The Power of Life

We break with what has been. When the world is unsettled, we seek what lifts us. Not in order to forget, but to hold on to what makes us human and to preserve precisely the life force. It is not without reason that art and culture are an important part of our total defence – it reminds us of who we are, and gives strength against that which breaks down. The Power of Life is about music that insists on energy, presence and imagination – even in uneasy times. About moments where beauty, humour and interplay become a counterforce to what weighs us down. The evening's main work, Sextet in C major by Ernő Dohnányi, was written between two wars and draws inspiration from both Gustav Mahler and Johannes Brahms, but also from Hungarian music and jazz. Around this work we stitch together a web of musical threads that leads us out into the May night with renewed faith. Programme Ernő Dohnányi Sextet in C major, Op. 37 for piano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet and horn The rest of the programme will be announced later Performers Musicians from Det Norske Kammerorkester