New Hardanger fiddle concerto!
As a musician with one foot in classical music and the other in folk music, I’ve long aspired to expand the repertoire for Hardanger fiddle and orchestra. Now, it’s finally happening! Over the next four years, several entirely new works featuring the Hardanger fiddle as the solo instrument will premiere, and I can’t wait to tell more about this really exciting news.
The violinist and Hardanger fiddle player Ragnhild Hemsing will take on a central artistic role in several productions, serving as both a soloist and an ambassador for classical and folk music.
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On this album, Ragnhild Hemsing, together with the early music ensemble Barokkanerne, reinterprets Antonio Vivaldi’s (1678-1741) famous Four Seasons and transforms them into The Norwegian Seasons - a unique sonic experience that reveals more commonalities than contrasts.