PROGRAM 2016
Only cash payment at all concerts!
SATURDAY August 13
12.00 Lilla torget (Small Square, Linköping)
Sneak-preopening
Östgöta Brass Quintet salutes the start of the Music Days.
17.00 Opening Concert in the Missionary Church, Linköping (Note: The concert is moved!)
Golden Voice
Östgöta Symphonic Wind Band with star soprano Kerstin Avemo.
Conductor: Staffan Mårtensson. Music by Verdi, Gounod, Puccini and others.
Inauguration speech: County Governor 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 13 on this website.
SUNDAY August 14
kl 18.00 Åtvids Stora kyrka/Greater Church, Åtvidaberg
Golden Voice
Reprise of the Inauguration Concert.
Östgöta Symphonic Wind Band with star soprano Kerstin Avemo.
Conductor: Staffan Mårtensson. Music by Verdi, Gounod, Puccini and others.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
MONDAY August 15
19.00 Crescendo Jazz Club, Norrköping
Kristin Amparo and Joel Lyssarides’ Trio
Don’t miss Sweden’s new jazz star, ”Ella Fitzgerald and Amy Winehouse in one person” (Dagens Nyheter).
Kristin Amparo sings jazz, pop, soul with some of the country’s best jazz musicians:
Joel Lyssarides, piano; Niklas Wennström, bass; Robert Ikiz, drums.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
TUESDAY August 16
9.00 and 10.15 Norrköping Art Museum
What’s in your bell?
A playful sing-along concert for children 3-6 years with Tora Thorslund and Calle Jakobsson,
trumpet and tuba.
Concert length: about 35 min. Free admission
19.00 Hägerstad New Church, Kinda
Östgöta Brass Quintet – Tones From Tallinn
Five superb brass musicians play music by
Eino Tamberg, Vagn Holmboe and Victor Ewald.
Free admission
19.00 Norrköping Art Museum
Chrichan Larson, cello solo
Bach’s famous works for cello have inspired many composers. Chrichan Larson, one of Sweden’s leading interpreteres of new music, performs music by contemporary masters:
Zimmermann, Morthenson, Penderecki, Xenakis.
Tickets: 150 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
WEDNESDAY August 17
10.00 Sagateatern, Linköping
What’s in your bell?
A playful sing-along concert for children 3-6 years with Tora Thorslund and Calle Jakobsson,
trumpet and tuba.
Concert length: about 35 min. Free admission
19.00 Wallenberg Hall, Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
Piano Recital with Roland Pöntinen
Meet an artist frequently requested by our audience – piano master Roland Pöntinen.
Roland performs a select recital program with music by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, Albéniz.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
THURSDAY August 18
19.00 Valö open-air festivity park, Kinda
Summer Jazz with Östgöta Jazz Band
A tradition since long, always very appreciated. Usually sold out – come on time!
Tickets: 100 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
19.00 Wallenberg Hall, Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
Three Big B:s
Beethoven, Brahms, Blomdahl – they all wrote trios for clarinet, cello and piano.
This year marks the centenary of Karl-Birger Blomdahl’s birth, a Swedish visionary modernist and powerful organiser.
Our present: a concert in the company of the great classics.
Staffan Mårtensson, clarinet; Erik Wahlgren, cello; Love Derwinger, piano.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
ca 22.00 Priceless Hotel, Linköping.
Lobby Music with festival artists.
Have a beer, a chat and live chamber music.
Free admission
FRIDAY August 19
09.00 Baptist Church, Linköping
Breakfast with Strindberg.
Eat your breakfast at Babettes Kafferi while listening to Östgöta Brass Quintet and actor Pontus Plænge in music by Britta Byström on the texts of Strindberg’s Inferno.
Babettes Kafferi opens at 08.30..
Tickets: 100 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission. Breakfast not included.
12.00 Wallenberg Hall, Östergötlands Museum, Linköping
Remembering Otto Freudenthal
The founder of the Music Days is celebrated with his own music. On the program:
Evolution Cantata, Klarynx, WH Davies Songs and a premiere of Otto’s last songs.
Iwar Bergkwist, tenor; Lars-Ola Johansson, rapper; Anna Lindal, violin; Love Derwinger, piano; Staffan Mårtensson, clarinet; Lars H Jonsson, playback-technician.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
12.30 Norrköping Art Museum
Soup Concert. Bob Hansson & the Crusell Quintet
Swedish poet Bob Hansson in a word/music composition by him and composer Sven Hagvil.
Poetry/music/food– all in one!
Soup and concert: 160 SEK, concert only: 80 SEK
Persons under 25 years or with festival pass: free admission, soup 80 SEK
19.00 Baptist Church, Linköping
Kristin Amparo and Joel Lyssarides’ Trio
Don’t miss Sweden’s new jazz star, ”Ella Fitzgerald and Amy Winehouse in one person” (Dagens Nyheter).
Kristin Amparo sings jazz, pop, soul with some of the country’s best jazz musicians:
Joel Lyssarides, piano; Niklas Wennström, bass; Robert Ikiz, drums.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK
SATURDAY August 20
09.00 Baptist Church, Linköping
Breakfast Concert. Bob Hansson & the Crusell Quintet
Enjoy the delicacies of Babettes Kafferi while listening to Swedish poet Bob Hansson in a word/music composition by him and composer Sven Hagvil.
Babettes Kafferi opens at 08.30.
Tickets: 100 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission. Breakfast not included.
15.00 Banquet Hall, Löfstad Castle
Winterreise
Schubert’s sublime cycle of songs, here in a version for trio.
Music of serene beauty picturing fate and memories of love lost.
Jakob Högström, baritone; Dan Larsson, clarinet; Magnus Grönlund, guitar.
Tickets: 150 SEK. Under 25 years: Free admission
Guided tours at 13.00 and 14.00
19.00 Missionary Church, Linköping
Festival Finale – Almqvist and Music
An evening devoted to Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish writer, musician, publisher, pedagogue, polemic etc etc, who died 1866, an even 150 years ago.
We celebrate Almqvist with texts read by renowned actress Stina Ekblad, and music from his and our time inspired by him.
Musicians: mezzo-soprano Karin Osbeck, violinist Daniel Migdal, pianist Love Derwinger and clarinetist Staffan Mårtensson.
Tickets: 200 SEK. Under 25 years: 100 SEK. Martha’s Café is open.
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