Work: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time): Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus

The Northern Lights Festival takes place in Tromsø, Northern Norway, at the end of January each year. It is predominantly a classical music event, although that forms the core of what is always a very diverse offering, with plenty of jazz and popular music in the mix too.

In “Far from Home” reed quintet Calefax and the Nederlands Kamerkoor performed music around the theme of loneliness, loss and exile.

Considering the sheer wattage of Yo-Yo Ma’s name, it was not his playing alone that stole the show; rather, the magic of this performance existed in the act of collaboration between two artists.