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Festival programme
Sunday 21 February, Firth Hall, 3pm Jazz with Johan Delin (double-bass) and friends Susie Bishop, Vocal and Violin Willie Lok, Piano Johnny Hunter, Drums Click here to see a programme note by Johan Dehlin and photos
Wednesday 24 February, Firth Hall, 7.30pm Signe Asmussen (mezzo-soprano) and Benjamin Frith (piano) give a recital of the best-known Scandinavian songs and piano music including works by Sibelius, Grieg, Nielsen and many less well known composers Click here to see full programme
Thursday 25 February, University Music Department, 1pm Signe Asmussen gives a masterclass in song for students and members of the public, accompanied by Heidi Rolfe
Friday 26 February, Drama Studio, 1.10pm Signe Asmussen and Peter Hill (piano) give a recital of contemporary music including Schoenberg's Book of the Hanging Gardens and Gunnar Berg's 10 Hakusai Woodcuts
Tuesday 2 March, Sheffield Cathedral, 1.15pm Andrew Linn (organ) gives a recital of Scandinavian music for organ Click here to see the full programme, notes and a photo
Tuesday 2 March, Firth Hall, 7.30pm Hardanger fiddlers from the Ole Bull Academy, Stavanger, Norway, give a performance of dance and violin folk music
Tickets: www.sheffield.ac.uk/concerts or phone 0114 222 8777 Info: concerts@sheffield.ac.uk www.nordic-studies.group.sheffield.ac.uk
This festival is presented by the Sheffield Centre for Nordic Studies & the University of Sheffield with support from Norden, the Nordic Cultural Fund, and the Embassy of Denmark |
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