The Fartein Valen Festival 2014
The program 2014 has a wide range of different musical repertoir. The music of Fartein Valen is the most important part of the program. His music is without compromises. He was able to put Norway on the musical map of Europe.
> Thursday 24.th of april
> Friday 25.th of april
> Saturday 26.th of april
> Sunday 27.th of april
Thursday 24.th of april
The Church of Our Saviour, Haugesund. 19.00 pm
Iver Kleive, organ; Povl Dissing,voice; Knut Reiersrud, guitar
«Som den gylne sol frembryter»
Tickets: 290 NKr Students/children 100 NKr
Friday 25th of April
The Art Gallery of Haugesund 10.00 pm
Tickets 100 NKr
Lecture (in norwegian) ‘Konstruktive misforståelser: Om Beethoven i Valens verker’
Arnulf Christian Mattes , from the University in Oslo
Einar Henning Smebye, Grand Piano og Tor Johan Bøen, violin
Fartein Valen, Sonata for violin and Grand Piano, op 2
Interval and refreshments
The Art Gallery of Haugesund 12.00 pm
Lecture (in norwegian) «Fra Wagners ånd til Valens hånd. Om kildene til Fartein Valens Ave Maria op. 4”
Thomas Erma Møller from the Univerity in Oslo
Music of Fartein Valen:
Njål Sparbo, bassbariton og Einar Henning Smebye, Grand Piano
Fartein Valen: Ave Maria op 4
Concert from the Bells Tower 25th of April 16.30 pm
The Church of our Saviour
Goos ten Napel
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Reception for Festival-Partners
First Hotel Hendersons City 5am
Admittance for the guests at the hotel or with Festivalpass
THE CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR at 18.00pm
Fartein Valen and the french music
Lars Notto Birkeland, organ; Håkon Austbø, Piano; Oslo kammerakademi (Woodwind ensemble)
Tickets 250 NKr 100 NKr Children and students
PROGRAM
Lars Notto Birkeland, organ:
Jehan Alain:
Suite for organ
Introduction, Variation, Scherzo, Choral
Håkon Austbø, piano
Claude Debussy: From «12 Etudes» (1915) 3.pour les quartes 11.pour les arpeges composes
Olivier Messiaen: From «4 etudes de rythme» (1949-50) 3.Meumes rythmiques
Pierre Boulez: Troisieme Sonate, formant 2: Trope (1957)
Olivier Messiaen: From «20 Regards sur l’Enfant-Jesus» (1944) 13.Noel
Claude Debussy: From «Preludes, IIe livre» (1913)
4. …»Les fees sont d’exquises danseuses» 9. …Ondine 12. …Feux d’artifice
The Chamber Academy of Oslo:
Charles d’Indy: Chason et Danse op. 50
Fartein Valen:
Serenade, op 42
DrumBattle in the centre of Haugesund 19.30 pm
(just after the concert in the church is finished)
4 drum-players and an el-guitar gives an explosive and youthful musical performance inspired by the music of Fartein Valen.
Saturday 26th of April
Fartein Valen and Johann Sebastian Bach Saturday 26th of April 12.oo pm
THE CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR
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Lars Notto Birkeland, Organ; The Hansa Quartet; Oslo kammerakademi (Woodwind ensemble)
Tickets 200 NKr
(Oslo kammerakademi playes in the pavillion of the city-park dependent on the weather)
Hansakvartetten Johann Sebastian Bach: From «Die Kunst der Fuge»
Fartein Valen: Stringquartet, op 0
(Oslo kammerakademi playes in the Pavillion if possible, due to the weather)
(Emil Hartmann:
Serenade, op 43)
Lars Notto Birkeland
Fartein Valen: Pastorale
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasi and fuge, g-moll BWV 542
The Pavillion, City-Park 13.15 pm
Oslo kammerakademi (In case of bad weather, the wind-ensemble will be playing at the concert 12.00 pm in The Church of our Saviour)
Annaleena Puhto- flute
David Friedemann Strunck – oboe and artistic leader
Gro Britt Skarseth – oboe
Andjei Maevski – clarinet
Victor Alsén – clarinet
Steinar Granmo Nilsen – horn
Niklas Grenvik – horn
Roman Reznik – fagot
Trond Olaf Larsen – fagot and arangements
Tuomo Savolainen – double bass
PROGRAM:
Emil Hartmann: Serenade
Saturday 26th of April 14.00 pm
The Art Gallery of Haugesund
Fartein Valen: Trio, op 5
Einar Henning Smebye (piano), Tor Johan Bøen (violin) and Aurélienne Brauner (cello)
The Art Gallery of Haugesund: Valen-café 14.30 pm
Skåre Church Saturday the 26th of April 16.30 pm
The Hansa Quartett and Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, soprano
Valen and Beethoven
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach From «Die Kunst der Fuge»
Johannes Brahms From The «Ophelia»-songs
Fartein Valen: Goethe-songs op 6 arr by the norwegian violinst Leif Halvorsen
Fartein Valen Stringquartet nr 2, op 13
Ludvig van Beethoven: Stringquartet nr 16 F-dur, op 135
1 Allegretto 2 Vivace 3 Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo 4 “Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß (The difficult decision).” Grave, ma non troppo tratto (Muss es sein?/Must it be?) – Allegro (Es muss sein!/It must be!) – Grave, ma non troppo tratto – Allegro
The Art Gallery of Haugesund 26th of April 17.30 pm
Host: Erling Dahl jr
Håkon Austbø, piano;
Einar Henning Smebye, piano; Tor Johan Bøen, violin, Aurelienne Brauner, cello;
Oslo kammerakademi; Njål Sparbo, bassbariton; Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, oprano;
PROGRAM
Einar Henning Smebye og Tor Johan Bøen
Johannes Brahms Scherzo for Violin and piano, WoO 2, c-minor
Aurelienne Brauner og Tor Johan Bøen
Joseph Jongen Duo for violin and cello
Håkon Austbø
Johannes Brahms 3 Intermezzi op 119, nr 1-3
Fartein Valen 4 Klavierstücke op 22
(Nachtstück, Valse Noble, Lied ohne Worte, Gigue)
Hansakvartetten Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade
Interval
Oslo kammerakademi, Njål Sparbo og Hilde Haraldsen Sveen
Mozart from the world of Opera
Le nozze di Figaro:
-Ouverture -Cinque…dieci…venti (Susanna, Figaro) -Se a caso madama (Susanna, Figaro) -Se vuol ballare signor Contino (Figaro)
Die Zauberflöte
-Ouverture -Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Papageno) -Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen (Pamina) -Ach, ich fühl´s, es ist verschwunden! (Pamina, Papageno) -Pa – pa – pa (Papageno, Papagena)
Reception at the Festivalhotel 21.00 pm
(admittance for the guests of the hotel or with Festivalpass)
Oslo kammerakademi playes Wind Octet in E-flat major op 103 by L van Beethoven
I. Allegri II. Andante III Menuetto – Trio IV. Finale. Presto
(composition Year 1792-1793)
Sunday 27th of April
Mass in Valestrand church 11.00 pm
The soprano Hilde Haraldsen Sveen from the Festival takes part.
Organist: Ingrid Elisabeth Tobiassen
The Liturgy is lead by Gunnar Salomonsen and Arild Steinsland
Preacher: Fartein Valen-Sendstad
Church-coffe, lecture and concert in the composers home Valenheimen 13.00 pm
Lecture: (in norwegian)
Little Per på Farteins skulder. Undertittel: Om Farteins nære og allsidige forhold til dyr, fremfor alt katter!
Concert:
Fartein Valen: Sonata for violin and piano, op 3
Einar Henning Smebye, piano and Tor Johan Bøen, violin
The Church of our Saviour Sunday 27th of April 19.00 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Requiem in d-minor, K.626; conductor Ive Romme
Soloists:
Trond Gudevold, Isabel Espelid, Kari Dahl Nielsen and Ole Morten Velde
Youth choir and The Chamber Orchestra 1B1, University of Stavanger
