Journey through the supernatural imagination of Europe: saints and sorcerers, devils and dancing witches, storms, ghosts and the twilight of the Norse gods.
In this vividly theatrical programme directed by Henning Kraggerud, the Irish Chamber Orchestra weaves together music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Schubert, Mussorgsky and others into a world of elemental drama and haunting beauty. From the icy fury of The Four Seasons and the demonic brilliance of Tartini’s Devil’s Trill to Mussorgsky’s ‘Baba Yaga’ and Kraggerud’s own apocalyptic Ragnarok, this is a concert where myth, folklore and virtuosity collide.
Director/Violin Henning Kraggerud
Leader Carla De Kleuver-Leurs
Programme
Margit Hjukse (arr. Kraggerud) Medieval Norwegian Ballade
Antonio Vivaldi Summer, mov. III from The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi Winter, mov. I from The Four Seasons
Giuseppe Tartini The Devil’s Trill Sonata, mov. IV
Franz Joseph Haydn ‘Il terremoto’ from The Seven Last Words of Christ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (cadenza Kraggerud) Violin Concerto No. 3, mov. II
Franz Schubert ‘Erlkönig’
Felix Mendelssohn String Octet op. 20, mov. III
Modest Mussorgsky ‘Baba Yaga’, from Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. for strings
Henning Kraggerud Ragnarok (the Norse Armaggeddon)
Henning Kraggerud ‘Postludes’ from Equinox
Peter Warlock Capriol Suite
Book Tickets
| Fri 14 Aug, 7.30p.m. | A: €38/€36. B: €33/€31 | Book Now |
