Program - Late Summer Festival - Classical music Hvide Sande

Programme 2026

Monday, 10 August

From the Far North (Opening Concert)

20:00–21:45 · Helligåndskirken

This year’s opening concert takes us all the way to the northernmost horizon of the Danish Realm – from the Middle Ages’ strange fables to Greenlandic song with presence and weight.

In the first half, we approach the modern world from the very old days. Ars Nova composer Philippe de Vitry (1291–1362) sets to music a peculiar 14th-century tale, Roman de Fauvel: A donkey becomes pope and the most powerful man in the world. An uncanny parallel to our time?

Together with award-winning storyteller Jacob Slaatto, the duo Slaatto/Reinecke creates a colourful universe, followed by improvisations on Greenlandic thoughts and motifs—created in the moment by Ida Bach Jensen and Anette Slaatto.

The concert’s second half opens towards Greenland, and “The Troubadour from Greenland”, Rasmus Lyberth, takes us into his world of song in an intense, intimate concert format. Together with his quartet, the songs unfold in interplay between voice, piano, electric guitar and violin. It is music that carries nature, language and memory—and can be at once simple, raw and deeply poetic.

Program:

Philippe de Vitry: Ballades and virelais (arr. for violin, double bass and storyteller)

Ida Bach Jensen & Anette Slaatto: Improvisations on Greenlandic melodies and motifs

Rasmus Lyberth Quartet: Songs from Greenland

Performers:

Helge Slaatto, violin

Frank Reinecke, double bass

Jacob Slaatto, storyteller

Ida Bach Jensen, double bass

Anette Slaatto, viola

Rasmus Lyberth Quartet: Rasmus Lyberth, vocals and acoustic guitar · Kristoffer Jul, piano · Simon Krebs, electric guitar · Jane Clark, violin

Tuesday, 11 August

Greenlandic song & Danish seagull cries

17:00 – 18:00 · AL Sydbank Hvide Sande

As tradition has it, we let the music ring out in the middle of town—right up close to everyday life and the harbour. This afternoon concert has become a regular gathering point during the festival: a free, welcoming and intimate musical experience, where the audience gets very close to the artists.

At the centre once again is Rasmus Lyberth, who with his warm storytelling and distinctive sound connects Greenland’s song tradition with an intimate concert format. This time, the music unfolds as a pure duo encounter between voice, acoustic guitar and piano—and, weather permitting, it will all take place under the open sky, where seagull cries and the wind from the North Sea become part of the atmosphere.

Come as you are and enjoy an intense musical break in town.

The concert is free—first come, first served.

Note: If the concert is held outdoors, the bank’s steps will be used.

Program:

Songs from Greenland

Performers:

Rasmus Lyberth Duo: Rasmus Lyberth, vocals and acoustic guitar · Kristoffer Jul, electric piano

Tuesday, 11 August

From Baroque dances to Hungarian folk fiddlers

20:30–21:30 · Lyngvig Church

In the atmospheric space of Lyngvig Church, the evening offers a programme where Baroque intensity meets Hungarian fire. Here the strings stand close together—like a chamber-music “team”, where virtuosity, rhythm and tone colours are brought into sharp focus.

Bartók’s duos bring us close to the raw, playful and folkloric—music that smells of dance, landscape and temperament. Midway through the programme comes the world premiere of Lasse Thoresen’s Tosomt II, a contemporary Nordic counterpoint.

The evening concludes with Kodály’s serenade for two violins and viola—a work full of warmth and melodic glow.

Program:

J.S. Bach: Suite No. 3 (arranged for viola)

Arcangelo Corelli: La Follia for violin and double bass

Béla Bartók: Duos for two violins (selection)

Zoltán Kodály: Serenade (for two violins and viola)

Performers:

Bjarne Hansen, violin

Helge Slaatto, violin

Anette Slaatto, viola

Frank Reinecke, double bass

Wednesday, 12 August

Virtuosity & classical highlights

20:00–21:30 · Helligåndskirken

On Wednesday evening, we bring together classical weight and chamber-music flair in a programme where the instruments get to speak across their full range—from Baroque elegance to Beethoven’s grand lines. The evening opens with Beethoven’s 6 Ländlerische Tänze for violin, viola and double bass. Then Jonathan Slaatto and Frank Reinecke shine a light on Baroque virtuosity in Jean-Baptiste Barrière’s duo, where energy and precision go hand in hand.

The evening’s world premiere is the Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen’s Tosomt II for violin and double bass.

After that, it is a special pleasure to present the Swedish-Colombian piano star Melissa Jacobsen-Velandia in her Late Summer Festival debut. She plays Albéniz’ Asturias, before joining Ylva Larsdotter, one of the festival’s treasured profiles, to close the concert with Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata.

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven: 6 Ländlerische Tänze

Jean-Baptiste Barrière: Duo (for cello and double bass)

Lasse Thoresen: Tosomt II (for violin and double bass) – world premiere

Isaac Albéniz: Asturias (for solo piano)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata, Op. 47 (for violin and piano)

Performers:

Helge Slaatto, violin

Anette Slaatto, viola

Jonathan Slaatto, cello

Frank Reinecke, double bass

Ylva Larsdotter, violin

Melissa Jacobsen-Velandia, piano

Thursday, 13 August

Bach in new clothes: Baroque meets jazz

20:00 – 21:15 · Hvide Sande Sportsfisker Center

Thursday evening is a meeting with music in truly special surroundings. As the light falls over the fjord and the North Sea, the Sportsfisker Center is transformed into a stage where Baroque clarity and today’s jazz energy melt together.

Niklas Walentin and his jazz quartet appear at the festival for the first time, offering an exciting fusion of Bach and modern jazz improvisation. The programme also takes on a Danish flavour, as classics such as Jacob Gade’s Tango Jalousie are placed side by side with the Baroque point of departure.

Note: The concert takes place in an authentic, rustic setting—where you’ll be seated on fish crates. Feel free to bring blankets and a cushion.

Program:

Jazz improvisations on Bach’s Solo Sonata No. 1 in G minor

Jacob Gade: Tango Jalousie, etc.

Performers:

Niklas Walentin Jazz Quartet: Niklas Walentin, violin · Snorre Kirk, drums · Anders Fjelsted, bass · Filip Ekestubbe, piano

Friday, 14 August

Swedish stars & a captivating Brahms ensemble (Closing Concert)

20:00–21:45 · Helligåndskirken

The festival concludes with a star-studded meeting between three of Sweden’s leading musicians and one of the Romantic era’s most beloved chamber works.

The first half revolves around Bach as a sonic point of departure and musical mirror: short movements in new clothes, solo features that cut to the essence, and Kodály’s duo, where violin and cello weave into each other with power, virtuosity and intimacy.

After the interval, Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G minor opens with its Hungarian-inspired final movement as a grand finale – a work that is both dark and dance-like, dramatic and seductive.

When Anette Slaatto joins the three Swedish stars, the evening comes together in a warm, close and virtuosic full stop that ties the festival’s theme and diversity together in one last, captivating concert experience.