NUSO - Norsk Ungdomssymfoniorkester performs a program of sea-themed program music, a journey through music history conducted by Berit Cardas.

Voices from the Sea

Stavanger Konserthus

Family concert. Fairy tale suite by Maurice Ravel, performed by Unge talenter Bjergsted (UtB) with narrator and dancers.

Mother Goose: A Fairy Tale Suite

Spor 5

28th Closing Concert. Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye (suite for piano four hands); Brahms: String Quintet in G major, Op. 111; Taneyev: Piano Quartet. Intermission between works.

Blue moon

Stavanger domkirke

Storytelling: Angela Carter's "The Tiger's Bride," read by Grethe Mo with cello by Andreas Wetås Jara, introduced by Ida Pallin Bostadløkken. Part of the Stavanger Chamber Music Festival, theme: fairy tales.

The Tiger's Bride

Petrikjelleren

A musical adventure produced by Trio no Treble. Live chamber music for children in which the audience takes part in the adventure.

Musikkskogen

Tou Scene

Physical yoga and a meditative soundscape with cello. Yoga teacher Tone Haugland guides the participants while Andreas Wetås Jara plays cello. In collaboration with Jivamukti Yoga Stavanger.

Yoga Concert

Jivamukti Yoga Stavanger

15 Matinee Concert. Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478; Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19.

Two Fools (Not for the Mountains)

Sankt Petri Kirke

Valen Vokalensemble and lutenist Thomas C. Boysen present vocal polyphony and lute music by John Dowland as part of the Stavanger Chamber Music Festival, whose theme this year is "Adventure".

A Musical Adventure in the Dream World of the Renaissance

Sola Ruinkirke

Lunchtime concert: Mozart Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 "Kegelstatt" and Korngold String Sextet, Op. 10

Summer and Sun in Vienna

Skur 2

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

The Four Norwegian Seasons

Lunch concert at the Stavanger Chamber Music Festival, featuring works by Sæverud, Grieg, and Fauré.

Strie Bergensere

06 Evening Concert. Program: Mozart String Quintet in G minor KV 516; Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84.

Krigslykke

Stavanger Cathedral

A great deal has been said about Mozart's money problems in the last years of his life. When he died he left behind a wardrobe of 27 coats in shades of red, two billiard tables, and a household with a cook, a maid and a nanny. So things cannot have been as dreadful as all that. It is more likely that Mozart had an extravagant lifestyle during the joyful early years in Vienna, and failed to adjust to a lower income. And there was one man in particular whom Mozart used as a human credit card: his Freemason friend Michael Puchberg. Puchberg must have been a man of good heart, for he kept lending Mozart money even though he rarely got it back.

It may have been out of both cynicism and gratitude that Mozart dedicated his Divertimento in E-flat major for string trio to Puchberg. A divertimento was traditionally a rather light-hearted piece of music, often meant to be played outdoors. But in this case we are talking about some of the most sublime chamber music Mozart wrote. Yes, the divertimento has its light-hearted episodes, especially the two minuet movements. But these may just as well serve to cool us down a little after the two opening movements and the variation movement. The richness of tone colors and the lines Mozart draws out of just three instruments is unparalleled.

This was pioneering work: the string trio genre was untried, and on the first and only attempt Mozart wrote perhaps the finest of them all.

We begin the concert in two places we have never before visited during the festival: Turkey and Syria, with pieces by living composers Fazil Say and Kinan Azmeh, who are both also performing musicians of the highest level, on piano and clarinet respectively. Here we hear folk music in the garb that suits it best: timeless and modern at the same time.

Luxury Trap in 1788

As a young man, Mozart performed as a soloist on both violin and piano, but after he moved to Vienna in 1781, he devoted himself exclusively to the keyboard. In 1782 he started his own concert series in the city, which required a constant supply of new works to hold the interest of the audience. The years 1784 to 1786 in particular are miraculous in musical terms; during that period a dozen of his piano concertos came into being. All are widely different, and all are highlights.

You Can Never Have Enough Mozart!

Myths Op. 30 (Szymanowski), Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87 (Britten), Intermezzo from Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 38 (Foote). Fanny og Alexander.

04 Evening Concert

Opening Concert — Pohádka (Janáček), Vox Balaenae (Crumb), Mosaique Musicale (Bentzon), String Sextet in G major, Op. 36 (Brahms)

Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival

Aug 9, 2026

Voices from the Sea

Aug 9, 2026

Mother Goose: A Fairy Tale Suite

Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival