Grieg07 - English - Festival Program

Friday 31 August
19:00 Festival opening and opening of the exhibition Sleppet, 7pm at Galleri 3,14
Approx. 21:00 Puma and Lasse Marhaug, Ekkofest 2007, at Bergen Kunsthall, Landmark

Saturday 1 September
11:00-17:00 Children’s Culture Weekend, from 11am-5pm at Vågsalmenningen and other locations in town
12-16 Exhibition Sleppet. Seminar and presentation, Lydgalleriet
12:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
20:00 Sleppet concert at Lydgalleriet

Sunday 2 September
11:00-16:00 Sleppet. Exhibition, open 11am-4pm at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
12:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
14:00 Lyric Pieces. Rune Alver, piano, in the Troldsalen hall at Troldhaugen

Monday 3 September
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance

Tuesday 4 September – Commemoration day of the death of Edvard Grieg
12:00-20:00 Sleppet. Exhibition, open 12am-8pm at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
08:00 Wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Edvard and Nina Grieg at at Troldhaugen
12:00 Tribute to Grieg on the commemoration day of his death at the Grieg statue.

13:00 Memorial ceremony for Edvard Grieg. Seminar at the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art – Permanenten

17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance

18:00 Lux Aeterna. Concert with the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir at in the Troldsalen hall at Troldhaugen

20:00 Procession of torches from Håkonshallen to Edvard Griegs plass
21:00 Speech by Bjarte Hjelmeland at Edvard Griegs plass
21:30 Grieg i Kinesisk Klangdrakt (Grieg dressed in Chinese sounds). Concert in the foyer of the Grieg Hall

Wednesday 5 September
12:00-20:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
19: 30 Grieg Galla. Concert with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the Grieg Hall

19:15 Grieg, a Humanist? Meeting at USF Verftet
21:00 Opera Café. Music at USF Verftet

Thursday 6 September
12:00-20:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
19:30 Grieg Galla. Concert with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the Grieg Hall

19: 30 Grieg International Choir Festival. Choral concert in the Troldsalen hall at Troldhaugen

Friday 7 September
12:00-20:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
12:00 Italy-Norway Musical Encounter. Musicians from Genova in the Troldsalen hall at Troldhaugen
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
17:00 Stoccafisso Festival. Opening at the outdoor venue at Bryggen
18:00-01:00 Culture Night.

18:00 Opening featuring Leif Ove Andsnes and young pianists at the outdoor venue at Bryggen
18:30 Grieg International Choir Festival. Choral concerts at Håkonshallen and Johannes’ Church

Kl 19:00 Grieg's German song, Njål Sparbo, baritone and Einar Røttingen, piano, Korskirken

20:00 Grieg evening with food and artistic performance at 8pm at Scandic Bergen City
22:30 Grieg International Choir Festival. Carmina Burana at the Grieg Hall
24:00 OleBullsHits. Concert by the MiN Ensemble at midnight at the Ole Bull Scene

Saturday 8 September
11:00-16:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
13:00 Grieg International Choir Festival. Choral concert in the Troldsalen hall at Troldhaugen
12:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
13: 00Grieg’s Danish Songs I. Njål Sparbo, baritone, and Einar Røttingen, piano. Concert at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen
15:00 Continental Impulses. Concert by the MiN Ensemble at Logen
20:00 Sleppet concert at Lydgalleriet

Sunday 9 September
11:00-16:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
12:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
13:00 Grieg International Choir Festival. Church concert at Johannes’ Church
14:00 Grieg International Choir Festival. Choral concert at the Troldsalen hall at Troldhaugen
19:00 Grieg’s Danish Songs II. Njål Sparbo, baritone, and Einar Røttingen, piano. Concert at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen
20:00 Norwegian Song. Concert by the Dag Arnesen trio at Logen

Monday 10 September
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance

Tuesday 11 September
12:00-20:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
19:00 Grieg’s Norwegian Songs I. Njål Sparbo, baritone, and Einar Røttingen, piano. Concert at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen

Wednesday 12 September
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance

Thursday 13 September
09:00-17:00 Symposium: Music and Identity at Scandic Bergen City Hotel
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
!":00-20:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
19:30 In Grieg’s footsteps. Concert by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the Grieg Hall

Friday 14 September
09:00-17:00 Symposium: Music and Identity at Scandic Bergen City Hotel
12:00-20:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
17:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
18:o00 Grieg’s Norwegian Songs II. Njål Sparbo, baritone, and Einar Røttingen, piano. Concert at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen

Saturday 15 September
11:00-16:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
12:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
12:00 Grieg’s Norwegian Songs III. Njål Sparbo, baritone, and Einar Røttingen, piano. Concert at the Grieg Academy, University of Bergen
16:00 Composing today inspired by traditional music. Seminar at the Augustin Hotel.
19:00 Grieg, the voice and electronics. Avgarde season kick-off, concert at USF Verftet

Sunday 16 September
11:00-16:00 Sleppet. Exhibition at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet
12:00 Edvard Grieg City Walk, Start at Grieg Hall, Main Entrance
12:00 Grieg to make you sweat. Physical exercise to Grieg’s music at SATS Bergen, Lars Hillesgt.
14:00 Grieg’s Norwegian Songs IV. Njål Sparbo, baritone, and Einar Røttingen, piano. Concert in the Troldsalen hall at Troldhaugen
16:00 Edvard Grieg September Festival – Finale! Folk music concert at Ricks
19:30 Etterklang (echo). Concert by Mulders and Jansson at the Reksten collection

Grieg Gems
Young musicians present Grieg gems from 2 to 16 September between 6pm and 8pm in the foyer of the Scandic Bergen City Hotel.

Ticket Information
Tickets to most events are available at the door. Tickets to concerts at the Grieg Hall with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (5, 6 and 13 September) and to the concert with the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir (4 September) on the commemoration day of Grieg’s death can be reserved at Billettservice, tel: +47 815 33 133 / www.billettservice.no or at the Grieg Hall ticket office, tel: +47 55 21 61 50 .