Cikada
Sentralen/Fortanderskapssalen
9 September, 3 pm
Tickets: 250/150 NOK
NB: Tickets for the Cikada concert include free entry to Christian Blom’s installation Sing in Hvelvet
Francesco Filidei Cuorde Vuote
Francesco Filidei Two Songs Without
Gérard Pesson Nebenstück
Klaus Lang schumanns geister
Francesco Filidei’s Cuorde Vuote (Open Strings, 2010), is mostly played, as the title implies, on strings that are not held down on the neck of the instruments. This places more listening focus on the rich and subtle range of tones and textures that emanate from a single string, as the piano rolls gently over them, varying from loud to soft. Two Songs Without was written specially for Norway’s premier contemporary chamber ensemble Cikada, and was first performed in Reykjavik in January this year. Inspired by Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words, these have a freshness and simplicity that recalls the most memorable pop music, while also using the empty-string technique.
The programme also includes two works that transform well known classical piano pieces. Klaus Lang’s schumanns geister (2014) is based on Robert Schumann’s Ghost Variations, his final piano work. Nebenstück (1998), by Gérard Pesson, takes Johannes Brahms’s Ballade op. 10 no. 4 and ‘filters’ it via clarinet and string quartet.
