Risor Festival

Performers

Leif Ove Andsnes

piano

Marc-André Hamelin

piano

Henning Kraggerud

violin

Lars Anders Tomter

viola

Torleif Thedéen

cello

Measha Brueggergosman

soprano

Risør Festival strings

Programme

Grieg

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Op. 8

Liszt

Oh! quand je dors S. 282

Duparc

Au pays où se fait la guerre

Brahms

Ständchen Op. 106 No. 1

Wagner

Im Treibhaus

Chausson

Chanson perpétuelle Op. 37

Brahms

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25

About this concert

Since 1991 Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has been Co-Artistic Director, with violist Lars Anders Tomter, of the internationally renowned chamber music festival based in the small fishing town of Risør on the southeastern coast of Norway.

Each year some of the world’s leading musicians converge there for an intensive period of rehearsals and performances, and this year the special atmosphere of these performances comes to Wigmore Hall in a series of four concerts also featuring the festival’s resident string orchestra.

Among the soloists are names familiar to Wigmore Hall audiences, including Martin Fröst, Henning Kraggerud and Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman, a prizewinner of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition in 2001.

"At a time when so much music comes packaged in cellophane – over-produced, remote and cool – Risør encourages a hands-on, intimate and generous directness. It’s a joy. And, more’s the pity, a one-off" The Independent

Supported by the Anniversary Patrons who are providing vital support throughout the 2010 –11 season