Aula Series: Symphonic Chamber Music: Dohnányi & Pépin

Text from the organiser:

— When two eras meet.
Composer Camille Pépin (b. 1990) is being highlighted as one of France’s — if not Europe’s — most exciting and relevant composers right now. In the piece Chamber Music, a sextet written for mezzo-soprano, strings, horn, clarinet and piano, we are taken on a symphonic journey into the poetic world of the Irish writer James Joyce. A musical world as pulsatingly beautiful as it is fascinating.

Next, we’ll hear Austro-Hungarian composer Ernst von Dohnányi’s Sextet in C major, a highly popular piece which, like Pépin’s, borders on the American and almost Hollywood-like — yet remains firmly rooted in the classical European tradition. On stage are mezzo-soprano Melis Jaatinen, a large ensemble from the Oslo Philharmonic, pianist César Cañón, and our own artistic director, pianist Thormod Rønning Kvam.

Melis Jaatinen mezzo-soprano
Guro Asheim violin
Cecilia Wilder viola
Louisa Tuck cello
César Cañón piano
Thormod Rønning Kvam piano
James Patterson horn
Pierre Xhonneux clarinet

For the full programme and performer presentation, see our programme page.
Duration approx. 1 hour and 15 minutes. The concert will be performed without an interval.

Welcome to a powerful artistic and musical experience!
Photo: Mania Gwarek