Join us for a mesmerising evening where music weaves tales, and melodies bring stories to life. Welcome to the festival’s official opening, in which we present you some of the flavours of this year’s performances. Let yourself be immersed by a vibrant collection of songs, concertos and symphonic music, brought to you by the festival artists in the historical venue at Huset.

Liza Ferschtman, violin
Berit Norbakken, soprano
Solmund Nystabakk, lute
Sander Tingstad, violin
Alma Kraggerud, violin
Helga Diljá Jörundsdóttir, violin
Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, cello
Arctic Philharmonic

Programme

Trad. Maze
Barbara Strozzi, selected works
Antonio Vivaldi, “Winter” from The Four Seasons
Georg Friedrich Händel, Giulio Cesare / Act3: «Piangero la Sorte Mia»
Antonio Vivaldi, Cessate, Omai Cessate, RV 684: “Ah Ch’infelice Sempre”

—intermission—

Joseph Haydn, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1st and 3rd movement
Peter Tchaikovsky, Nocturne op. 19
Sergej Prokofiev, excerpt from “Peter and the Wolf”
Geir Bøhren / Bent Åserud, Svalbardtemaet

Nord for polarsirkelen finner du verdens yngste og nordligste profesjonelle orkesterinstitusjon. Siden opprettelsen i 2009 har organisasjonen blitt en av Nord-Norges største og mest aktive kulturinstitusjoner.
Hvert år setter orkesteret opp ca 200 forestillinger- og konserter. Orkesterets musikere veksler mellom ulike ensembleformater på fast basis, noe som betyr at du i løpet av en sesong kan oppleve alt fra mindre kammergrupper via sinfonietta og kammerorkester til fullt symfoniorkester og opera-produksjoner.
Arktisk Filharmoni er jevnlig bestiller av nyskrevne verk og fokuserer på å ha et høyt antall forestillinger og innspillinger. Vi samarbeider med nordnorske band og artister fra andre musikksjangre, inkludert jazz, pop, folkemusikk og joik – i et forsøk på å styrke profilen til regionens musikkliv, nasjonalt og internasjonalt.

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Arktisk Filharmoni

Welcome to the world’s northernmost music festival for classical music!

The Arctic Chamber Music Festival has been arranged in Longyearbyen, since 2018. Musicians from the Arctic Philharmonic forms the basis of the festival, performing in various formats together with the guests soloists.

Over the years we have had some truly unforgettable moments, with exceptional performances by soloists like Truls Mørk, Henning Kraggerud, Berit Norbakken Solset, Missy Mazzoli, Adrian Angelico, Imogen Cooper, Elbjørg Hemsing, Adrian Brendel and Peter Herresthal.

The second festival, with the theme of “Changes”, took place in Longyearbyen in June 2019. The soloists performing this year was Henning Kraggerud, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Imogen Cooper and Adrian Brendel and of course, musicians from the Arctic Philharmonic. The festival was also an arena for debates and seminars, with a special focus on human-influenced changes – a time to reflect and discuss important issue together with partner of the year, Arctic Frontiers.

The third festival was arranged in February 2020, featuring the artists Håkon Kornstad, Adrian Angelico, Mariann Fjeld-Solberg, Peter Herresthal and Tim Weiss together with the Arctic Philharmonic sinfonietta. Special to this year’s festival was the focus on the sound of the arctic, presenting the orchestral work with the same title, by composer Lasse Thoresen, commissioned by the Arctic Philharmonic and “created” with inspiration from Svalbard.

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