Heart Strings
This year's closing concert is inspired by the emotional entanglements between several composers, and we invite the Festival Choir to Risør Church.
Salget starter 26. januar
About the concert
Risør is drawing to a close, and with more classical concerts than ever, we come to an end in one of Norway's most important venues for classical music.
The music is drawn from composers who were inspired by one another both musically, but also more intimately and close to the heart.
Having your heartstrings played can be both pleasant and painful, but we promise goosebumps when the church is filled with the sound of this year's Festival Choir.
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Concert program
This concert has an intermission before César Francks Piano Quintet.
Wolfgan A. Mozart: Rondo
Wolfgan A. Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 382
This comppsition is a new finale to the original Piano Concerto in D major, K. 175, and Mozart wrote home to his father that is was: "making … a furore in Vienna".
Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rouet d'Omphale
Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rouet d'Omphale, Opus 31
For Francophiles, the connection with the concert title is obvious, as this work translates to Omphale's Spinning Wheel.
Hercules is condemned to serve Omphale, and for three years, disguised as a woman, he spins at her wheel.
The work is one of four symphonic poems based on mythology that Saint-Saëns composed.
Augusta Holmès: Songs
Augusta Holmès: Songs
You'll hear excerpts from her songs, which were written to satisfy the era's expectations of how women should compose. Women should not attempt anything grand and masculine. Augusta was originally Irish but moved and became a French citizen, touching the heartstrings of both Saint-Saëns and Franck.
César Franck: Piano Quintet
César Franck: Piano quintet in F Minor
- Molto moderato quasi lento – Allegro
- Lento con molto sentimento
- Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco
Dedicated "To my good friend Camille Saint-Saëns", this work was completed in 1879. Saint-Saëns played the piano part at its premiere on January 17, 1880. Described as an explosion of torrid emotions, it remains one of Franck's major works.
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