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The Norwegian Organ Festival 2008 14th-18th September.
- Church Services and Organ Masses.
- Concerts and Organ recitals.
- Master classes and concert lectures.
- Organ Safari and panel discussion.
Experience Europe’s leading performers, teachers and Scholars of our 500 year-old cultural heritage of organ music with music performed on instruments of appropriate stylistic characteristics. The 2008 Norwegian Organ Festival is given under the auspices of the Council of Churches in Stavanger.
Contact: Kolbein Haga
e-mail: kolbein.haga@lyse.net
Håbageilen 27, 4325 Sandnes
telefon +47 97 54 88 83/+47 51627248
About the Festival
The 18th Norwegian Organ Festival
-in conjunction with the Nordic Church Music Symposium, 11th-21st September.
Our intention is that the two events will complement each other with the Scandinavian Church Music Symposium focussing on Scandinavian Church music and the Norwegian Organ Festival focussing on central European music and concentrated on the most important epochs and genres.
Taking part are the following leading artists and experts:
Professor Paolo Crivellaro, Universität der Künst, Berlin/Milano:
‘Classic Italian Organ Culture up to the 18th Century’.
Professor Harald Vogel, Hochschule für Musikk, Bremen:
‘North German Organ Culture up to the 18th Century’.
Professor Olivier Latry, The Paris Conservatiore/Notre Dame Cathedral:
‘300 years of French organ Music’
Professor Leo van Doeselaar, Universität der Künst/NL
‘Bach and his Circle’
Other contributors:
Ivan Sarajishvili, the new Cathedral organist in Stavanger, premiers a Norwegian Organ Festival commission: an Organ Mass by Magnar Åm.
Vidar Vikøren, Cantor at St Peter’s church in Stavanger, gives a concert lecture, presenting extracts from his doctoral “Bach and Musica Poetica”
Kolbein Haga plays Bach’s ‘Great Organ Mass’ from Clavierbüng III. A choir and solo instrumentalists also take part in the organ masses.
Masterclasses will take place in churches in the Stavanger area. The organs are selected for their appropriateness for the relevant repertoire, and also chosen for the convenience they offer for public observation of the teaching provided.
On Thursday 18th September, an Organ Safari takes participants to a wide range of instruments (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, and Dutch) in the region. The instruments will be presented by local organists and organ builders involved in their construction.
The Scandinavian Church Music Symposium continues directly after the Organ Safari and continues until Midday on Sunday 21st September.
Welcome to a great Church Music event the like of which Norway has not seen before!
The Norwegian Organ Festival is given under the auspices of the Council of Churches in Stavanger.
In cooperation with:
Domkirken Musikk A.S. and local churches.
Our most important sponsors are:
Stavanger Borough Council, Rogaland County Council, The Norwegian Board of Culture, Solstad Offshore, Stavanger bispedømeråd, Sandnes kommune og Sandnes kyrkjelege fellesråd.
Programme
Sunday 14.09.2008
11.00 Stavanger Cathedral
Organ Mass
Premiere of the Festival commission by Magnar Åm.
Cathedral organist, Ivan Sarajishvili (and others).
14.00-15.30
Panel discussion:
‘The Organ and Liturgy’
Contributors from church, cultural and political life.
16.30 St Peter’s Church, Stavanger.
Concert lecture by Dr Vidar Vikøren: “Bach and Musica Poetica”
19.30 Stavanger Cathedral
Festival Opening, with the government minister for Higher Education and
Research, Tora Haug. Opening concert,;
Kolbein Haga (and others). The ‘Great Organ Mass’ from Bach’s Clavierübung III.
Monday 15.09.2008
10.00-15.00 Lura Church, Sandnes.
Masterclass with Professor Harald Vogel, Bremen, ‘North German baroque organ music’.
19.30 St Svithun’s Catholic Church, Stavanger.
Concert, Professor Paolo Crivellaro, Milan.
Italian Organ Music from 17th to the end of the 18th century.
Tuesday 16.09.2008
10.00-15.00 St Peter’s Church, Stavanger.
Masterclass with Professor Olivier Latry, Paris.
300 years of French organ music.
19.30 Stavanger Cathedral
Concert, Harald Vogel:
North German baroque organ music.
Wednesday 17.09.2008
10.00-15.00 Lura Church, Sandnes.
Masterclass with Professor Leo van Doeselaar
Bach and his circle.
19.30 St Peter’s Church, Stavanger
French organ music fro the 19th and 20th centuries and improvisation.
Thursday 18.09.2008
10.00-17.00 (buss leaves Stavanger buss station 10.00 and from the Cathedral 12.00? (10.12)?
Organ Safari to interesting organs in the region presented by local builders and organ builders.
The Scandinavian Church Music Symposium begins directly after the Organ Safari.
19.30 Stavanger Cathedral.
Concert, Leo van Doeselaar
Bach.
Friday 19.09.2008
Professor Leo van Doeselaar gives a lecture in Lura Church, Sandnes.
The Scandinavian Church Music Symposium continues until Sunday 21.09.
Those wishing to play in the masterclasses must submit their repertoire with enrolment. Please apply early for the masterclasses to avoid the disappointment of over subscription.
For more information, contact,
Kolbein Haga Telephone (0047) 97 54 88 83, e.mail kolbein.haga@lyse.net
Enrolment
Enrolment and tickets.
Enrolment (binding) requires the following information:
- Name
- Address
- Telephone number
- E-mail address
- Occupation
- (In cases where a participant has a sponsor, please supply the name and address to whom the invoice is to be sent)
Active participants in the masterclasses must submit their repertoire.
Participation fee Kr. 2,000 (2,000 Norwegian Crowns).
Participants of both
The Norwegian Organ Festival and the Scandinavian Church Music Symposium will be entitled to a 20% reduction of the full cost.
The fee covers admittance to all the events of The Norwegian Organ Festival, plus refreshments after the opening concert and lunch during the Organ Safari.
Enrolment (and additional information)
Enrolment to be made by August 1st 2008 to
Kolbein Haga
e-mail: kolbein.haga@lyse.net
Håbageilen 27, 4325 Sandnes
telefon 0047 97 54 88 83/0047 51627248
Note: It is important to send applications as early as possible; places in the masterclasses and accommodation are limited.
Concert tickets.
Before each event tickets priced Kr. 150 (concessions Kr. 100) will be available at the door.
An information letter and invoice will be sent out on August 20th. Deadline for settlement: 5th September.
Cancellations received after the enrolment date will be charged Kr 500.
Hotels
Practical information: There are very good rail, road, sea and air transport connections to Stavanger.
Accommodation:
Reasonable priced accommodation is available at
Solborg folkehøgskule (Solborg social highs chool) telephone (0047) 51 51 01 00 e-mail solborg@fhs.no Single room Kr. 270 per night, including breakfast 07.45-08.15 together with pupils of the school.
Or
Best Western Havly Hotell, address Valberggt.1, 4006 Stavanger. Telephone (0047) 51 89 50 25 e-mail post@havly-hotell.no www.havly-hotell.no
Single room Kr. 770 per night (incl. breakfast)
Double room Kr. 870 per night (incl. breakfast)
Triple room Kr. 1,020 per night (incl. breakfast)
NB: these special offers require evidence that at least one of the room’s occupants is a participant at the Norwegian Organ Festival.
Meals.
Stavanger has eateries aplenty; something for all tastes and all sizes of purse.