PROGRAM
Here you will find the program for Nordic Song Festival 2023
PROGRAM 2023
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SATURDAY August 5
12.45 – 13.00 Traditional herd calling from Forngården in Trollhättan with Rosa Moa Brynell STREAMING – free
13.30 – 14.30 Lecture: Mette Borg, playwright, director, mag. Art.: ”WE NEED ART!”
A talk about the human relationship with performing arts, singing, music, art painting, etc.
“In a society in crisis like ours, art has never been more important. So what is the art »can«? And why should society support the arts?”
Black Box, N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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13.30 – 17.00 Open to the public for lectures in the lecture hall and masterclasses in the orchestra hall. Places can be reserved in the reception and via the website.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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15.00 – 17.00 Open masterclass in the orchestra hall. ”Closed” classes with Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Stig Fogh Andersen, Sunleif L. Rasmussen, Matti Borg, Mette Borg, Kalle Stenbäcken and Matti Hirvonen.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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18.00 Opening concert with Anna Bæk Christensen and Octavian Leyva Dragomir.
FAVORITES!
The festival’s festive opening concert is with two award-winning young artists: Anna Bæk Christensen (soprano) and Octavian Leyva Dragomir (pianist). Last year they won – as the first – the distinguished Dorothy Irving scholarship, which was celebrated with a prize-winning concert in the Grünewaldsalen at Konserthuset in Stockholm. Both have previously participated in the Nordic Song Festival’s masterclass, and it is a great joy to have them back to give an innovative and personal concert. The audience undoubtedly gets a rich experience when they interpret winter’s melancholy, spring’s explosive zest for life and summer’s lust in tunes by their favorite composers, i.a. Grieg, Stenhammar and Heise.
Götalundens Kyrka, Idrottsvägen 15B, Trollhättan. STREAMING – Tickets
SUNDAY August 6
13.30 – 14.30 Lecture: Sunleif L. Rasmussen on Faroese vocal music and his own music.
Black Box, N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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13.30 – 17.00 Open to the public for lectures in the lecture hall and masterclasses in the orchestra hall.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
Tickets can be bought in the reception.
15.00 – 17.00 Open masterclass in the orchestra hall. ”Closed” classes with Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Matti Borg, Mette Borg.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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Kl 18.00 – 19.30 CONCERT with Stig Fogh Andersen, tenor, and Matti Hirvonen, piano.
THE POETS’ CONCERT!
Stig Fogh Andersen performs songs with Danish lyrics (with one exception), while none of the composers are Danish (also with one exception).
Among the composers, some are from the other Nordic countries, others from abroad such as Frederick Delius, Robert Schumann and Alexander Zemlinsky. Stig Fogh Andersen will tell you more (in Swedish) about the programme at the concert.
Vänersborgs Museum, Vänersborg.
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MONDAY August 7
10.30 -12.45 Masterclass with Sunleif L. Rasmussen, Stig Fogh Andersen, Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Mette Borg och Matti Hirvonen.
Orkestersalen, N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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13.30 – 14.30 Lecture with Stig Fogh Andersen about Danish singing repertoire and his career.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
STREAMING Part of the masterclass
14.00 – 15.00 Concert and sing-along with Susanne Lind, vocals/violin and Mathias Ristholm, guitar.
Sjuntorps Folkets Hus, Sjuntorp
STREAMING – Free entrance
14.00 – 17.00 Open to the public in the lecture hall and orchestra hall – tickets can be purchased on site in N3 as well. Masterclass with Stig Fogh Andersen, Sunleif L. Rasmussen, Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Mette Borg, Kalle Stenbäcken and Matti Hirvonen
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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17.30 – 18.30 CONCERT “Nordic folk music and song” with Susanne Lind and Mathias Ristholm.
Utby Vestens Byalag Ödsmåls Loge, Getlycke, Utby
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Plats: N3 Trollhättan
TUESDAY August 8
10.00 – 11.00 Concert with Rosa Brynell, folk singer from Ljungskile and Örjan Carlsson, guitar.
“THE SUMMER SINGS AND PLAYS”
Concert with Rosa Brynell, folk singer from Ljungskile – and Örjan Carlsson, guitar.
Strömkarlen, Strandgatan 8, Trollhättan
STREAMING – Free entrance
10.30 – 12.30 Masterclass with Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Sunleif L. Rasmussen, Stig Fogh Andersen, Matti Borg, Mette Borg and Matti Hirvonen.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
10.30 – 12.30 Open for the public
18.00 – 20.00 Concert 1 with the masterclass-students.
In collaboration with Fuxerna kyrka and organist Henrik Mossberg.
Fuxerna kyrka, Fuxernavägen 19, 463 33 Lilla Edet (Västerlanda)
STREAMING – Free admission
WEDNESDAY August 9
No concerts
THURSDAY August 10
Kl. 10.30 – 12.45 Masterclass with Kåre Björköy, Matti Borg, Matti Hirvonen, Mette Borg and Gitta-Maria Sjöberg.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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Kl. 13.30 – 14.30 Lecture with Mette Borg
”A SINGER’S and INSTRUMENTALIST’s work with themself and the material”
A reflective lecture on analysis and interpretation.
What questions can be asked about the material?
Where do you get inspiration?
The relationship between thought, feeling, imagination and intuition?
What does background knowledge mean? etc. etc.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
STREAMING – Tickets – part of the Masterclass
Kl. 15.00 – 17.00 Masterclass with Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Mette Borg, Kåre Björköy, Matti Borg, Kalle Stenbäcken. Orkestersalen, N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
19.30 – 21.00 CONCERT with Birita Poulsen, soprano and Matteo Gobbini, pianist.
“TONES ABOUT NATURE AND MAN”
Birita Poulsen, successful young Faroese soprano based in Berlin gives a magical concert, accompanied by Matteo Gobbini – one of Germany’s leading young pianists. The repertoire includes works by the great Faroese composer Sunleif L. Rasmussen, who is also the festival’s »composer in residence«.
Vänersborgs Museum, Vänersborg.
STREAMING – Tickets
FRIDAY August 11
Kl. 10.10 – 11.00 Open singing practice with Gitta-Maria Sjöberg. (Anyone can register no later than 1 day before and bring 1-2 songs and sheet music)
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
Kl. 10.30 – 17.00 Open for the public.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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Kl. 10.30-12.45 Masterclass with Sunleif L. Rasmussen, Birita Poulsen, Mette Borg, Kåre Björköy, Matti Borg, Matti Hirvonen.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
Kl. 13.30 -14.30 Lecture with Kåre Bjørkøy, Researcher, prof. Emeritus, “How can our voice express clear and strong emotions when singing lieder/romances?”
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
STREAMING
Kl. 15.00 – 17.00 Masterclass with Sunleif L. Rasmussen, Mette Borg, Kåre Björköy, Matti Borg och Matti Hirvonen.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
Kl. 19.30 – 21.00 Konsert med Gitta-Maria Sjöberg and Hans Josefsson in collaboration with Fors Kyrka.
SONG IN A SUMMER EVENING
A new duo with two of Scandinavia’s biggest artists – Gitta-Maria Sjöberg and Hans Josefsson – sings and presents beloved songs and summer songs in Scandinavian colors together with Sven-Erik Dahlberg, pianist.
Fors Kyrka, Sjuntorp
STREAMING – Free admission
SATURDAY August 12
Kl. 09.00 – 10.00 Morning practice with Gitta-Maria Sjöberg and masterclass participants.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
Kl. 10.30 – 12.45 Masterclass with Sunleif Rasmussen, Kåre Bjørkøy, Matti Borg, Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Mette Borg and Matti Hirvonen.
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
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Kl. 13.30 -14.30 Lecture with Hans Josefsson and Anders Ottosson, Gothenburg Opera: “Hans on his career and Anders on his work with singers as an opera rehearser/coach”
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
STREAMING Sign-up – Masterclass
Kl. 15.00 – 16.00 Debate / Webinar with Kåre Björköy, Matti Borg, Matti Hirvonen, Mette Borg, Sunleif L. Rasmussen. For masterclass participants and audience: “What does Nordic music and song mean to modern people”
Trollhättans Kulturskola N3, Nohabsvägen 15, Trollhättan.
STREAMING
Kl. 17.00 – 18.00 CONCERT with N3’s Children’s Choir and Girls’ Choir and the local vocal group ‘Englarna’.
“LYRICS TO NATURE”
N3’s children’s choir and girls’ choir and the local vocal group »Englarna« sing new music written for the children’s own poems! Some of Scandinavia’s leading composers have contributed to this unique project.
Conductor: Emma Bengtsson
Soloist: Idil Alpsoy (mezzo)
Pianist: Kalle Stenbäcke
Konsthallen, Nohåbsvägen, Trollhättan.
STREAMING – Tickets
SÖNDAG 13 Augusti
Kl. 18.00 – 20.00 Masterclass closing concert with the participants of the masterclass.
“WHEN LIFE SINGS AND PLAYS!”
The masterclass students give their concert no. 2, which also marks the end of the festival. It will be colourful, young, expressive and full of musical joy. All 18 participants enjoy singing and playing their hearts out.
Missionskyrkan Trollhättan
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