Welcome to Fairplay Chamber Music 2024!
This year's festival is characterized by being part of the EU project Songs of Travel, which through music, research and interactive experiences explores the connection between migration, travel and the climate crisis. The festival includes five world premieres, music phenomenon Sara Parkman and the entire Gävle Symphony Orchestra!

Some of our most appreciated events such as Yoga with Bach and our popular brunch concert make a comeback this year. Running for Beethoven, Sweden's most classic race, will also return and new for this year is that the starting place for the race is included in our favorable Festival Pass! And of course there will be many hours of wonderful chamber music with our fantastic festival artists!
14
June
Lunchtime concert 12:12
Our top Swedish and international students perform pieces of music during five free concerts.
12:12
13:00
BUY A TICKET
Main stage
ADMISSION FREE
FESTIVAL PASS:
YES

Take the opportunity to hear some of Sweden and Europe's most promising young musicians perform the pieces of music they have been working on during our Academy Week.

14
June
Camilla's concert bus
The music profile Camilla Lundberg gives a personal introduction to tonight's concert on our direct electric bus to/from Stockholm-Ytterjärna.
17:15
18:00

For those of you traveling to Fairplay from Stockholm, we offer a unique opportunity for both environmentally friendly transport to Kulturhuset in Ytterjärna and immersion in the wonderful world of music! The music oracle, as well as TV personality Camilla Lundberg, holds a concert introduction on the bus where she with her enthusiastic way shares her personal perspectives on the evening's concert and unveils some of the innermost secrets of music.

The bus departs from Stockholm Cityterminalen at 17:15. The journey takes approximately 45 minutes one way. Bus back to Stockholm departs at 21:15. Price SEK 50 per person.

ABOUT CAMILLA LUNDBERG
Camilla Lundberg is well known as a cultural journalist from the press, radio and television. She began her career at Musikradion as a producer and presenter. For more than twenty years, she was employed by the cultural editorial staff of Expressen as a music critic; a writing career that resulted in, among other things, the August Prize-nominated essay collection Musikens myter. During the 2000s, Camilla has mainly been active as music director at SVT's culture editorial office, where she produced program series such as Veckans konsert, Maestro and Camillas klassiska. Today Camilla Lundberg is a regular contributor to Dagens Nyheter, the CD review in P2 and the culture panel in Gomorron Sverige. With Carl Tofft, she makes the Classical podcast about famous composers for Swedish Radio. She is also the winner of SVT's cultural quiz Kontrapunkt in the fall of 2023.

14
June
Songs of Travel part I
World premiere of Djuro Zivkovic's "Concerto Terrae", Andrea Tarrodi's "Birds of Paradise" and more with Gävle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Crawford-Phillips
19:00
21:00

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no 1

Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Simon Crawford-Phillips

Djuro Zivkovic - Double concerto for cello, piano and orchestra (premiere)

Jakob Koranyi, Peter Friis Johansson, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Simon Crawford-Phillips

-PAUS

Andrea Tarrodi - Birds of Paradise for string orchestra

Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Simon Crawford-Phillips

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Symphony No. 4 'The Italian'

Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Simon Crawford-Phillips
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Main stage
280 SEK
FESTIVAL PASS:
YES

This year we are proud to be part of the EU project Songs of Travel, which explores themes of migration and travel through music, research and interactive experiences. Together with three other festivals and a game developer, we have commissioned five new musical works and also created a mobile game that follows the lives and journeys of five migrants across Europe. Travel and impressions from other places and contexts are the common thread that binds the festival's program. The opening concert will feature the premiere of one of the five works, Djuro Zivkovic's Double Concerto for cello, piano and orchestra.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Edvard Grieg' s beloved Peer Gynt Suite is based on Henrik Ibsen's dramatic tale of the adventurous Peer Gynt who travels the world but loses himself in his lies and dreams. Searching for love, wealth and meaning, he finally realizes that he has neglected the only thing that matters: the faithful Solveig waiting for him at home.

Djuro Zivkovic's Concerto Terrae, double concerto for cello, piano and orchestra is one of the works commissioned for Songs of Travel. Serbian-Swedish Zivkovic has won several international prizes and awards for his original and expressive music, including the Grawemeyer Award, often likened to the Nobel Prize of art music.

"In the double concert, I want to evoke a sense of wonder and awe, evoking the paradoxical nature of our planet - a fragile yet resilient sphere suspended in the vastness of space. Themusic will evoke a sense of the sacred and invite the listener to contemplate their place in the grand design of the universe." - Djuro Zivkovic

When Andrea Tarrodi wrote Birds of Paradise, she was listening to a record of bird sounds and was inspired to write the piece after watching a nature film about these beautiful and unusual creatures. She wrote the piece for Musica Vitae, which premiered it in 2008.

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Symphony No 4 'The Italian ' is one of his most popular and life-affirming works. Mendelssohn himself referred to the symphony as 'the happiest piece I have ever written'. It was written after traveling around Italy and being fascinated by its culture, history and landscape, and he sought to capture the colors and atmosphere of the country in his music. The symphony has four movements: Allegro vivace, Andante con moto, Con moto moderato and a final wild Saltarello. The symphony was first performed in London in 1833, but Mendelssohn was not satisfied with it and revised it several times. Never published during his lifetime, it was only released in its original version in 1851 and immediately became a firm favorite in the orchestral repertoire!

14
June
Late Night with Schumann
A personal and relaxed meeting with our artists in the foyer of the Kulturhuset.
21:15
22:00

Fantasiestücke op. 73

Emil Jonason, Peter Friis Johansson

Piano Quartet in E flat major op. 47

Nurit Stark, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Torleif Thedéen, Finghin Collins

Welcome to a relaxed concert in the foyer with some of our fantastic festival artists. The program includes two beloved works by Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano and the great Piano Quartet in E flat major!

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Fantasiestücke op. 73 are three short pieces originally written for clarinet and piano, but often performed on violin or cello. Schumann was a master of abrupt changes in music and these pieces are no exception. They are entitled 'Zart und mit Ausdruck' (tender and expressive), 'Lebhaft, leicht' (lively, light) and 'Rasch und mit Feuer' (fast and with fire).

In the first piece, the clarinet sings a beautiful melody over the piano accompaniment, often inviting a dialog between the two instruments. The second piece is exuberant and playful, showing Schumann's humor and imagination. The clarinet and piano exchange fast and light phrases, sometimes broken by more lyrical passages. The third piece is a passionate and virtuosic rondo, full of temperament and power. It is as if the clarinet and piano are competing to impress each other with their fast runs, big jumps and rhythmic figures.

The Piano Quartet in E flat major op. 47 is one of Schumann's most famous and beloved chamber music works. It was written during his 'chamber music year' of 1842, when he also wrote three string quartets, a piano quintet and a fantasy for violin and piano. In addition to the piano works, Schumann had previously composed mainly for piano and voice, but was inspired by his wife Clara, an accomplished pianist and composer, to explore other musical forms.

The piano quartet consists of four movements: Allegro ma non troppo, Scherzo: Molto vivace, Andante cantabile and Finale: Vivace. The first movement is strikingly lyrical, with an ever-present restless energy. The second movement is clearly inspired by the scherzo in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream. It is elusive music that rarely reaches above the dynamic range of the piano.

The third movement has been criticized for possibly being too beautiful, if that is possible. The cello and violin have prominent roles in conveying the vocal lines in a movement that begins beautifully and becomes even more beautiful along the way. The fourth and final movement is a brilliant and virtuosic finale based on the interweaving of the different voices in several grandiose fugues, ending the work in complete triumph!

14
June
Open Skyspace with Jacob Kellermann
Experience James Turell's world-famous Skyspace in perfect symbiosis with guitarist Jacob Kellermann.
21:15
22:45
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Skyspace
600-800 SEK
FESTIVAL PASS:
NO

Jacob Kellermann has established himself as one of Scandinavia's most active and sought-after guitarists. In addition to playing regularly throughout Sweden, he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician internationally in concert halls such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Prinzregententheater and Gasteig Munich. Kellermann has released three critically acclaimed albums on the BIS Records label. The latest album, released in 2021, in which he interprets Rodrigo's classical guitar concerto Concierto de Aranjuez, was awarded a Grammis, Diapason D'or and was named Classical Album of the Year in Dagens Nyheter. The album received very positive reviews internationally and was praised by The Guardian, The Times, Gramophone Magazine and the Dutch NRC, among others.

Program:

T. Hosokawa - Dream Path

J. Cage - Dream  

J. Dowland - 2 songs. I. A dream, II. Lachrymae

D. Akiva - from Yiskor

M. De Falla - Homenaje

T. Hosokawa - 6 Japanese Songs (2022)

I "Sakura" (Cherry Blossom), II "Tooryanse", III "Yamadera no Osho-san" (The Monk of the Mountain Temple)

IV "Koujo no Tsuki" (Moon over the Deserted Castle), V "Kaasan no uta" (Song of Mother), VI "Edo no Komori Uta" (Lullaby of Edo)

L. Francesconi - Alborada  

S. Gubaidulina - Serenade

J. Tavener - Singing  

A. Barrios - Julia Florida

J. Cage - Dream

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
Skyspace is a partly outdoor experience, we recommend to wear or bring warm clothes. Unlike our other concerts, the Skyspace concert is not handicapped accessible.

The audience meets in the foyer of Kulturhuset at 21.15 (or 10 minutes after the concert ends at 19.00) to walk together to Skyspace.

PRICE INFORMATION:
Skyspace is an exclusive experience with room for only 20 listeners. The ticket price is SEK 800, or SEK 600 for festival pass holders.

The concert will also be held on Saturday, June 15 at 21.15

15
June
Bru(n)ch concert!
Start your morning with great music and food to the tune of the brunch-sounding German composer Max Bruch!
10:00
11:45

Max Bruch - Eight Pieces for clarinet, cello and piano

Emil Jonason, Jakob Koranyi, Daria van der Bercken
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The White Villa
100-250 SEK
FESTIVAL PASS:
YES

Not only is his name mouth-watering, his Eight Pieces for clarinet, cello and piano are exquisite music! These pieces offer great variety and will be divided into sets of two or three during the concert. So there will be time for conversation, reflection and being immersed in the music during this bru(n)ch concert!

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
The concert is organized in the White House, the flagship villa where Bruno Liljefors painted several of his most captivating paintings.

For those who buy a ticket, food and drinks are included in the entrance ticket.

For those who have booked a festival pass, only the concert ticket is included, food and drink can be purchased for a cost of SEK 100, pre-booked separately in the booking system when buying a festival pass or by emailing us at contact@jarnafestivalacademy.com no later than 24 hours before the start of the concert.

15
June
Lunchtime concert 12:12
Our top Swedish and international students perform pieces of music during five free concerts.
12:12
13:00
BUY A TICKET
The White Villa
ADMISSION FREE
FESTIVAL PASS:
YES

Take the opportunity to hear some of Sweden and Europe's most promising young musicians perform the pieces of music they have been working on during our Academy Week.

15
June
Running for the Beethoven concert
Experience the joyful giant event Running for Beethoven as a concert audience in our large concert hall!
14:00
14:45

Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, The Fate Symphony
Allegro con brio
Andante con moto
Scherzo: Allegro
Allegro - Presto

Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Simon Crawford-Phillips
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Main stage
ADMISSION FREE
FESTIVAL PASS:

On stage at the Kulturhuset in Ytterjärna, the Gävle Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Crawford-Phillips, will perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, also known as the Fate Symphony. Take the chance to hear this powerful music and also to cheer on your favorite runner at the start of the race which goes through the concert hall. Live images from the race will be shown on a large screen in the hall, reinforcing the music's very physical dimension.

The concert will begin with a short overture as the runners warm up.

Free admission

Read more about Running for Beethoven here.

15
June
Running for Beethoven race
Sweden's most classic race is held for the third year in a row. A joyful combination of a running race and a symphonic concert!
14:00
14:45

On stage at the Kulturhuset in Ytterjärna, the Gävle Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Crawford-Phillips, will perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, also known as the Fate Symphony. Runners start inside the concert hall and then run a 2.5 kilometer loop with speakers along the way broadcasting the music throughout the race. The challenge is to reach the finish line before the symphony ends, which takes about 30 minutes.

After the race, there is the opportunity to buy lunch or coffee in our nice café for all competitors and their audience who can visit the event free of charge in the main hall. At 16.00 the festival continues with the concert Assassination of the Duke of Guise/Songs of Travel, an exciting encounter between silent movies and mobile games in the main hall. The evening can then end with two more concerts at the chamber music festival Fairplay Chamber Music.

New for this year is that the starting place for the race is included in the Festival Pass. Read more about Running for Beethoven here.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
The original challenge is 5 kilometers, but the race also has a walking and a running fast class (2.5 km and 7.5 km respectively).

There is a possibility to shower and change on site.

15
June
Silent films and games
A two-part concert experience featuring the world premiere of Elaine Agnew's soundtrack to the game Songs of Travel played live on the big screen
16:00
17:30

Part 1 - Silent movie: Assassination of the Duke of Guise
Music by Camille Saint-Saens

Ylva Larsdotter, Guro Kleven Hagen, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Jakob Koranyi, Daria van den Bercken, Peter Friis Johansson.

Part 2 - Games: Songs of Travel
Music by Elaine Agnew

Jack Gutmann, Emil Jonason, Ylva Larsdotter, Guro Kleven Hagen, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Jakob Koranyi, Magdalena Meitzner, Peter Friis Johansson
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Main stage
150 SEK
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YES

The 1917 silent film The Assassination of the Duke of Guise is a milestone in the development of cinema. A historical drama depicting the murder of the French nobleman and warlord Henry I of Guise in 1588, it is one of the very first examples of music written specifically for a film. French composer Camille Saint-Saëns composed six pieces for piano, harmonium and strings that follow the plot and mood of the film. The music and film have a running time of about 17 minutes.

Game Songs of Travel is part of the EU project of the same name. The game consists of five chapters exploring different aspects of migration by following the personal stories of five individuals fleeing their home countries to a new beginning in Europe. The music is by Fairplay Chamber Music and was composed by Irish composer Elaine Agnew.
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15
June
Camilla's concert bus
The music profile Camilla Lundberg gives a personal introduction to tonight's concert on our direct electric bus to/from Stockholm-Ytterjärna.
17:15
18:00

For those of you traveling to Fairplay from Stockholm, we offer a unique opportunity for both environmentally friendly transport to Kulturhuset in Ytterjärna and immersion in the wonderful world of music! The music oracle, as well as TV personality Camilla Lundberg, holds a concert introduction on the bus where she with her enthusiastic way shares her personal perspectives on the evening's concert and unveils some of the innermost secrets of music.

The bus departs from Stockholm Cityterminalen at 17:15. The journey takes approximately 45 minutes one way. Bus back to Stockholm departs at 21:15. Price SEK 50 per person.

ABOUT CAMILLA LUNDBERG
Camilla Lundberg is well known as a cultural journalist from the press, radio and television. She began her career at Musikradion as a producer and presenter. For more than twenty years, she was employed by the cultural editorial staff of Expressen as a music critic; a writing career that resulted in, among other things, the August Prize-nominated essay collection Musikens myter. During the 2000s, Camilla has mainly been active as music director at SVT's culture editorial office, where she produced program series such as Veckans konsert, Maestro and Camillas klassiska. Today Camilla Lundberg is a regular contributor to Dagens Nyheter, the CD review in P2 and the culture panel in Gomorron Sverige. With Carl Tofft, she makes the Classical podcast about famous composers for Swedish Radio. She is also the winner of SVT's cultural quiz Kontrapunkt in the fall of 2023.

15
June
Songs of Travel part II
The concert reflects physical and spiritual travel, including the world premiere of the commissioned work "Voyage" by Kurdish Hawar Tawfiq.
19:00
21:00

Sergei Prokofiev - Hebrew Overture

Emil Jonason, Nurit Stark, Guro Kleven Hagen, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Daniel Thorell, Daria van den Bercken

Valentin Silvestrov

from Three Bagatelles op.1

ur 4 pieces op.2

Daria van der Bercken

Hawar Tawfiq - Voyage (premiere)

Alexandra Büchel, Emil Jonason, Nurit Stark, Daniel Thorell, Magdalena Meitzner, Daria van den Bercken

-PAUS

Frederic Chopin - Ballade no 4 in F minor

Finghin Collins

Ralph Vaughan-Williams - Songs of Travel

Jakob Högström, Finghin Collins
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Main stage
280 SEK
FESTIVAL PASS:
YES

This evening concert is part of the EU project Songs of Travel and reflects different aspects of travel, both physical and spiritual. We will be immersed in music originating from many geographical locations and often related to dramatic contexts.

Traveling is a magical phenomenon, which transforms the old person into a new person. From this point of view, our life is a journey with the final destination of meeting our death." - Hawar Tawfiq

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Sergei Prokofiev 'sHebrew Overture was written in 1919 in the USA, inspired by a collection of Jewish folk melodies. The work is written for the unusual combination of clarinet, string quartet and piano, and the sound world is reminiscent of Klezmer and other Jewish music.

This is followed by a selection of short works for solo piano by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, performed by Daria van der Bercken. Silvestrov's deeply meditative and atmospheric piano music has been described as 'silent songs', expressing a longing for the lost and the eternal.

The festival's second commissioned work is by the Kurdish composer Hawar Tawfiq, now based in the Netherlands. Written for chamber ensemble and voice, Voyage is based on texts by the 13th century Persian poet and mystic Jalal al-din Rumi. Rumi's poems express Sufi mysticism and use rich images and symbols to depict the boundlessness of love and the essence of religion.

Chopin's Ballade in F minor, one of his most popular and dramatic works for piano, performed by Finghin Collins. The ballad is an example of Chopin's genius for creating a story with music that evokes strong emotions in the listener. Chopin wrote the ballad between 1842 and 1843, during a period when he was traveling between Paris and Nohant, where he lived with his beloved George Sand.

The concert ends with Ralph Vaughan-Williams ' song cycle Songs of Travel with lyrics by Robert Louis Stevenson. The songs depict the experiences and reflections of a traveler and express wanderlust, beauty, love, doubt, loneliness and spirituality. Vaughan-Williams wrote the songs between 1901 and 1904 and they have become one of his most frequently performed works.

15
June
Late night in the foyer
Experience a musical encounter with Simon Crawford-Philips and Ylva Larsdotter in the foyer of Kulturhuset.
21:15
22:00

Road Movies by John Adams

Piano - Simon Crawford-Phillips. Violin - Ylva Larsdotter.
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Foyer
Included in the Opening Concert
FESTIVAL PASS:
YES

The Late Night concert is 40 minutes long, including the work Road Movies by John Adams.

15
June
Open Skyspace with Jacob Kellermann
Experience James Turell's world-famous Skyspace in perfect symbiosis with guitarist Jacob Kellermann.
21:15
22:45
BUY A TICKET
Skyspace
600-800 SEK
FESTIVAL PASS:
NO

Jacob Kellermann has established himself as one of Scandinavia's most active and sought-after guitarists. In addition to playing regularly throughout Sweden, he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician internationally in concert halls such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Prinzregententheater and Gasteig Munich. Kellermann has released three critically acclaimed albums on the BIS Records label. The latest album, released in 2021, in which he interprets Rodrigo's classical guitar concerto Concierto de Aranjuez, was awarded a Grammis, Diapason D'or and was named Classical Album of the Year in Dagens Nyheter. The album received very positive reviews internationally and was praised by The Guardian, The Times, Gramophone Magazine and the Dutch NRC, among others.

Program:

T. Hosokawa - Dream Path

J. Cage - Dream  

J. Dowland - 2 songs. I. A dream, II. Lachrymae

D. Akiva - from Yiskor

M. De Falla - Homenaje

T. Hosokawa - 6 Japanese Songs (2022)

I "Sakura" (Cherry Blossom), II "Tooryanse", III "Yamadera no Osho-san" (The Monk of the Mountain Temple)

IV "Koujo no Tsuki" (Moon over the Deserted Castle), V "Kaasan no uta" (Song of Mother), VI "Edo no Komori Uta" (Lullaby of Edo)

L. Francesconi - Alborada  

S. Gubaidulina - Serenade

J. Tavener - Singing  

A. Barrios - Julia Florida

J. Cage - Dream



PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
Skyspace is a partly outdoor experience, we recommend to wear or bring warm clothes. Unlike our other concerts, the Skyspace concert is not handicapped accessible.

The audience meets in the foyer of Kulturhuset at 21.15 (or 10 minutes after the concert ends at 19.00) to walk together to Skyspace.

PRICE INFORMATION:
Skyspace is an exclusive experience with room for only 20 listeners. The ticket price is SEK 800, or SEK 600 for festival pass holders.

The concert will also be held on Friday, June 14 at 21.15

16
June
Yoga with Bach
A unique combination of two profound and spiritual arts - the timeless music of Bach and yoga.
10:00
11:00
Ylva Larsdotter, Jakob Koranyi

Here you get the opportunity to explore your body and mind through movement and music. The yoga is adapted for both beginners and experienced and is led by an experienced yoga teacher from Trosa Hot Yoga. In each deep pose you will listen to a piece of music by the great master Johann Sebastian Bach performed on cello or violin.

Experience a magical and enriching moment together with our musicians and experienced yoga instructor.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
No prior knowledge of yoga is necessary. The event is partially individualized and is suitable for everyone aged 15-99 years.

Please bring your own yoga mat and comfortable clothes.

16
June
Lunchtime concert 12:12
Our top Swedish and international students perform pieces of music during five free concerts.
12:12
13:00
BUY A TICKET
Main stage
ADMISSION FREE
FESTIVAL PASS:
YES

Take the opportunity to hear some of Sweden and Europe's most promising young musicians perform the pieces of music they have been working on during our Academy Week.

16
June
Micro-concerts + Climate walk
Six mini concerts - including Karmit Fadael's world premiere - combined with a joint climate walk in the area around the House of Culture.
14:00
17:30

A new event for this year's festival is the six micro-concerts organized on Sunday afternoon from 14:00 to 17:30. As a member of the audience, you get to choose which of the concerts you want to attend and it is possible to hear them all! All concerts are held in the beautiful concert hall of Kulturhuset.

The last three concerts are part of the Climate Walk event, specially designed for the Fairplay audience. The ticket gives access to the Climate Walk but the concerts can also be enjoyed separately if desired. For more information about the Climate Walk, please see the specific program item below!

PROGRAM
14.00 Piano recital with Finghin Collins
The Irish star pianist Finghin Collins begins the afternoon with a personal program performed on our new Bösendorfer Vienna Concert Grand piano!

Clara Schumann - Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann

14.20 CLAMAVI with Torleif Thedéen
Torleif Thedéen performs Arne Nordheim's solo piece CLAMAVI, inspired by Psalm 141.

14.40 The piano recital Human: Nature, an imaginary suite with Daria van den Bercken
Daria van den Bercken is an award-winning Dutch-Russian pianist known for her many innovative projects.

Francois Couperin - Les lis naissants
SergieRachmaninov - Lilacs op.21 no 5
Franz Liszt - Concertetude Waldesrauschen
LiliBoulanger - D'un jardin clair
Fredric Rzewski - Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

15.10 On Resilience (world premiere)
As part of the EU project Songs of Travel, composer Karmit Fadael (Israel/Holland) has traveled through Europe and during his travels composed a new work for solo cello and dance, which is performed here by Daniel Thorell.

15.35 Hike 1


16.00 Bartok Solo Sonata for Violin with Nurit Stark
When Gramophone magazine selected the best records of 2023, the choice of instrumental music fell on Nurit Stark's recording of Béla Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin. Out of more than a hundred records reviewed in this category, this recording was the very best and it is a great pleasure to present this incomparable work in Nurit's breathtaking interpretation at this year's festival.

16.30 Walk 2

17:00 W A Mozart Sonata for two grand pianos
Mozart's piano music is known for its exuberant joy, and with two pianists and two grand pianos, the joy is squared! It is a rare experience to hear this music on two concert grand pianos of the highest quality that otherwise only the largest concert halls can offer. The music is performed by Finghin Collins and Daria van den Bercken , who started the afternoon with a solo program each.

End approx. 17.30

16
June
The climate walk
The climate walk is an experience specially designed for Fairplay's audience and is led by nature guides Emelie Envall and Per Bengtson.
15:30
17:30

Participants:

Emelie Envall, Per Bengtson, Daniel Thorell, Nurit Stark, Finghin Collins, Daria van den Bercken

The climate walk was created by Prof. Alasdair Skelton and nature guides Per Bengtson and Emelie Envall. Together with Fairplay, they have now made a new version where they take advantage of FCM's unique resources. The ticket includes three concerts in the main hall and two guided walks in the surrounding nature. The music is interwoven with reflections on our relationship with nature, thoughts on the presence and seriousness of the climate crisis and our own role in the solution.

PROGRAM
The climate walk starts at 15:10 with a concert in the main hall where we also give a brief introduction to the event.

15:10 Concert - Karmit Fadael, world premiere for cello and dance, Daniel Thorell - cello
15:35 Walk from the Great Hall
16:00 Concert - Bartok Sonata for solo violin, Nurit Stark - violin
16:30 Walk from the Great Hall
17:00 Concert - Mozart Sonata for two grand pianos, Finghin Collins, Daria van den Bercken - piano

16
June
Camilla's concert bus
The music profile Camilla Lundberg gives a personal introduction to the evening's concert on our direct electric bus to/from Stockholm-Ytterjärna.
17:15
18:00

For those of you traveling to Fairplay from Stockholm, we offer a unique opportunity for both environmentally friendly transport to Kulturhuset in Ytterjärna and immersion in the wonderful world of music! The music oracle, as well as TV personality Camilla Lundberg, holds a concert introduction on the bus where she with her enthusiastic way shares her personal perspectives on the evening's concert and unveils some of the innermost secrets of music.

The bus departs from Stockholm Cityterminalen at 17:15. The journey takes approximately 45 minutes one way. Bus back to Stockholm departs at 21:15. Price SEK 50 per person.

ABOUT CAMILLA LUNDBERG
Camilla Lundberg is well known as a cultural journalist from the press, radio and television. She began her career at Musikradion as a producer and presenter. For more than twenty years, she was employed by the cultural editorial staff of Expressen as a music critic; a writing career that resulted in, among other things, the August Prize-nominated essay collection Musikens myter. During the 2000s, Camilla has mainly been active as music director at SVT's culture editorial office, where she produced program series such as Veckans konsert, Maestro and Camillas klassiska. Today Camilla Lundberg is a regular contributor to Dagens Nyheter, the CD review in P2 and the culture panel in Gomorron Sverige. With Carl Tofft, she makes the Classical podcast about famous composers for Swedish Radio. She is also the winner of SVT's cultural quiz Kontrapunkt in the fall of 2023.

 

16
June
Songs of Travel part III
Premiere of Lasse Thoresen's "Every Minute Opens a Door" and music by Amy Beach, Franz Liszt and 150th anniversary Arnold Schönberg
19:00
21:00

Amy Beach - Romans for violin and piano

Guro Kleven Hagen, Finghin Collins

Franz Liszt - from 3 Sonetti del Petrarca

Peter Friis Johansson

Arnold Schoenberg - Ode to Napoleon

Carl Ackerfeldt, Nurit Stark, Guro Kleven Hagen, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Daniel Thorell, Peter Friis Johansson

-PAUS

Lasse Thoresen - Every Minute Opens a Door

Alexandra Büchel, Guro Kleven Hagen, Jakob Koranyi, Finghin Collins

Amy Beach - Piano Quintet in F sharp minor
Adagio - Allegro moderato
Adagio espressivo
Allegro agitato - Adagio come prima - Presto

Guro Kleven Hagen, Nurit Stark, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Torleif Thedéen, Peter Friis Johansson
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The concert features works by four composers who have explored travel and encounters with other cultures in different ways, one of which is the fifth and final commissioned work of the festival.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

We begin with a bittersweet Romance for violin and piano by Amy Beach, considered the first successful American female composer. The romance was written for her husband as a wedding gift, a wedding that in many ways marked the end of Beach's career as a pianist but also the beginning of her composing career.

Franz Liszt's Petrarch sonnets were originally written as songs with text by the Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch but later Liszt rewrote them in versions for solo piano as part of his second collection of pieces called Pilgrim's Years and it is this version that we encounter here. The sonnets are examples of Liszt's late style, characterized by rich harmony and enormous spiritual depth.

The work Ode to Napoleon is a celebration of Arnold Schoenberg, who would have turned 150 in 2024. Considered one of the most influential and innovative composers, this work was written in 1942 in the United States, where Schoenberg was forced to flee during World War II. Schönberg based the work on a poem by Lord Byron, who criticized Napoleon for his lust for power and cruelty, and the work can be seen as a protest against tyranny and dictatorship. The setting with reciter, pianist and string quartet is typically Schoenbergian and the work blends elements of both tonal and atonal music in a celebration of the ideals of freedom.

After the break, we return to the present with a work by Norwegian composer and professor Lasse Thoresen. Commissioned for the Songs of Travel project, Every Minute opens a door is a musical reflection on the challenges and opportunities of migration.

"The starting point for my piece will be Vladimir Levchev's poem The Refugee, which ends with the compelling words: we may have traveled to eternity." - Lasse Thoresen

The concert ends with Amy Beach, whose music we also met at the beginning. The piano quintet is perhaps her most successful work and has become a favorite among many concertgoers and musicians alike. The quintet was written after a trip to Europe where she studied French and German music and here you can sense influences from both Brahms and French impressionism, while Amy Beach's own strong musical identity constantly shines through!

17
June
Lunchtime concert 12:12
Our top Swedish and international students perform pieces of music during five free concerts.
12:12
13:00
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Take the opportunity to hear some of Sweden and Europe's most promising young musicians perform the pieces of music they have been working on during our Academy Week.

17
June
Sara Parkman
Sara Parkman has played to sold-out concert halls, clubs and theaters, and now the winning streak continues at Fairplay Chamber Music.
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21:00
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At the festival, Sara Parkman collaborates with several of our festival artists in a unique concert.

Sara Parkman is the folk musician who has questioned and embraced tradition so unabashedly and thoughtfully that she has created her own musical universe - and in doing so, has become the poster child of contemporary Swedish folk music. After three acclaimed solo albums, it's now just as natural to hear her music pulsating through the fog in the summer night forest as it is to see her perform it live on popular TV programs.

Over the years, Sara Parkman has been awarded several prizes at the Folk and World Music Gala, been awarded the Dagens Nyheter Culture Prize and - as at the Manifesto Gala earlier this year - been named the best live act of the year. When her latest album Eros Agape Philia was released in October, it was met with rave reviews. Nöjesguiden gave it its highest rating, writing: "It is folky, mystical, powerful and modern", and the album has been at the top of DN's album chart for no less than five weeks.

18
June
Lunchtime concert 12:12
Our top Swedish and international students perform pieces of music during five free concerts.
12:12
13:00
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ADMISSION FREE
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Take the opportunity to hear some of Sweden and Europe's most promising young musicians perform the pieces of music they have been working on during our Academy Week.

18
June
Grand Finale!
The festival ends with a concert where young music students meet our experienced festival musicians in a Grande Finale!
19:00
21:30
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The program consists of four beloved works divided between different ensembles. The result is a collaboration between our music students and festival musicians where everyone gets the chance to contribute to the big picture.

PROGRAM:

Franz Schubert - Overture in C minor
Giovanna Sevi, Svetlana Riger, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Caroline Hansen, Douwe Eisses

Amanda Maier-Röntgen - Piano Quartet in E minor
1. Allegro

Finghin Collins, Dora Lapuste, Klara Kotarsky, Annika Valkeajoki

2. Andante
Gustav Schantz, Janina Olszewska, Alvin Sunding, Jakob Koranyi

3. Presto con fuoco
Daria van den Bercken, Guilherme Perez, Meeri Mäenpää, Herman Pellbäck

4th Finale: Largo espressivo - Allegro vivace
Julija Sadaunykaite, Adriana Černiukaitė, Asbjørn Nørgaard, Clara Simpson

-PAUS

Claude Debussy - ur 6 Epigraphes Antique
1. to invoke Pan, god of the summer wind
3. in order that the night be propitious
6. to thank the morning rain
Astri Aareskjold, Peter Friis Johansson

Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No 1 in D minor
1. Molto Allegro agitato

Gustav Schantz, Luise Kallmeyer, Jakob Koranyi

2. Andante con moto tranquillo
Gustav Schantz, Guro Kleven Hagen, Eric Drougge

3rd Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
Herman Pellbäck, Guro Kleven Hagen, Eric Drougge

4th Finale: Allegro assai appassionato
Herman Pellbäck, Guro Kleven Hagen, Filip Graden

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