Four seasons in one day: Vivaldi's Four Seasons made new at the Nordland Music Festival

By Aksel Tollåli, 08 August 2013

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Reviewed at Bodø Cathedral, Bodø on 5 August 2013

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione), Op.8 no. 1-4

Tromsø Chamber Orchestra

Henning Kraggerud, Violin

Erik Fosnes Hansen, Narrator

West Cork Chamber Music Festival ends in style

Michael Roddy, 7th July

British cellist Laura van der Heijden proved herself to be the sister of soul on the cello for the second night in succession.

*****

Oslo Phil plays an all-Norwegian programme

Jack Dhainaut, 24th March

Despite the home advantage, the orchestra played it safe, but there was wholesome folky fun to be had with Halvorsen and Tveitt.

***11

Unwrapping Beethoven's Piano Trios at King's Place

Sebastian Scotney, 25th January

Kings Place's "Cello Unwrapped" series is a major, year-long celebration of the instrument. It consists of a no fewer than 51 events spread throughout the year, with everything from films to sessions on buying – and even making – instruments.

***11

Impassioned Shostakovich and runaway Tchaikovsky

Jack Johnson, 10th March

An engrossing performance of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony follows a slightly haywire interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in an evening of excitement and a few too many wrong notes.

***11

An uncreative response to justified criticism: Shostakovich in Oslo

Aksel Tollåli, 5th February

The combination of Grieg, Sibelius and Shostakovich proved a rather uninteresting one in Oslo.

**111

Kraggerud's Bruch fits the “Virtuoso Violin” bill

Simon Holden, 8th October

There was a consistent sense of fun in the solo part, matched by the ebullient conducting of Bellincampi.

****1

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.