PROGRAM, Östergötland Music Days 2014
Only cash payment at all concerts!
SATURDAY August 9
17.00 Linköping Castle
Opera at the Castle
Östgöta Symphonic Wind Band with star soprano Maria Fontosh. Conductor: Staffan Mårtensson. Music by Tchaikowsky, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini.
Opening speech: County Gouvernor Elisabeth Nilsson.
Tickets: 250 SEK. Under 25 years: 150 SEK
In case of rain, the concert is moved to the Missionary Church. Information from 1 p.m on August 9 on this website or on the office answering machine, +46 705-10 73 22.
SUNDAY August 10
14.30 Bjärka-Säby New Castle
Castle Matinée
Violin & piano recital with two prominent Swedish musicians: Claudia Bonfiglioli and Karin Haglund. Music by Brahms, Stravinsky och Otto Freudenthal (premiere).
Tickets: 150 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
The café is open 11-18 . Guided tour at 16, price: 50 SEK.
19.00 Valö open-air festivity park, Kinda
Summer Jazz with Östgötabandet
Meet vocalist Isabella Lundgren, Sweden's most recent jazz star.
A tradition since long, always very appreciated. Usually sold out – come on time!
Tickets: 100 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
MONDAY August 11
19.00 Vadstena Convent Church
From Bach to Cage – Three Centuries of Organ Music
One of Sweden’s foremost organists, Hans-Ola Ericsson, in a program with J S Bach, C P E Bach, W F Bach, Satie, Haydn, Mozart, Cage.
Tickets: 100 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
19.00 Kapellet i Slätmon (Slätmon Chapel), Rimforsa
Chapel Chamber Music
The Sätterström Society – Aleksander Sätterström & Ylva Larsdotter, violin; Sofia Hansen, viola; Pelle Hansen, cello – plays string quartets by Stenhammar, Haydn and others.
Tickets: 150 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
19.00 Crescendo Jazz Club, Norrköping
Isabella Ljunggren and Östgötabandet
Meet vocalist Isabella Lundgren, Sweden's most recent jazz star.
Intimate and swinging, with a touch of Billie Holiday.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
TUESDAY August 12
09.00 and 10.15 Norrköping Art Museum
The Magic Time Machine Piano of Doctor Karin
Musical saga for children 3-6 years with pianist Karin Haglund.
Free admission
19.00 Hedvig Church, Norrköping
Organ Master
Olivier Messiaen’s Livre Du Saint Sacrement with one of Sweden’s foremost organists, Hans-Ola Ericsson. A unique opportunity to hear Messiaen’s stunning master-piece.
Tickets: 150 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
19.00 Missionary Church, Linköping
Isabella Ljunggren and Östgötabandet
Meet vocalist Isabella Lundgren, Sweden's most recent jazz star.
Intimate and swinging, with a touch of Billie Holiday.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
WEDNESDAY August 13
10.00 Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
The Magic Time Machine Piano of Doctor Karin
Musical saga for children 3-6 years with pianist Karin Haglund.
Free admission
19.00 S:t Lars Church, Linköping
Soirée Française – French Evening
Top-level chamber music with Ensemble Contraste, Paris
Vocal and instrumental pieces by Ravel, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Gounod, Debussy, Fauré, Massenet. Plus improvisations over themes given by the audience. Please contribute!!
Artists: Albane Carrère, soprano; Arnaud Thorette, violin/viola; pianists Johan Farjot and Karol Beffa.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
ca 22.00 First Hotel, Linköping. Lobby Music with festival artists. Free admission
THURSDAY August 14
19.00 Rök Church, Ödeshög
Bishop Brask and the Brass
Östgöta Brass Quintet and historian/museum director Markus Lindberg in a musical account of the famous Linköping 16th-century bishop.
Tickets: 100 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
19.00 Hägerstad New Church, Kinda
Östgöta Chamber Soloists
A return of last year’s success ensemble. String music by Mendelssohn, Tchaikowsky, Vivaldi.
Leader: Sofie Sunnerstam. Soloist: Pelle Hansen, cello.
Free admission
19.00 Wallenberg hall, Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
”Cine-concert” – Music and Movie
Presentation of Au bonheur des dames, silent movie from 1930 by Julien Duvivier.
Solos/improvisation/movie music with French pianist/composer Karol Beffa.
Introduction: Katarina Aronsson, dramaturge, Royal Opera, Stockholm.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
ca 22.00 First Hotel, Linköping. Lobby Music with festival artists. Free admission
FRIDAY August 15
12.30 Norrköping Art Museum
Soup Concert – Violin and Piano
Recital with two prominent Swedish musicians: Claudia Bonfiglioli and Karin Haglund.
Music by Brahms, Stravinsky and Amanda Maier.
Soup and concert: 150 SEK, concert only: 80 SEK
Persons under 25 years or with festival pass: free admission, soup 70 SEK
12.15 S:t Lars Church, Linköping
Songs, Lieder and Melodies
Celebrated Royal Court Singer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, baritone, and pianist Mattias Böhm.
Music by Taube, Lindberg, Alfvén, Stenhammar, Korngold and Paul Anka.
Tickets: 150 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
19.00 S:t Lars Church, Linköping
Östgöta Chamber Soloists
A return of last year’s success ensemble. String music by Mendelssohn, Tchaikowsky, Vivaldi.
Leader: Sofie Sunnerstam. Soloist: Pelle Hansen, cello.
Tickets: 150 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
ca 22.00 First Hotel, Linköping. Lobby Music with festival artists. Free admission
SATURDAY August 16
09.00 Baptist Church, Linköping
Chamber Music – New and Old. Concert and Discussion.
Have a sandwich and listen to Rolf Martinsson’s new Suite for Woodwind Quintet played by the Crusell Quintet, and to String Sextet by Linköping-born composer August Ölander (1824-1886), played by Tobias Ringborg and friends. Pre-concert talk with Tomas Löndahl, Secretary of the Royal Musical Academy, and Staffan Mårtensson.
Babettes Kafferi is open in conjunction to the concert.
Tickets: 80 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission. Breakfast not included.
15.00 Banquet Hall, Löfstad Castle
Bishop Brask and the Brass
Östgöta Brass Quintet and historian/museum director Markus Lindberg in a musical account of the famous Linköping 16th-century bishop.
Tickets: 150 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
Guided tours at 13.00 and 14.00
19.00 Missionary Church, Linköping
Festival Finale – Double Septets
This will be an oasis for chamber-music lovers; two master-works, side by side. Beethoven’s Septet was one of the composer’s most loved pieces in his life-time. It was played also in Stockholm, and inspired Franz Berwald to write his Grand Septet.
Artists: Tobias Ringborg, violin; James Opie, viola; Mats Lidström, cello; Danijel Petrovic, bass; Staffan Mårtensson, clarinet; Anders Engström, fagott; Kristina Kärlin, horn.
In between the septets: a Cello Intervention with an ensemble from Mats Lidström’s Master-Class at the Lunnevad Folk High School.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SE. Martha’s Café is open.
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