| Thursday 20 May 2027 | 19:00 |
| Julie Røssland | Conductor |
| Håvard Gimse | Piano |
| Clara Yuna Friedensburg | Cello |
| Oslo Philharmonic |
A musical portrait of Norway in four works. From Tveitt's vividly colourful 100 Folk Tunes from Hardanger, inspired by the landscape and traditions of Hardanger, via his virtuosic piano concerto and Sibelius's two intense pieces for cello, to Svendsen's Symphony No. 1, which Grieg called "a triumph for Norwegian art". Julie Røssland conducts a concert ranging from the roots of folk music to the grand orchestral sound of the Romantic era, with Håvard Gimse and Clara Yuna Friedensburg as soloists.
Three composers, four stories, all rooted in what was once called "the Norwegian". But what does that really mean? Is it the colours of Tveitt's folk-inspired orchestration, the melancholy cello lines Sibelius wrote in the shadow of war, or the energy of the young Svendsen that made Grieg rejoice? Welcome to a concert of Norwegian melodies and Nordic expression, from the mountainsides of Hardanger to the concert stages of Leipzig.
