Violinist

Fiddleist

Hardanger violin player

Hardingfele player

This concert embraces both the Baroque and the Nordic, blending European and Norwegian music. From folk tunes from Valdres to the great Baroque composers, it is a varied program packed with gems from the classical and folk music repertoire!

Echo from the Baroque

Akershus festning

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Norwegian folk music and baroque music, featuring Ragnhild Hemsing on hardingfele and Barokkanerne.

The Four Norwegian Seasons

Stavanger domkirke

In 1926, Düsseldorf opened what was then the world's largest planetarium. Exactly 100 years later, we celebrate this with music that reaches as far into the heavens as it does into the depths of human emotion. The spectacular opening is Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, which impressively demonstrates the unimaginable range of musical languages ​​that can span between nostalgic retrospection and passionate anticipation of the future. Edvard Grieg's popular Peer Gynt Suites then take you on an "elegiac expedition" where you witness a sunrise that, since its composition, has confidently been considered the most magnificent example since the birth of mankind. And because Peer Gynt never completely leaves his Norwegian homeland, original sounds from the north resound with Ragnhild Hemsing's Hardanger fiddle. Gordon Hamilton – Green Monday audience favorite – composed a rousing concerto for her, the premiere of which perfectly rounds off the concert.

Peer Gynt Suites

Tonhalle Düsseldorf

Works by Astor Piazzolla, Edvard Grieg, Johan Halvorsen and Omar Massa as well as Norwegian folk songs in arrangements for Hardanger fiddle and bandoneon.

Nord & Süd

Fürst Pückler Park

Norway fascinates with its breathtaking fjords, untouched nature, and majestic expanses. But it's not just the country's scenic beauty that enchants; Norwegian music also offers a true treasure trove of dazzling and impressive sounds and melodies. Together with the Ensemble Barokkanerne, Norwegian violinist Ragnhild Hemsing will unfold the timeless beauty of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" this evening, while Norwegian folk music will fill the evening with mystical sounds and melancholic longing. As part of the Norwegian Night 2023, Ragnhild Hemsing already demonstrated that she can lend both the violin and the traditional Hardanger fiddle a moving voice that reveals the soul of Nordic music. In this concert, the audience can expect a unique combination of elegant Baroque and Nordic tradition – a world in which music reaches deep into the human experience.

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Norwegian Night

Eberbach Abbey

3x Grieg with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Koningin Elisabethzaal

3x Grieg met het Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp

Nordic soundscapes full of vastness and poetry: the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra devotes itself to the music of Edvard Grieg. Alexander Malofeev shapes the famous piano concerto with nuanced sensitivity, while excerpts from "Peer Gynt" tell of myths, nature and Scandinavian melancholy.

Violinist, Fiddleist, Hardanger violin player, Hardingfele player

Ragnhild Hemsing

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 17, 2027

3x Grieg with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra · Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Feb 17, 2027

3x Grieg met het Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester · Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Feb 21, 2027

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra · Gasteig HP8

Past events

Aug 20, 2026

Echo from the Baroque · Oslo Chamber Music Festival

Aug 7, 2026

The Four Norwegian Seasons · Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Four Seasons by Vivaldi

Rheingau Musik Festival

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