Takes you back to one of Grieg’s last great concerts.
On 21 March 1906 Edvard Grieg gave one of his last concerts in the Hals Brothers' Concert Hall in Oslo (known then as Kristiania), along with the young opera singer Borghild Bryhn, who was a student with his wife Nina. Grieg was a mature man approaching the end of his career, while the singer was making her debut.
'Miss Bryhn will have a bright future if she continues to develop. She has a good voice and she learns well … I myself played as well as I could and felt it was a good performance, Nina thought I had never played so well,' wrote Grieg in his journal.
The original concert programme, which has been kept, shows that in addition to the lieder that Borghild Bryhn sang, Grieg also played Moods, the Holberg Suite and Wedding-Day at Troldhaugen. With the concert programme as the starting point pianist Ole Christian Haagenrud and soprano Lydia Hoen Tjore presented the album Concert 1906 in 2023.
Both artists have performed at the Bergen International Festival before. In Troldsalen Hoen Tjore and Haagenrud will replicate some of the mood of the concert in Kristiania over a hundred years ago, and will relate stories from Grieg's own notes and letters.
Image: Lydia Hoen Tjore (photo: Oktawian Gornik) and Ole Christian Haagenrud (phto: Lluis Calm Vidal)
Return transport is included in the ticket for concerts in Troldsalen. Please note that the bus ticket must be booked when you buy your concert ticket. The bus journey is approx. 30 min. Departure from Bergen Tourist Information at 18:30.
Lydia Hoen Tjore soprano
Ole Christian Haagenrud piano
Grieg
Puccini
Gounod
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
From Moods, op. 73
1. Resignation
4. Students’ Serenade
5. The Mountaineer’s Song
From Six Songs, op. 48
6. A Dream
From Melodies of the Heart, op. 5
1. Two Brown Eyes
3. I love you
From Album Leaves, op. 28
1. Allegro con moto
3. Vivace
From From the Time of Holberg, suite, op. 40
3. Gavotte
From Reminiscences from Mountain and Fjord, op. 44
3. Ragnhild
The Princess, EG 133
Text: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
From Five Poems by John Paulsen, op. 26
1. Hope
From Slåtter, op. 72
5. Prillar from the Church Play ‘Os’
16. The Girls from Kivledal (Spring Dance)
17. The Girls from Kivledal (Gangar)
14. The Goblin’s Bridal Procession at Vossevangen
From Romances and Ballades, op. 9
4. Outward Bound
From Six Songs, op. 48
5. The Time of Roses
From Humoresque, op. 6
2. Tempo di Menuetto ed energico
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
From Madam Butterfly, opera
Un bel di vedremo, aria
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
From Lyric pieces Book VIII, op. 65
6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
From Faust, opera
Marguerite's Jewel Song