Program 2023

We are working on the program for Late Summer Festival 2024.

På tværs af landegrænser og tider

Opening concert
20.00 - 21.45

Monday, August 14

Helligåndskirken Hvide Sande

The concert presents the basic ideas of the festival in one program, where great classics meet a new Nordic work from the Faroe Islands. In addition, the meditative music of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov opens up the hope of peace for all. A unique experience of contrasts and connections, showing how music can connect across times and places.

Valentin Silvestrov: ‘Icon’ for string quartet
Kristian Blak Duo for violin and viola (2022)
Beethoven quartet op 59/1
– Break –
Bedrich Smetana: Quartet “Aus meinem Leben”

CasalQuartet: 

Felix Froschhammer, violin

Rachel Späth,  violin

Markus Fleck,  viola

Sebastian Braun, violoncello

Helge Slaatto, violin

Anette Slaatto, viola

Inspirerende musik under Vesterhavets åbne himmel

Free concert
17.00 - 18.00

Tuesday, August 15

Vestjysk Bank Hvide Sande

There is no need to buy a ticket for this concert.

Refreshing Frescobaldi leads to a musical experience with Iran and Sweden’s most exquisite folk musicians. The Swiss CasalQuartet takes on Danish folk music and offers an exuberant surprise. The audience is treated with bubbles and Danish ‘kransekage’. The concert is free of charge.

Frescobaldi Toccata vl and double bass
The old Persia
Danish folk music
Nordic Klezmer

Majeed Qadianie, traditional Persian instruments

Helge Slaatto, violin

Frank Reinecke, double bass

Kv. Arken: 

Annika Jessen, clarinet

Elena Nygren,  viola

Anna Thorstensson,  cello

CasalQuartet: 

Felix Froschhammer, violin

Rachel Späth,  violin

Markus Fleck,  viola

Sebastian Braun, violoncello

Blak & Beethoven

21.00 - 22.00

Tuesday, August 15

Lyngvig Kirke

— SOLD OUT —
The concert in the small church in Lyngvig will be a journey from the picturesque Faroese ocean with Kristian Blak’s 6th string quartet to one of Beethoven’s masterpieces, quartet op.130 with Grosse Fuge – like a musical ascent of Mount Everest, where music is the answer to your search for the magnificent and the dramatic.

Kristian Blak: 6:String Quartet
L.v. Beethoven: Quartet Op.130 (with Grosse Fuge)

CasalQuartet: 

Felix Froschhammer, violin

Rachel Späth,  violin

Markus Fleck,  viola

Sebastian Braun, violoncello

My Persia

20.00 - 21.15

Wednesday, August 16th

Haurvig Kirke

— SOLD OUT —
Travel to distant musical horizons with Majeed Qadianie from Iran, a virtuoso on the setar and tar. Discover his ancient art music and how it gives life and inspiration to a piece by the renowned tonal artist von Schweinitz. This encounter with Persian music will take you on a journey into a unique world of sounds and rhythms. The concert concludes with the Italian Baroque master Arcangelo Corelli’s ever-modern ‘La Follia’.

Excerpts from the Persian art music, Radifs
Wolfgang von Schweinitz: ‘My Persia’ for violin and double bass (excerpt)

Majeed Qadianie, traditional Persian instruments

Helge Slaatto, violin

Frank Reinecke, double bass

Nordisk Klezmer over Vesterhavet

20.00 - 21.30

Thursday, August 17

Hvide Sande Sportsfisker Center

— SOLD OUT —
Experience an evening full of energy and life with the legendary Swedish klezmer group, Kv.Arken, consisting of three charismatic women. With their unique form of Nordic klezmer, they guarantee a festive, unforgettable experience not to be missed!

Kv. Arken: 

Annika Jessen, clarinet

Elena Nygren,  viola

Anna Thorstensson,  cello

Modsætninger finder sammen

Closing concert
20.00 - 21.45

Friday, August 18

Helligåndskirken Hvide Sande

Feel the magic of opposites at the closing concert of Late Summer Festival 2023. Experience sonorous piano quartets by Mozart and Schumann, and enjoy a new romance for violin and piano, inspired by Norwegian folk music, written by the great Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen.

W.A. Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, KV 478
Lasse Thoresen: Tibi Canto
Romance for violin and piano ( 2023)*

INTERVAL

Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet

Nicolas Bautricourt, violin

Sanna Ripatti, viola

Jonathan Slaatto, cello

Martin Qvist Hansen, clover

Helge Slaatto, violin*.

Anne Mette Stæhr, piano*.

Farverige oplevelser i musik og ord

Extra concert in Copenhagen
16.00 - 18.00

Sunday, August 20

KoncertKirken, Blågårdsplads in Copenhagen

Join us for an exciting extra concert in Copenhagen, where you will have a musical experience full of surprises and variations. From the meditative contemplation of Ukrainian Valentin Silvestrov, to Langgaard’s vibrant romanticism, to free improvisations for viola and piano on the poetry of Nina Malinovski.

Valentin Silvestrov: ‘Icon’ for string quartet
Rued Langgaard Quartet in A-flat Major
Rued Langgaard Quartet No.3

Nightingale String Quartet: 

Gunvor Sihm, violin

Josephine Dalsgaard, violin

Marie Louise Broholt Jensen, viola

Louisa Schwab, cello

Pause

Improvisations with viola and piano on poems by Nina Malinovski.

Anette Slaatto, viola

Michael Nielen, clover

Nina Malinovski, recitation

We reserve the right to make changes to the program.
Ticket for one concert: DKK 100,-
Free entry for kids below 18 years old.
Any excess tickets can be purchased at the entrance.

We ask everyone to buy their tickets in advance - it's such a shame when we cannot sell more tickets at the door at sold-out concerts.