Nordic Wind Orchestra
Festival square
Festival Academy of Bergen
The legacy of Grieg, and works by Adolf Hansen.
When the Nordic Wind Orchestra and conductor Andreas Hanson take the stage at Festallmenningen, the concert is dedicated to a central figure in Bergen’s musical life, Adolf Hansen. As chief conductor of the Brigade Band in Bergen, Hansen left a big impression, and several of his premieres took place at the Music Pavilion, just a few hundred metres from the Festival square.
The audience can look forward to a festive concert with rousing marches, lyrical melodies and historical connections. The programme includes arrangements of music by Edvard Grieg, the serenade Hansen wrote for Nina and Edvard Grieg’s silver wedding anniversary, as well as several marches dedicated to the Bergen region.
The orchestra will also perform a larger concert in the University Aula, with soloist Eldbjørg Hemsing in Kurt Weill’s Violin Concerto, as well as music by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Igor Stravinsky and Edgar Varèse.
Image on top: Nordic Wind Orchestra at the Henie Onstad Art Center
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Nordic Wind Orchestra
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