A Taste of Indian Summer
launch tour, 25-28.feb 2022
We are happy to announce Fjord Classics´ 2022 festival theme, INDIAN SUMMER.
The summer festival, which will be held 5-8 July, will we preempted with a mini-tour 25-28 Feb. The complete summer program will also be published then.
The expression 'Indian Summer' refers to late summer days before Autumn hits fully in. The choice of this theme eludes to composers´ late works.
The 2022 festival will present am impressive group of international musicians from 8 different countries. Amongst these we will hear at our launch tour in February:
Polina Leschenko on piano, Torleif Thedéen on cello, plus our two artists directors Cam Kjøll on violin and Lars Anders Tomter on viola, who together they make up a piano quartet.
Program
Bach: from Kunst der Fuge (contrapuntkus 8), arr. by Mozart
Mozart: Piano Quartet in g-minor
Bach: the end of Kunst der Fuge (which evaporates with the last notes B-A-C-H)
Fagerlund: Scherzic for viola and cello
Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E flat
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Friday 25.02
Teie hovedgård, Tønsberg, kl.18:30
Saturday 26.02
Universitetets aula, Oslo, kl.14:00
Sunday 27.02
Ramme gard, Hvitsten , kl.15:00
Monday 28.02
Ibsenhuset, Skien, kl.19:00
Concert Films from 2020
Get a taste of what the festival has to offer by watching our films from the complete 2020 festival. 21 pieces performed by some of Norway´s finest musicians. Free to view.
Watch our Aftermovie from the 2019 festival
Aksel Rykkvin – from Boy to Man
Many have followed the astonishing career of boy soprano Aksel Rykkvin. Equally many have wondered what would happen when his voice breaks. What will his new voice sound like and when will he be able to use it? None of these questions were possible to answer until his...
The Danish String Quartet – 4 Inseperable Pals
The string quartet is considered by many to be the ultimate chamber music ensemble, that allows the deepest inner communication, the most perfectly balanced sonorities. Composers from the classical era to the present day have written more for this instrumentation...
Piers Lane – Mini Interview
We asked our eminent guest pianist from Australia a few questions about his life and his past. London-based Piers Lane is looking forward to meeting old and new colleagues and discovering new parts of Norway when he performs at this year’s Fjord Classics in...