twenty recordings. On
this occasion we will also hear song cycles by Weber and Schoenberg, as a contrast to Grieg.
DE LANGE/
The Norwegian
Soloists’ Choir
NEXT TO THE CITY HALL
TROLDSALEN Duration approx. 1 h 15 min
SATURDAY 28 MAY–sunday 29 MAY
FRIDAY 3 JUNE � 11.30
Live de Lange has already established herself as a
talented conductor, and this Festival performance
is her examination concert. Together with the
Norwegain Soloists’ Choir she presents four of
Monteverdi’s madrigals.
LIVE DE LANGE CONDUCTOR
THE NORWEGIAN SOLOISTS’ CHOIR
Works by CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
TRANSPORT TO TROLDHAUGEN
CONCERT 22.30 Departure 21.45, return 00.00
Bus journey approx. 30 minutes
MARIANNE BEATE KIELLAND mezzo sopranO
NILS MORTENSEN piano
Works by GRIEG, Schoenberg and WEBERN
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BE CAPTIVATED!
For more concerts at Troldhaugen, Lysøen, Valestrand and Siljustøl, please see pages 31–33 and 42–45.
FORMER BERGEN COUNTY JAIL
FRIDAY 27 MAY–SATURDAY 28 MAY
FRIDAY 3 JUNE–SATURDAY 4 JUNE
SATURDAY 4 JUNE–sunday 5 JUNE
CHECK IN 21.00–21.30
CHECK OUT 08.00–09.00
SINGLE CELL 900
PER PERSON IN DOUBLE CELL 500
PER PERSON IN 4-PERSON CELL 400
student 150 (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
During your stay supper and breakfast will be
served, and the beds in the cells are made.
Bergen
International
Festival
Exhibition 2011
Hanne
Borchgrevink
PHOTO: BERGENS TIDENDE
SPEND THE NIGHT in the former Bergen County
Jail, and join a tour into the universe of the artist
Kurt Johannessen. His poetic, minimalistic and
often humorous form will make its mark on the
prison, and in the course of their twelve hour stay
overnight guests will have a unique series of experiences. Artists and musicians have been invited to
make this night a special one.
Bergen County Jail opened in 1867 and was in
normal use until 1991. Now a listed building, it has
since remained unused except for a couple of art
projects. Now after thorough spring cleaning for
this Bergen International Festival project, the prison nevertheless shows evidence of its former life.
Knut Johannessen specialises in performance,
books and installations. Since the early 1980s he has
produced some 200 performance pieces in Europe,
Asia and America.
In collaboration with the City of Bergen
and the Bergen National Academy of the Arts
Hanne Borchgrevinck (born 1951) is the 2011 Festival
Exhibitor in Bergen Kunsthall. The Festival Exhibition
has existed for 57 years and is well established as one of
Norway’s major solo exhibitions.
Hanne Borchgrevinck was one of the central characters
in the renaissance of figurative painting in Norway. She is
a master of formal, colouristic and perspectivist effects.
The 2011 Festival Exhibition, the largest celebration of
her artistic production to date, will consist exclusively of
new works.
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THANK YOU!
The Bergen International Festival extends its thanks to partners and contributors who through their
active support ensure that the Festival continues to be a vital institution at the forefront of
cultural activity.
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FESTIVAL RESTAURANTS 2011
We support the
Heroes of Tomorrow
The success of Statoil is down to individuals with the ability and desire to think outside the
box. Individuals who strive to make the impossible possible. Individuals with the skills and
determination to achieve excellence. In order to succeed in the future we need more such
people, and so does the society that we live in and depend upon. We find them among our
youth. We call them the Heroes of Tomorrow.
Dextr a Musica is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Savings Bank Foundation DnB NOR. The company invests in string instruments and lends them to talented Norwegian musicians. This year, Dextra Musica is supporting Bergen International Festival’s
focus on the legacy of Ole Bull, under the title The Flame of Ole Bull.
Through its focus on children and young people, Sparebanken Vest has helped to develop a number of projects aimed at ensuring that Western Norway is a good place for children to grow up. Working in this field is a way of investing in the future, as our region
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International Festival’s activities aimed at children and young people.
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