Program 2025
Monday, August 11th
Nordic Jazz Classical Highlights (Opening Concert)
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This year’s opening concert offers a special encounter between young Nordic jazz and world-class classical music. Young singer Anna Stæhr leads her trio with a rare charisma and presence, and together they lift the concert from the first note. Then we enter the classical world with Bach and festival composer Ole Buck, performed by award-winning pianist Anne Mette Stæhr – her interpretation of Buck’s Sonatina is an invitation into new music that is both present and compelling.
After the break, the groundbreaking Norwegian trio POING takes us on a musical journey where anything can happen – including their own wild version of Mahler’s Scherzo from Symphony No. 6, arranged for saxophone, accordion and double bass.
Cast:
Anna Stæhr Trio: Anna Stæhr, vocals – Alfred Ocansey, piano – Eigil Lau Andersen, double bass
Anne Mette Stæhr, piano
POING, Norwegian jazz trio: Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, saxophone – Frode Haltli, accordion – Håkon Thelin, double bass
Program
Anna Stæhr Trio: youthful jazz for the first time at the festival
Bach: French Suite for solo piano
Ole Buck: Sonatina for solo piano (celebrating this year’s festival composer, who turns 80)
Jazz and finally Mahler’s Scherzo from Symphony No. 6, in POINGS arrangement for saxophone, accordion and double bass
Tuesday, August 12th
Intoxicating opera singing meets Nordic jazz (free)
True to tradition, we let the sky ring and sing in the middle of the city – literally. Here, youthful jazz meets world-class operatic art. Anna Stæhr and Brit-Tone Müllertz will each perform their favorite works flanked by the reckless and fabulous Norwegian jazz ensemble POING.
The program remains a surprise, but we dare to promise that you will leave with both smiles and stardust in your ears. The concert has been one of the festival’s most popular for several years, and this year is no exception.
Come as you are and enjoy a free musical experience with sparkling wine and Danish marzipan cake, courtesy of Vestjysk Bank who will be ready to welcome you – under the open sky if weather permits.
The concert is free, first come, first served.
Please note: if the concert is held outdoors, you will need to use the bank’s stairs.
Cast:
Anna Stæhr Trio: Anna Stæhr, vocals – Alfred Ocansey, piano – Eigil Lau Andersen, double bass
POING, Norwegian jazz trio: Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, saxophone – Frode Haltli, accordion – Håkon Thelin, double bass
Brit-Tone Müllertz, soprano, Kristoffer Hyldig, piano
Program
A musical fusion where innovative Danish jazz vocals meet reckless Norwegian jazz
Opera singing by a world-class soprano.
Tuesday, August 12th
A Musical Journey from East to North
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In the atmospheric space of Lyngvig Church, the evening offers a journey from Eastern European tradition to Nordic poetry. Dvořák and Bartók bring forth the best of Czech and Hungarian chamber music in luminous trios for two violins and viola – works filled with character, rhythm, and warmth.
Also featured are duos for violin and viola: Ole Buck’s Flowers – one of his most poetic works – and music by award-winning Anette Slaatto, inspired by trees, birdsong and the light movement of the wind.
The concert also includes a special tribute to Per Nørgård (1932–2025), one of the Nordic region’s greatest composers. With his infinite tonal language and deep humanism, Nørgård has left an indelible mark on the modern music world. This evening, we commemorate his life’s work with a brief excerpt from The Secret Melody.
Cast:
Bjarne Hansen, violin
Helge Slaatto, violin
Anette Slaatto, viola
Program
Ole Buck: Flowers for violin and viola
IN MEMORIAM Per Nørgård (1932–2025)
Béla Bartók: Trauer
Per Nørgård: Playing and Epilogue (from The Secret Melody)
Béla Bartók: Selected duos from 44 for 2 violins
Anette Slaatto: Blue Mandarin, Bird and Air for violin and viola
Antonín Dvořák: Terzetto for two violins and viola, op. 74
Wednesday, August 13th
Adventure in words music
An evening where music and story merge. Brahms’ wonderful and singable trio for mezzo, viola and piano unfolds with a warmth and sincerity that transcends time. Next, we meet Alban Berg’s intense and expressive lieder – an emotional contrast that leads to Nordic moods and Grieg’s adventurous Haugtussa cycle.
The concert’s only purely instrumental work is Ole Buck’s Divertimento Autumnale – one of the festival composer’s most cherished works, loved for its fine balance between melancholy and lightness.
Additionally, DR P2 will be joining us this evening to record the concert, which will be broadcast on August 27 at 7:20 PM and will subsequently be available on DR Lyd.
Cast:
Brit-Tone Müllertz, soprano
Kristoffer Hyldig, piano
Anette Slaatto, viola
Program
Lied program with works by Johannes Brahms, Alban Berg, Edvard Grieg and more
Ole Buck: Divertimento Autumnale
Thursday, August 14th
Musical Virtuosity Acrobatics
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As the sun disappears behind the North Sea and the sky turns blue-violet, the concert opens up for a visual and musical encounter in a class of its own. With nature as a backdrop, diabolo-juggler Moritz Salger performs with some of the festival’s most beloved musicians: recorder player Michala Petri, double bassist Frank Reinecke, violinist Helge Slaatto and violist Anette Slaatto.
The program ranges from Bach and Vivaldi to works by Ole Buck – combining Baroque structure with contemporary movement and play. A sensory evening where music and performance art meet under the open sky.
Note: This concert is held in a rustic setting with the audience sitting on fish boxes and plastic chairs in the local ‘Sportsfisker Center’ in front of the North Sea. Therefore, you may want to bring a pillow and a blanket.
Cast:
Moritz Salger, diabolo acrobatics
Michala Petri, recorder
Erik Kaltoft, electric piano
Bjarne Hansen, violin
Helge Slaatto, violin
Anette Slaatto, viola
Frank Reinecke, double bass
Program
Moritz Salger: diabolo fantasy on three movements by Anne Slaatto, Blue Mandarin, Bird and Air
J.S. Bach: Partita in C minor for alto recorder
Ole Buck: Der Lauf der Klänge for violin and double bass
Karl Aage Rasmussen: Capricci e Danze for violin and electric piano (world premiere)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for recorder and strings in C major
Friday, August 15th
Schubert's musical drama in present past tense (closing concert)
The festival concludes with a concert that brings together the essence of the week’s musical diversity – and what a finale! Amalie Malling leads us into Schubert’s immortal Trout Quintet, one of the most beloved classics in the chamber music repertoire.
At the same time, we celebrate festival composer Ole Buck with a premiere for recorder and double bass, performed by Michala Petri and Frank Reinecke, and the string trio Spring Blossoms, played by the Slaatto Trio.
A musical bouquet that connects threads from Romanticism to the present – with musical stories from two centuries.
Cast:
Tanja Becker-Bender, violin
Slaatto Trio: Helge Slaatto, violin · Anette Slaatto, viola · Jonathan Slaatto, cello
Michala Petri, recorders
Frank Reinecke, double bass
Amalie Malling, piano
Program
Ole Buck: Spring Blossoms, composed for the Slaatto Trio
Ole Buck: Duo for recorder and double bass, composed for Michala Petri and Frank Reinecke (world premiere)
Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet
Program subject to change.
Any remaining tickets will be available at the entrance.
Free admission for children and youth
Children and young people under 18 have free admission to all concerts. To ensure space for everyone, tickets must be reserved in advance through our contact form.