Saturday concert: Fanfare at Den Norske Opera & Ballett

In this series of chamber music concerts, audiences will encounter members of the orchestra in a format that differs from the familiar orchestral pit. On four weekends this season, members of the orchestra will perform in smaller groups, giving audiences an opportunity to get closer to the musicians.

The Saturday afternoon concerts represent the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra’ s own chamber music series, with the musicians performing their favourite pieces.
FANFARE –– IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS ALL ABOUT BRASS!

The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra’s first concert of the season presents parts of the brass section, playing music in styles that are not often heard.

Trombones were used in sacred contexts from early times, often in combination with song. Here we will hear them play short beautiful, heartfelt pieces composed by Antonio Caldara and Heinrich Schütz in the mid-1600s. The trombonists will use copies of the original instruments used during the period, known as sackbuts.

The horn section will play Louise-Francois Dauprat’s Grand Sextet from 1815. The work was originally composed for natural horn, but will be performed here on modern instruments.

The concert starts with Music from Bohemia by Vejvanovskýý, arranged for this performance by Hans Petter Stangnes.