Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra tours the U.S. in November 2007. The highlight of the tour is a concert in New York's Carnegie Hall on November 6. Music by Edvard Grieg is a natural element of the program, since 2007 is the centennial of the composer's death. Conductor is Andrew Litton.
The concert in Carnegie Hall was recently lauded by Norwegian Minister of Culture and Church Affairs, Trond Giske, as possibly the most prestigeous event of the Grieg Centennial.
Allan Kozinn of the New York Times says of the Bergen Philharmonic's interpretation of Shostakovich's Festive Overture that it "restored to this score a measure of freshness and energy that familiarity has sapped."
The Washington Post's Mark J. Estren says: "Shostakovich's 'Festive Overture' was bold, brassy and raucous. Music Director Andrew Litton wielded his baton with such enthusiasm that the front-row cellos had to duck at one point," cand of the Piano Cocerto in A minor he says: "Excellent cellos and basses provided strong grounding for clean and precise sound in Grieg's Piano Concerto. This orchestra surely knows the concerto inside out (...) but played it as if it were freshly minted."
The tour dates are as follows:
November 4, 4pm: George Mason University's Center for the Arts, Virginia
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS 2F5, Fairfax, VA 22030
www.gmu.edu/cfa/, box office at 703 993 2787
November 5, 7.30pm: Naval Academy Alumni Hall, Maryland
US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402
www.usna.edu
November 6, 8pm: Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium, New York
November 7, 8pm: Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Connecticut
2132 Hillside Roadm, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3104
www.jorgensen.uconn.edu, box office at 860 486 4226
November 9, 8pm: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, New York
720 Northern Boulevard, Greenvale, NY 11548-1300
www.tillescenter.org, box office at 516 299 3100
November 11, 3pm: Bob Carr Auditorium, Florida
401 West Livingston Street, Orlando, FL 32801
www.orlandocentroplex.com, box office at 407 849 2020
November 12, 8pm: Carnival Symphony Hall, Florida
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
www.carnivalcenter.org, box office at 305 949 6722
November 13, 8pm: The Kravis Center, Florida
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
www.kravis.org box office at 561 832 7469 or 1 800 572 8471
November 14 2pm: The Kravis Center, Florida
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
www.kravis.org box office at 561 832 7469 or 1 800 572 8471
November 16: Peabody Auditorium, Florida
600 auditorium Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 32118
www.peabodyauditorium.org, box office at 386 671 3460
November 18, 4pm: Emory University, Georgia
1700 North Decatur Road, Suite 251, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
www.arts.emory.edu, box office at 404 727 5050
November 19, 8pm: Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Belk Theater, North Carolina
130 North Tryon Streeet, Charlotte, NC 28202.
www.blumenthalcenter.org, box office at 704 372 1000
The programs will consist of music by Grieg, Vaage, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Sæverud, and Tchaikovsky.
Please check back later for more detailed information.