Classic In the Center - Winter in the church
Wed 13 Feb
|Grimstad church
Classic I Sentrum is coming back. The first concert this week takes place in the church and is, as always, free (collection). Many of the musicians from this summer are in place and we get to experience a wonderful program where the vast majority of the music has connections to the north
Tid og sted
13 Feb 2019, 20:00 – 14 Feb 2019, 21:30
Grimstad church, Kirkegaten 16, 4878 Grimstad, Norway
Gjester
Om eventen
The February edition of Klassisk I Sentrum is about love and this concert focuses on brotherhood.
Arvo Pärt, the world's most performed living composer, has written an exceptionally beautiful piece of music entitled "Fratres" meaning "Brothers". The artistic director has collaborated with the composer on several occasions and in his time had the opportunity to initiate that the version we hear here, arranged by Lars Anders Tomter performing the solo voice, remained the official version of the arrangement for viola and orchestra.
The Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin has written a beautiful piece called Elegy. Originally for trumpet and organ, here in a version for viola and strings. A beautifully unaddressed breath of melancholy.
The focus on music for viola leaves room for another viola work on the program: Adagio by Zoltan Kodaly. Here we leave the Nordics and move to Hungary. Kodaly and Bartok traveled around collecting folk music. The…