My choice is: ...
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson chose April, but what will this year's artists choose when asked to select their favorite composers and works?
Salget starter 26. januar
About the concert
These are just some of the choices this year's artists made: Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Bartók's duets for two violas, and three of Amanda Maier-Röntgen's Six Pieces for Violin and Piano.
The music closest to their hearts isn't always something artists get to perform during their careers. But these performers we trust so much with our favorites are also music lovers themselves. That's why Tine let them curate this concert.
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Concert program
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
- Summertime
- A woman is a sometime thing
- Bess, you is my woman now
- It ain’t necessarily so
America's most celebrated contribution to the opera canon, Gershwin himself called it America's folk opera. Drawing on African-American folk music, gospel, jazz, and blues, this work is today one of the most frequently performed operas.
Amanda Maier Röntgen: Six pieces for violin og piano
Amanda Maier Röntgen: Six pieces for violin og piano
No. 3, 4 and 6
- Lento (A Minor)
- Allegro molto. Leidenschaftlich (D Minor)
- Allegro, ma non troppo (C Major)
Once again we must count ourselves fortunate that Swedish composer Amanda managed to compose before she married, for as we know, marriage put a stop to a lot of excellent music. But fortunately we do have this work, consisting of charming small pieces.
Béla Bartók: Duet for two violas
Béla Bartók: Duet for two violas
From 44 duets for two violins, Sz. 98.
Hungarian folk music is just as familiar in the classical world as Norwegian folk tunes, and Bartók follows the same popular formula as Edvard Grieg.
By transposing down a fifth – that is, to a lower register – the pieces can be performed on viola instead of violin.