«Mid summer in Winter» – Launch Concert for the 2025-Festival
On 15th February at 18:00 we are launching our program for the summer festival with a concert at Sentralen in Oslo. We will perform some of the music that will be played at the festival and will present this year´s festival theme «Three crowns» where Swedish music and musicians will be in focus.
This year´s orchestra will will be a collaboration between Fjord Festival Strings and Telemark Chamber Orchestra, a new partnership we´re looking forward to. The orchestra and several soloists will perform at this concert.
Here is the program for the launch concert:
Jan Johansson – Visa från Utanmyra
Fjord Festival Strings/Telemark Chamber Orchestra
Kurt Atterberg – Suite no.3
Gustav Rørmark (violin); Lars Anders Tomter (viola); Fjord Festival Strings/Telemark Chamber Orchestra
Rolf Wallin – Elegi
Lars Anders Tomter (viola); Fjord Festival Strings/Telemark Chamber Orchestra
Music for Key Harp
Åshild Breie Nyhus withj Fjord Festival Strings/Telemark Chamber Orchestra
Jan Carlstedt – Divertimento for oboe and strings
Christopher Koppitz (oboe); Per Kristian Skalstad (violin); Lars Anders Tomter (viola); Benjamin Tomter (cello)
Music by Abba, arr. Øystein Sonstad
Fjord Festival Strings/Telemark Chamber Orchestra
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, k,364
Victoria Lewis (violin); Njord Fossnes (viola); Fjord Festival Strings/Telemark Chamber Orchestra
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