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Birthday concert and Garden Party: Edvard Grieg 180

Garden Party and concert with Bergen Youth Chamber Orchestra!

Sort-hvitt foto fra Troldhaugen, som viser en stor gruppe festkledde mennesker foran Griegs villa.

Hagefest på Griegs 60-årsdag / Garden party at Troldhaugen on Edvard Grieg´s 60th birthday, 1903. Foto: ukjent / Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek.

When

Where Troldhaugen

Price 290/250/100/50 NOK

This evening, we fill Troldsalen with an all-Norwegian program to celebrate the 180th anniversary of Edvard Grieg's birth. Bergen Youth Chamber Orchestra performs works by Grieg, Johan Halvorsen, Harald Sæverud and Andreas Block Laberg.

Garden party with cake and refreshments beforehand, starting at 18:00.

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Edvard Grieg was born on June 15th, 1843. We are celebrating the day with a garden party where everyone is invited!

18:00: Garden party at Grieg's villa

There will be speeches, musical performances by the choir STEMMER, and serving of birthday cake and refreshments. Sign up here.

19:00: Birthday concert in Troldsalen

The garden party will be followed by a birthday concert by the Bergen Youth Chamber Orchestra, performing works by Grieg, Johan Halvorsen, Harald Sæverud, and Andreas Block Laberg.

About the Concert

Bergen Unge Kammerorkester (BUKO) is a versatile ensemble where young musicians from the Bergen region meet and cultivate their talent and interest in classical music.

BUKO was founded in autumn 2001 on the initiative of young musicians in Bergen. They wanted a place where they could play chamber music together at a high and challenging artistic level. Tone M. Birkeland, violinist in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, stepped in as artistic director and in the years since has led the orchestra through countless concerts in Bergen and the surrounding area, as well as going on tour all over the world.

BUKO is a versatile orchestra with a repertoire that embraces Norwegian musical treasures, classical chamber music, jazz, folk music and tango. With this, BUKO wants to inspire and engage young talents to continue cultivating their talent and their interest in classical music. Several of BUKO's former members are today professional musicians

Musical director: Tone M. Birkeland.

Soloists: Oddhild Louise Nyberg, Andreas Block Laberg.

The concert is presented in collaboration with the Bergen Young Chamber Orchestra (BUKO).

Program:

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

To nordiske melodier for strykeorkester, op. 63

Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)

Veslemøys sang

Edvard Grieg

Hjertesår fra op. 34

Johan Halvorsen

To norske danser (1896)

Harald Sæverud (1897-1992)

`Den siste bådnlåt` op. 22

Moren ved sitt døde barns vugge

Andreas Block Laberg (1997)

Fem Scener for strykeorkester (2022)

Edvard Grieg

Fra Holbergs tid. Suite i Gammel stil, op. 40

Practical information

The concert ticket includes entrance to the Troldhaugen museum and Nina and Edvard Grieg's villa.

Please note: This concert takes place after the museum´s opening hours. Between closing time at 17.00 and the concert, the café will be open. Garden Party from 18:00, included in concert ticket.

If you only wish to attend the garden party, it costs 50 NOK. Purchase tickets for the party only here.

Concert duration: 60 minutes

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