Sjøforsvarets musikkorps
Øyvind Mæland Vinaigre – for Wind Orchestra (WP)
Erlend Skomsvoll Dsjåkåccåråckå
Ingar Bergby – conductor
Eirik Raude – percussion
Det Norske Blåseensemble
Prélude à l'après-midi des Trolls (WP)
Geir Lysne – musikal director
Michael Wollny – piano
The marching bands that play such an important role in Norway’s public life can trace their origins back to the military and civil defence. This music, with its roots in war, now mainly appears on special occasions and celebrations. This unique event showcases two of Norway’s finest wind bands reinventing themselves by renewing and subverting their own traditions.
Sjøforsvarets Musikkorps is one of only two professional orchestras in Bergen. With a spirit of adventure, they regularly renew their repertoire by commissioning new music from contemporary composers. A new work by Øyvind Mæland and a Percussion Concerto by Erlend Skomsvoll, with Eirik Raude as the soloist, will be heard for the first time tonight.
Formerly a military band, Det Norske Blåseensemble is now the only civilian ensemble of its kind in Norway. Under the leadership of Geir Lysne, the Halden based group love to surprise the audience with unusual repertoire and practices, often involving improvisation. In 2015 the Ensemble collaborated with German jazz pianist Michael Wollny on a soundtrack to the silent film Nosferatu; at Ultima they will be reunited to perform a total free improvisation entitled Prélude À L’Après-midi Des Trolls. This anarchic blow-out replaces the mythological ‘Faun’ of Debussy’s famous orchestral work with the ultimate Norwegian fantasy figure: the Troll.
In collaboration with Sjøforsvarets musikkorps and Det Norske Blåseensemble.
