Sala: Oslo University: Aula

As part of Oslo's Ultima festival, wind bands Sjøforsvarets musikkorps and Det Norske Blåseensemble dazzle with a programme of works by contemporary Norwegian composers.

Thursday's opening of the Oslo Chamber Music Festival showed an enticing bredth of programming, showcasing a wide array of new and old music, all performed with utter conviction.

Ian Bostridge and Håvard Gimse gave a chilling performance of Schubert's Winterreise, but much of the emotional impact got lost in theatricalities.

The Danish National Chamber Orchestra played music by three leading Scandinavian composers in what was to be an unexpectedly emotional concert.

Saturday's opening concert of the Oslo Chamber Music Festival was something of a lukewarm experience, yet it occasionally shone with ravishing Beethoven and deeply engaging Bartók.