Harding fiddle and Beethoven's Pastorale

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Conductor: Tabita Berglund / Soloist: Ragnhild Hemsing, hardingfele

The concert is suitable for beginner listeners of classical music. Narrative and picturesque music reminiscent of our nation's romantic relationship with nature is on the program in tonight's concert.

Johan Svendsen's symphonic poem Zorahayda deals with forbidden love, inspired by the Moorish legend of the "Rose of Alhambra". Geirr Tveitt's Hardingfelekonsert nr. 2 describes the Hardangerfjord, Sognefjord and Nordfjord using folkloric elements.

Beethoven's love of nature is masterfully depicted in the "Pastoral Symphony". It describes, among other things, a trickling stream, birds chirping and stormy weather, but Beethoven himself believed that the work was "more about expression than tone painting".

Tonight's program:

Johan Svendsen: Zorahayda (1874)
Geirr Tveitt: Hardingfelekonsert nr. 2 (1965)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 6, "Pastoral Symphonies" (1808)

PRE-TALK

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There, the participants talk about the production and the collaboration between conductor, soloist and orchestra.

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The concert soundscape

During this concert, the three great Norwegian fjords are depicted through the use of folkloric elements. Listen carefully and you will hear trickling streams, stormy weather and birdsong from quails and nightingales.

Soloist of the evening

Ragnhild Hemsing has a large repertoire of classical solo works for violin, and supplements it with more unusual and complicated works written for harding fiddle. Hemsing stands out among the new talents in Norway as an unusually versatile artist.

Tonight's program

See the evening's program digitally here, with info about the concert's works, soloist and conductor.

Conductor of the evening

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Tabita Berglund (born 1989) is Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra's first guest conductor. Prior to her conducting training, she had a master's degree as a cellist, and worked as a freelancer on the cello for several years. She graduated from the master's program in conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2019. During the diploma concert, she conducted the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) and other professional orchestras in Norway and abroad to good reviews.