Brass ensemble with flair!
During the Bergen International Festival, the Festival square will burst into life. Here, like last year, the The Norwegian Naval Forces Band (SFMK) will deliver this year's first concert on to kickstart the event series on the free stage.
The professional orchestra has excelled in performing new music, with critically acclaimed albums, world premieres, and celebrated festival appearances on its resume. The 27 musicians perform concerts throughout the west coast of Norway as well as ceremonial duties for the Norwegian Armed Forces.
For the Festival square, SFMK comes with a brass ensemble, and composers including Pat Metheny and Joe Zawinul are featured in the programme. So come join us and sway, wave and dance along!
Photo: Thor Brødreskift
The Norwegian Naval Forces Band will also perform in The Telavåg Tragedy in Håkonshallen on Thursday 30 May.
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The Norwegian Naval Forces Band
Metheny
Trovesi
Ellis
Zawinul
Pankow
Carmichael
Youngblood Brass Band
Trad.
Pat Metheny (1954–), arr. Lars Erik Gudim
Better Days Ahead
Gianluigi Trovesi (1944–)
Hercab
Pee-Wee Ellis (1941–2021), arr. Richard Edwards
The Chicken
Joe Zawinul (1932–2007) arr. Svein Henrik Giske
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
James Pankow (1947–) arr. Helge Sunde
Skin Tight
Hoagy Carmichael (1891–1981) arr. John Iveson
Stardust
Youngblood Brass Band arr. Frank Brodahl
Ain't Nobody
Trad. Irish, collected by Jane Ross, arr. John Iveson
Londonderry Air