Programme 2009
OPENING CEREMONY
14.00 Båstad Central Square (behind the Tourist Office)
The Festival will be inaugurated by its Patrons, Count and Countess Bernadotte. Inauguration speech: Bengt Hall, Chairman of the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship Fund, City of Malmö Cultural Councillor.
The Arte Quartet will perform.
1 – CONCERT Inauguration concert
14.30 Mariakyrkan (Båstad Church)
Benjamin Britten (1913-76): Simple Symphony
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Violin Concerto in C major Hob. VIIa:1
Karin Rehnqvist (b. 1957): Taromir’s Time
Joseph Suk (1874-1935): Serenade
Erik Schumann, Musica Vitae/Peter Manning
2 – CONCERT Festive concert
18.00 Västra Karup Church
Presentation of the Birgit Nilsson Scholarships for 2009
Comperes: Margareta Dellerfors and Håkan Hagegård
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) From Floridante, Lascioti, o bella
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47) From Elias, So ihr mich von ganzen Herzen suchet
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Ständchen (text: Herman von Gilm)
Robert Schumann (1810-56) Widmung op. 25:1
Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) Skogen sover
Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966) Havet sjunger ur På reveln
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) Fantasie h-moll för piano
Sven-David Sandström (f. 1942) From Batseba, Batsebas aria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) From The Magic Flute, Taminos aria, Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) From L´Arlesiana, E la solita storia
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) From Linda di Chamonix, O, luce di quest' anima
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) From La Bohème, scen and duett, Mimí and Rodolfo
Elin Rombo, soprano
Daniel Johansson, tenor
Stafano Bojsten, piano
Tuesday 23 June
3 – LECTURE The Blissful Felix – talented, diligent, perfect…
10.30 Apelryd School, the Agda Room
Music reviewer and Author Carlhåkan Larsén tells about Mendelssohn and his music 200 years later.
4 – CONCERT
14.30 Apelryd Barn
Joseph Haydn Piano trio F sharp minor H:XV:26
Shulamit Ran (b. 1949) Mirage for flute, clarinet, cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) String Quartet No 6 F minor op. 80
Trio George Sand, Kersten McCall, Per Johansson, Quartetto di Cremona
5 – CONCERT
18.00 Apelryd Barn
Joseph Haydn Piano trio G major (Zingarian)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Sonata No 2 D major op. 94a for violin and piano
Allan Pettersson (1911-80) from Barefoot Songs
Erland von Koch (1910-2009) Arioso e Furioso
Trio George Sand, Georgy Valtchev, Lora Tchekoratova, Olle Persson, Musica Vitae/Peter Manning
6 – CONCERT The Mystique of Music
21.00 Förslöv Church
Hildegard von Bingen (aprox 1098-1179) Kyrie
Samuel Barber (1910-81) Agnus Dei
Gregorian chant: Benedictus es
Hildegard von Bingen Antifon: Spiritus Sanctus with gregorian psalm 103
Johan-Magnus Sjöberg (f. 1953) Jag ropar till dig, Herre
Karin Rehnqvist (f. 1957) Ock av törnen
Michael Prætorius (1571-1621) Magnificat super Dolorosi Martyr from Megalynodia Sionia (1611)
Hildegard von Bingen Antifon: O virtus Sapientiae
Nils Tykesson (f. 1957) Lux æterna
Ulrika Bodén sjunger:
I denna ljuva sommartid, from Sissela Jöns Tuvesson of Munkarp in Skåne
Den blomstertid nu kommer, from Maria Stahl, Stora Rågö, Estland
Koral, from Karin Sikström of Gideåberg, Ångermanland
Hjärtans lilla ljuva vän, from Beda Bergfors, Indal, Medelpad
Ulrika Bodén, Arte Quartett, Vox Scaniensis/Peter Wallin
7 – CONCERT Nocturnal concert – Fingers to the Bone
23.00 Gallery Arnstedt Östra Karup
Joseph Haydn Duo nr 1 F-dur for 2 violins
Sanna Ahvenjärvi (b. 1972) Fingers to the Bone
Erika Förare (b. 1955) A Haydn Minuet (first performance!)
Bernard Molique (1802-69) Duo concertant pour deux violons a-moll op. 2
Duo Gelland
Wednesday 24 June
8 – CONCERT Family concert – Get thee to where the pepper grows! – a musical discovery journey
09.30 Apelryd Barn
The ensemble tells the story of three explorers who set out to find out where pepper grows, i.e. to India. Only one of them survived to reach the goal. With spice prices in Europe soaring Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus tried to find the sea route to India, and thus bypassing robbers and customs collectors. With maps and music the public follows the ensemble across perilous seas toward India. Who made it?
Music from 15th and 16th century Spain. Script and direction: Helena Röhr.
Ensemble Mare Balticum
9 – CONCERT Family concert – Get thee to where the pepper grows! – a musical discovery journey
See information above – Concert 8!
Ensemble Mare Balticum
10 – LECTURE From the salon to the concert stage. On female composers, their music and their milieus in an historic perspective.
11.00 Apelryd Barn
There were always, ever since antiquity, women who composed music. Who were they? Under what conditions did they live? How did they experience their position in musical life?
A lecture by Eva Öhrström, Professor of Musicology, Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
11 – CONCERT
14.30 Apelryd Barn
Louis Spohr (1784-1859) Duo for 2 violins op. 153
Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929) Piano trio G minor
Karin Rehnqvist Wings for flute solo
Robert Schumann (1810-56) Sonata No 1 A minor op. 105 for violin and piano
Duo Gelland, Erik Schumann, Claudio Bohórquez, Stefan Bojsten, Kersten McCall
12 – CONCERT
18.00 Torekov Church
Joseph Haydn Horn Concert No 1 D major Hob. VIId3
Grazyna Bacevicz (1909-69) Concerto for Strings
Emily Howard (b. 1979) Pasacaglia for String Orchestra
Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935) Kammarmusik III for cello and string orchestra op. 58 (Don Juanquixotes nightly dances)
Renate Hupka, Claudio Bohórquez, Musica Vitae/Peter Manning
13 – CONCERT
21.00 Torekov Church
Joseph Haydn Trio no 13 G-major for flute, cello och piano
Karin Rehnqvist Music for the sleeping for baryton, clarinet, 2 violins and timpani
Louise Farrenc (1819-96) Quintet op 30 for violin, viola, cello, doublebass and piano
Kersten McCall, Claudio Bohórquez, Riccardo Bovino, Olle Persson, Per Johansson, Christiano Gualco, Paolo Andreoli, Bo Håkansson, Simone Gramaglia, Giovanni Scaglioni, Ulla Ryman
Thursday 25 June
14 – CONCERT Breakfast concert – Early bird
09.00 Bäckdalen Handelsträdgård (market garden), Hallavara
Breakfast (included in entrance fee) is served from 08.00.
Sofia Gubajdulina (f. 1931) Serenad
Monica Dominique (f. 1940) Kärleken
Ida Lundén (f. 1971) Dadodado
Anna Eriksson (f. 1963) Ekorren gick vilse
Olle Adolphson (1934-2004) En liten flicka dansar
Ludd (Ida Lundén & Lise-Lotte Norelius (f. 1962)) Nytt verk, uruppförande
Paula af Malmborg (f. 1962) Melankoli
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
- Las Dos Hermanitas (två valser)
- Adelita (mazurka)
- Marieta (mazurka)
- Maria (gavotte)
- Rosita (polka)
- Pepita (polka)
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra (etyd)
- Isabel (vals i D)
Antonio Carlos Jobím (1927-94) Luiza
Mats Bergström
15 – LECTURE The composer of fairytale castles meets the musical public – Joseph Haydn in England of the 1790ies
11.30 Apelryd School, Agda Room
His meeting with the economic and cultural hothouse atmosphere of late eighteenth century London released an enormous creative force in 60 year old Haydn. In this lecture we will be given musical illustrations, but also make the acquaintance of musical personalities of the time, among them the Swedish diplomat Fredrik Samuel Silfverstolpe. We will also witness how the son of a wagon-maker is promoted Doctor at Oxford, and meets the love of his life.
Lecture by Jan Ling, Professor Emeritus of musicology, Gothenburg University.
16 – CONCERT Young talents
14.30 Apelryd Barn
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
- Introduction and Rondo capriccioso a-minor op. 28 for violin and
orchestra, transcribed for violin and piano
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Tzigane, rapsodi for violin and piano (1924)
Sidsel Most (20 years old), violin; Ellen Refstrup, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- From Violinkonsert D-major op. 61, part 1: Allegro ma non troppo
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Spanish dance from La vida breve
Anna Agafia Svideniouk Egholm (13 years old), violin; Ellen Refstrup, piano
The President of Fredrika-Bremer-Association, Birgitta Wistrand, will then hand over this year’s music scholarship to the violinist Elna Carr.
Johannes Brahms (1833-97) Violin sonata d-minor op. 108
Elna Carr, violin; Håkan Quennerstedt, piano
17 – CONCERT
18.00 Apelryd Barn
Joseph Haydn Andante and Variations F minor for piano
Jane Vignery (1913-74) Sonata for horn and piano op.7
Clara Schumann (1819-96) Piano Trio G minor op.17
Stefan Bojsten, Renate Hupka, Lora Tchekoratova, Trio George Sand
18 – CONCERT
21.00 Apelryd Barn
Astor Piazolla (1921-92) Histoire du tango for flute and guitar
Sofija Gubajdulina Dances on a Tightrope for violin and piano
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) from Iberia for piano
Terry Riley (b. 1935) Tread on the Trail for saxophone quartet and tape
Kersten McCall, Mats Bergström, Erik Schumann, Riccardo Bovino, Lora Tchekoratova, Arte Quartett
19 – CONCERT Nocturnal concert – Very elegant ladies
23.00 Märta Måås-Fjetterström Atelier, Agardhsgatan 9
Karin Rehnqvist The Beginning for piano trio
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-47) Piano trio D minor op.11
Trio George Sand
Friday 26 June
20 – CONCERT Breakfast concert – Early bird
09.00 Norrviken Gardens
Breakfast (included in entrance fee) is served from 08.00.
Quartetto di Cremona will embellish the early hour with two quartets by Haydn.
Joseph Haydn String Quartet No 42 C major op.54/2, Hob.3/72
Joseph Haydn String Quartet No 66 G major op.77/1, Hob.3/81
Quartetto di Cremona
21 – PANEL DISCUSSION Female Composers, with participation of this year’s Composer Profile, Karin Rehnqvist
The Festival Compere, Sofia Nyblom, interviews Composer Profile of the Year, Karin Rehnqvist.
There will follow a panel debate on female composers with Karin Rehnqvist, Eva Öhrström, Jan Ling, Karin Dornbusch, Birgitta Wistrand and Sofia Nyblom.
22 – CONCERT Different worlds
14.30 Apelryd Barn
Melanie Bonis (1858-1937) Sonata for flute and piano
György Ligeti (1923-2006) Trio for horn, violin and piano
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) 2 Pièces en trio
Kersten McCall, Riccardo Bovino, Renate Hupka, Georgy Valtchev, Stefan Bojsten, Trio George Sand
23 – CONCERT Romance evening
18.00 Västra Karup Church
Judith Weir (b. 1954) Songs from the exotic
Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966) Soul and Landscape
Henri Duparc (1843-1933) L’Invitation au Voyage; La Vie Anterieure; Au Pays ou se fait la Guerre
Alma Mahler (1879-1964) Die stille Stadt; Laue Sommernacht; Bei dir ist es traut; Der Erkennende
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Wesendonck-Lieder
Katarina Karnéus, Bénédicte Haid
24 – CONCERT Different worlds
21.00 Apelryd Barn
Aram Khachaturian (1903-78) Trio for violin, clarinet and piano
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Sonata for 2 pianos and 2 percussionists
Also music for saxophone quartet by John Zorn (b. 1953) and Rabih Abou-Kahlil (b. 1957) and others
Georgy Valtchev, Per Johansson, Stefan Bojsten, Lora Tchekoratova, Riccardo Bovino, Bo Håkansson, Lennart Gruvstedt, Arte Quartett
Saturday 27 June
25 – CONCERT Master Class concert
11.00 Apelryd Barn
Brunch (included in the entrance fee) is served from 09.30)
Concluding concert of the participants in the Master Class programme for percussionists and composers. The programme will be presented at the concert.
Including: Magdalena Prahl, piano
Tutors:
- Percussion class Bo Håkansson, Johan Bridger, Lennart Gruvstedt
- Composition class Tobias Broström
26 – CONCERT Concert surprise
18.00 – 22.00 circa Apelryd Barn
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Arpeggio Sonata A minor for cello and guitar
Johanna Senfter (1879-1961) Sonat for clarinett, viola, french horn and piano op. 37
Claudio Bohórquez, Mats Bergström, Per Johansson, Renate Hupka, Simone Gramaglia, Stefan Bojsten
Ernest Chausson (1879-1961) Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet op.21
Georgy Valtchev, Lora Tchekoratova, Quartetto di Cremona
Festival Final with musical surprises!
Arte Quartett, Lora Tchekoratova, Riccardo Bovino, Stefan Bojsten, Georgy Valtchev, Quartetto di Cremona, Per Johansson, Renate Hupka, Claudio Bohórquez, Mats Bergström, Trio George Sand
