Johannes Rostamo & Andreas Borregaard
New Friday with Borregaard & Rostamo Duo
From medieval times to the present in spiritually colored music with accordion and cello.
New Friday is concerts for those who with curious interest want to explore our contemporary innovative music. This Friday evening, we meet the Borregaard & Rostamo duo.
Johannes Rostamo moves musically from early Baroque to contemporary art music, from jazz to folk music. Since 2008, he has been the principal/solo cellist of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and since 2022 a professor at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Oslo- and Copenhagen-based Andreas Borregaard made his debut as an accordion soloist at the age of five. Today, he is one of the very best on the instrument.
In their spiritually oriented program, the Borregaard & Rostamo duo mix a thousand years of music. We hear works by the abbess and medieval mystic Hildegard of Bingen, Jouni Kaipainen's evocative Elemental Chanting, Britta Byström's Epiphanies, and the Polar Music Prize-winning Sofia Gubajdulina's In Croce – On the Cross. The latter is a title that relates both to the crucifixion and to how the gestures of music intersect.
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New Friday is the series for anyone who is curious and interested in exploring the new music of our era. Come early, stay late – the bar will be open before and after the concert with drinks and appetizers.
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The music
Approximate times -
Hildegard of Bingen O virtus sapientie, version for cello and accordion4 min
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Jouni Kaipainen Elemental Chanting for cello and accordion15 min
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Hildegard of Bingen O splendidissima gemma, version for cello and accordion5 min
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Britta Byström Epiphanies for cello and accordion11 min
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Hildegard of Bingen Karitas habundat, version for cello and accordion3 min
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Sofia Gubajdulina In Croce, version for cello and accordion15 min
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Participants
- Borregaard & Rostamo Duo