Performer: Per Arne Glorvigen

With superb support from Kremerata Baltica and a smart set of soloists, Gidon Kremer continues a love affair that began 25 years ago.

Last Thursday’s concert with the Oslo Philharmonic featured four pieces with little or no connection to each other, other than three of the pieces being either written by Spanish-speaking composers or actually being about Spain. Yet, apart from one piece, it all came together into a rather coherent whole.The concert began with Jacques Ibert’s Bacchanale.

L'Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, emmené par Christian Arming, proposait l'ouverture des Noces de Figaro, la Symphonie n°7 de Beethoven et, entre les deux, le rarement entendu Concerto pour Bandonéon d'Astor Piazzolla, avec Per Arne Glorvigen en soliste.