The concert connects stories and images inspired by certain places, their histories and strong traditions. The concert is led by the rich practice of storytelling through music – exploring to what extent tales and myths as well as tunes and motifs from around the world are able to conjure the environments and beliefs they stem from.
The programme features compositions by Sergei Bortkiewicz (UA), Bjarne Brustad (NO), Ole Bull (NO), Johan Halvorsen (NO), Trygve Madsen (NO), Nikolai Medtner (RU), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (RU) and Dobrinka Tabakova (BG/UK).
Doors open at 7pm. Concert begins at 7:30pm
PROGRAMME
Nikolai Medtner
Fairy Tale Op. 26, no. 3 (F minor), for piano
Fairy Tale Op. 20, no. 1 (B minor), arrangement for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz
Dobrinka Tabakova
Rhodora
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arranged by Fritz Kreisler)
Dance Orientale and Chanson Arabe from Scheherazade
Trygve Madsen
Piece for Peace
Sergei Bortkiewicz
From Andersen's Fairy Tales Op. 30 – The Clock, The Angel, Little Ida’s Flowers
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Album Leaf Op. 63
Norwegian Harding fiddle pieces for violin solo
Ole Bull
A Mountain Vision
Johan Halvorsen
Norwegian Dance
Bjarne Brustad
Fairytale Suite for violin solo – Natur og hulder (Nature and Hulder) ,Veslefrikk, Sull (Song), Trollkvenna (Troll's Mill)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arranged by Efrem Zimbalist)
Fantasy on themes from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Golden Cockerel
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Elena Toponogova is a concert pianist and chamber musician based in London. Her main interest is the Russian repertoire. In 2017, Elena received a Master of Performance degree from the Royal College of Music, studying under Norma Fisher. She was selected to study at the Academie de Musique Riviera in Switzerland with Pavel Gililov and was supported by the Help Musicians UK Transmission Fund grant. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Russia, and appeared at the prestigious Salzburg Wiener Saal, Amaryllis Fleming Hall, V&A Museum, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire among many other venues.
Elisabeth Turmo is a Norwegian violinist who recently graduated from the Royal College of Music in London, where she did a Master in Performance. She is known for her stage presence and singing tone quality, as well as for the stormy temperament of a Northern Norwegian. She has performed as a soloist with the Arctic Philharmonic, Oslo Chamber Orchestra, Barratt Due Symphony Orchestra, and Toppen International Festival Orchestra. She also plays the Norwegian national instrument, the Harding Fiddle, and studied with Arne Viken. From 2018–2019, she was appointed as the artistic director of the Timani Chamber Orchestra.