rish Chamber Orchestra
Henning Kraggerud Director/Violin

Solo Improvisation with Henning Kraggerud leading into
Ole Bull La Melancholia arr. Kraggerud
Svendsen Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op.26 arr. Kraggerud
Siobhan Lambe Home (World Premiere)
Grieg Holberg Suite
Sinding Adagio from Suite in A minor, Op. 10
Kraggerud Suite from Equinox (Extract Nos. 7,9,17 and 18)
Halvorsen Veslemøy song

Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud turns the spotlight on some of his homeland’s finest composers for violin and traverses the centuries in his ICO debut.

The ICO features Home a world premiere of an ICO commission by Irish composer Siobhan Lambe. Kraggerud performs a stunning arrangement of La Mélancolie Melody, known as I Ensomme Stunde or In Lonely Moments.

Svendsen wrote with flair and his popular Romanze reflects his profound knowledge of string instruments and is one of his most popular works. Traverse the fjords with Grieg’s Holberg Suite, a fabulous collection of delightful dances, inspired by playwright, Ludwig Holberg. The Suite showcases Grieg’s great skill with simple harmonies that are bright but powerfully moving.

Sinding’s Suite in A minor, Op. 10, was showcased by the great violinists of the time, including Kreisler and we hear the second, unutterably beautiful slow movement, a real show-stopper.

To the 21st century, Kraggerud features four extracts from his ingenious masterpiece, his Suite from Equinox for Violin and Chamber Orchestra where 24 time zones are moulded into four six-movement concertos Afternoon, Evening, Night and Morning.

Finally, savour a delicious folk song Chant de Veslemøy, with a heart-warming tune, from Halvorsen’s Suite Mosaique.

Presented by the Irish Chamber Orchestra