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Tengstrand Noll10

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Friday, September 3 19.00, Restaurant PM

Tengstrand Noll10 starts at Restaurant PM: Music and Wine

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Per Tengstrand, piano
David Chan, concert master at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York
Andreas Larsson, The world’s best sommelier 2007

Program:

Entrée
Music and wine
Main Course
More music and wine
Dessert

This year’s festival opens with a concert where you can enjoy some supreme wine and food between the music at Restaurant PM.
David Chan grew up in California and has, in addition to music, yet another great passion: fine wines. A musical meeting between Andreas Larsson and David was planned last year at one of the world’s premier vineyards, Château Clos de Vougeot. However, it became impossible to fit into their schedule, but now we will have this meeting – in Växjö.

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Lördag 4 September 18.00, Växjö Konserthus

Wild Växjö: The Green City Part Two

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Shan-shan Sun, piano
Per Tengstrand, piano
David Chan, violin
Musica Vitae with Per Drougge, concert master
Scott Speck, conductor

Program:
Antonio Vivaldi: The Seasons
Pjotr Tchaikovsky: String Serenade

Intermission

Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of Animals for two pianos and orchestra

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Lots of music is inspired by the beauty of nature and we have made that a theme for this year’s festival, since Växjö is so prominent as a pioneer-city on being gentle to the Earth we all inherited.

David Chan is the soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and Per Tengstrand and Shan-shan Sun will play Saint-Saens classic hit Carnival of Animals, and of course we have Växjö’s own Musica Vitae as the orchestra.

Excerpt from Vivaldi’s The Seasons at Tengstrand-08

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American conductor Scott Speck, who despite his young age already
holds two chief conductor positions in the U.S., is making his Scandinavian debut in Växjö.

Tickets: 230 Kr.

Listen to an excerpt from Carnival of Animals:

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Tuesday, September 7 19.00, Palladium

Who was Ludwig? Åke Holmqvist on Beethoven.
Beethovens “Rasumovsky”

Åke Holmqvist has studied Beethoven’s life and music during most of his life and has worked with a Beethoven biography for many years – a biography that is now finished and will be published by Bonnier for release in 2011.

Before Per Tengstrand starts the journey through all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas, this evening gives the audience a unique opportunity to hear Sweden’s foremost Beethoven connoisseur share his knowledge of one of history’s most fascinating persons. In a relaxed setting at Palladium Per Tengstrand will be present to provide musical examples.

The evening will end with a mini-concert: four musicians from Musica Vitae will play Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4.

Åke Holmqvist
Dorota Siuda, violin
Mårten Sundén, violin
Linnéa Nyman, viola
Richard Müller, cello

In cooperation with Växjö Kammarmusikförening

Tickets: 150 Kr.

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Wednesday, September 8, Palladium

Tengstrand&Beethoven: The 32 Sonatas part one

I. “A young virtuoso arrives in Vienna”

Sonat op.2 nr. 1 f moll
Sonat op.2 nr. 2 A-Dur

Intermission

Sonat op. 49 nr. 1 g moll
Sonat op. 49 nr. 2 G Dur
Sonat op.2 nr. 3 C Dur

If there was a top ten chart of the greatest miracles of art and music, Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas would have an obvious place in it, alongside Shakespeare’s plays and Michelangelo’s art. Beethoven wrote piano sonatas throughout most of his life, and we can follow one of the greatest geniuses of all time in his piano music: from a young, confident piano virtuoso to a deaf master, bitter over his fate but nevertheless with an incredible inspiration and sensitivity in his music.

Per Tengstrand will guide us through this amazing journey in the autumn and spring during eight concerts in Växjö: the obvious start of this serie is, of course, at this festival.

Tickets: 150 Kr.
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Friday, September 10, Palladium 19.00

Late Night With Lisa Syrén

Music and guests: legendary radio host Lisa Syrén will guide us through an evening
full of music, interviews and lots of fun.

Some real “Växjö legends” will be Lisa’s Late Night guests guests and in between,
Per Tengstrand and four musicians of Musica Vitae will play Schumann’s Piano Quartet.

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Vladimir Iourtchik, violin
Marco Mazzeo, violin
Ylvali Zilliacus, viola
Anders Aldén, cello

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Tickets: 150 kr.

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Saturday, September 11

Family Concert

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Wednesday, September 15 19.00, Palladium

Tengstrand&Beethoven: The 32 Sonatas part two

II. “Beethoven’s first concert tours: Prague, Berlin, Budapest…”

Sonat op.7 Ess Dur
Sonat op.10 nr. 1, c moll

Paus

Sonat op.10 nr. 2, F Dur
Sonat op.10 nr. 3 D Dur

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Saturday, September 18, 18.00

Wild Växjö: The Green City Part Two

Per Tengstrand, piano
Musica Vitae with Dorota Suida, concert master
Göteborg Wind Orchestra
St. Sigfrids Kammarkör, led by Yvonne Steen-Ohlander
Alexander Hanson, conductor

Program:

L.v. Beethoven: Choral Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra

Intermission

Ola Salo/Jonas Nydesjö: Linneaus Rex

(Additional pieces will be added soon, please check back)

Tickets: 280 Kr.