THANK YOU to all Norwegian and Czech cellists and friends for wonderful days in Prague Conservatory
Dear all talented and wonderful cellists and musician friends from Praha, Oslo, Sørlandet/Kristiansand, Skien, Askim, Haugesund, Sandnes, Lillestrøm, and to wonderful pianist and angel Hana in Praha!
Thank you all for interesting, stimulating and wonderful music, a spectacular concert, hard work and friendly rehearsals, meals and events in Beautiful Praha, Europe's heart and soul! And Absolutt Cello's second home!
Special thanks to Hana, Tomas and Pavel for working hard through their National Day of Wenceslas, once again, and for all help from all our wonderful Czech friends and their families. Also an extra thanks to Lubka Kalinova for guiding and historic knowledge of Vysehrad and to Dora's mother for a magical tale to share:)
We are looking forward to see some of you in Oslo in March:) and the rest in Praha next year!
Please take care Stepan, Alena, Dominik, Dora, Vanda, Thais and Maura, and AUF WIEDERSEHEN!
Here are some pictures from Vysehrad and the concert and rehearsals in Palffy Palac Concertni Sál:
Absolutt Cello Utøvende Nivå i Palffysalen med fiolinist Gustav som bratsjist!
Øvelse på Josef Werner med bratsjstemme og 4 cellostemmer
Flott utflukt til Vysehrad, med Libuses Bad, Peter&Paul katedralen og æresgravlunden
Fantastisk vær og blide cellister med en dyktig guide på UNESCOS kulturarvsted nr 1 i Praha - Ruinen av Vysehrad-festningen der de første kongene bodde. Her sto prinsesse Libuse og pekte ut Praha by.
Vanda Fuchsova plays the melancholic Brahms sonata with Hana Forsterova - a techical wonder!
Elise Stabell Sauge plays 1. movement of the romantic Cesar Franck sonata, deep in concentration, at the Palffy Palac concert
Gravstedet til Antonin Dvorak på Vysehrad
Dora Hajkova plays The Rossini Variations, by Martinu, a wonderful performance!
Sarah, Torfinn, Tiril Helene and the rest of the big 20-cello ensemble plays Bach's Brandenburg concerto for 6 cello voices no.6 in loving memory of Olve Borgir in Palffy Palac Concertni Sal, Sept 28th 2015
One of our year's soloists was young violinist Gustav Rørmark, playing Elgar's violin concerto with power and stamina
Absolutt Cello with Czech friends, and the Tosca fragment. Thank you Kristyna for all your help!
Stepan, our newest member from Prague, playing the great Saint-Saëns concerto with passion
Thank you all for interesting, stimulating and wonderful music, a spectacular concert, hard work and friendly rehearsals, meals and events in Beautiful Praha, Europe's heart and soul! And Absolutt Cello's second home!
Special thanks to Hana, Tomas and Pavel for working hard through their National Day of Wenceslas, once again, and for all help from all our wonderful Czech friends and their families. Also an extra thanks to Lubka Kalinova for guiding and historic knowledge of Vysehrad and to Dora's mother for a magical tale to share:)
We are looking forward to see some of you in Oslo in March:) and the rest in Praha next year!
Please take care Stepan, Alena, Dominik, Dora, Vanda, Thais and Maura, and AUF WIEDERSEHEN!
Here are some pictures from Vysehrad and the concert and rehearsals in Palffy Palac Concertni Sál:
Øvelse på Josef Werner med bratsjstemme og 4 cellostemmer
TO ALL STUDENTS, CELLISTS AND FRIENDS: We will meet again! Again thank you for a wonderful autumn experience to all our Czech helpers: friends, teachers, students, audience, restaurants, parents, hotel staff and Conservatory staff, thank you for great cooperation, good food and big smiles!
We are overwhelmed! Music for Love and Joy 2015 is now fulfilled with all 3 concerts, all well recieved!
