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Oslo Early
17. okt. - 20. okt.
Oslo
Oslo Early is Oslo's own early music festival, with music from the Middle Ages to the Romantic era and related musical genres. Until 2016 Oslo lacked a major festival dedicated to historically informed performance practice of older classical music. It has become an important addition to the variety of the capital's cultural offering, not only by providing its own arena for music and musicians that can otherwise rarely be experienced, but also through the lively approach to the music and the way it is communicated that characterises the community.
Oslo Early works closely with important institutions such as the Norwegian Academy of Music, the churches of Oslo, Oslo Kulturskole and NOR59, and has become an important resource in the field of early music and in classical music in recent years. Oslo Early aims to bring early music to the fore and to let ever new audiences enjoy meeting the world's leading early musicians and the best that Norway has to offer in early music specialists, in a mixture of new and familiar repertoire from the Middle Ages to the Classical period.
The early music movement is one of the most profound musical movements of modern times. Playing the music on the instruments it was written for, based on sources from its own time, makes it easier to let the music take shape organically, and it can then become a language that all the musicians speak fluently. The love and enthusiasm that early musicians have for the repertoire is important for discovering and performing ever new finds from forgotten music archives. The early music movement has set in motion a very positive spiral, in which ever-increasing knowledge and a higher level of technical playing quality make a larger part of the old repertoire relevant and alive, which in turn increases interest in this way of relating to the music. The music is outward-looking and popular with audiences, but deserves even more attention.
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Past concerts
- 20. Oct 2024UngBarokk2024Universitetets Aula, Oslo
- 20. Oct 2024JADRAN MED BACHS BESTE!Løkken Nøisomhed, Oslo
- 19. Oct 2024SISIK MED CHALUMEAULøkken Nøisomhed, Oslo
- 18. Oct 2024ENSEMBLE ZEFIRO!Majorstuen kirke, Oslo
- 17. Oct 2024MISSA HIERONYMIMajorstuen kirke, Oslo
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