BrassUnit

Festival Academy of Bergen

BrassUnit was founded in 2020 after its members met at a course in Vänersborg. Today, BrassUnit is a well-established brass quintet performing on chamber music stages throughout the Nordic region. The winners of the Nordic Wind Competition have a strong ambition to develop the genre and have already premiered several new works.

In this concert, the programme is dedicated to the Nordic repertoire. BrassUnit will premiere a new piece by Anne Hytta, joined by the composer herself on the Hardanger fiddle, alongside music by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg and Danes Mogens Andresen and Axel Jørgensen.

Photo: Sveinung Hoel Bjorå

Venue

Det Vestnorske Teateret

Contributors

• BrassUnit:

• Oskar Back trumpet

• Antoine Podlunsek trumpet

• Olof Rolandsson horn

• Markus Paulsons Johansson trombone

• Johan Lundborg tuba

• Anne Hytta Hardanger fiddle

Music by

• Andresen

• Hillborg

• Hytta

• Jørgensen

Works

• Mogens Andresen (1954–)
  Three Norwegian dances
  1. Prelude and reinlender
  2. Trønderpols
  3. Per Spelmann

• Anders Hillborg (1954–)
  Brass quintet

• Anne Hytta (1974–)
  Slåttebølger
  New work for Hardanger fiddle and brass quintet

• Axel Jørgensen (1881–1947)
  Quintet for brass instruments
  1. Moderato
  2. Intermezzo
  3. Andante Cantabile
  4. Finale

A collaboration between

Bergen International Festival and The Savings Bank Foundation DNB