Program 2023
We are working on the program for Late Summer Festival 2024.
På tværs af landegrænser og tider
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
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
— 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
— 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
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
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
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
Free entry for kids below 18 years old.