La Famiglia Riunita

- The instruments come home

After ten years as a violin maker all my instruments were reunited for the first time to a joint concert in Oslo. Ridehuset, Akershus Festning 2nd and 3rd November, 2010.

Ever since I established my own workshop in Oslo as a violin maker 10 years ago, I've had a dream: To reunite all the 45 instruments I've built in the same orchestra, played by their respective owners. And it turned out to be a reality, for the first time!

Read more in the press (all in Norwegian):

NRK TV Førkveld, 3.11.10

NRK Nett Østlandssendingen 3.11.10

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This was the program:

Tuesday 2. November 2010
18:00-19:30 Testing of Jacobs instruments

19:30 - 20:10 Documentary film: "Violinmaker Jacob von der Lippe," produced by NRK television. Previously shown on the "Hovedscenen" on NRK2.

20:30 -21:30 Harald Herresthal: "Ole Bull and his violins"

Wednesday 3. November 2010
19:00 - 19:30 Introduction: "How a violin is made" by Jacob von der Lippe

19:30 Concert
Artistic Director: Geir Inge Lotsberg

Concert program
G.P. Telemann: Concerto for Viola in G major
Largo - Allegro - Andante - Presto
Soloist: Kristin Jæger

J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivace - Largo Mon Non Tanto - Allegro
Soloists: Hilde Kolstad Huse and Kristin Isdal Selmer

J. Haydn: Concerto for Cello No.1 in C major
Soloist: Kjersti Rydsaa
Lento

F. Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op. 20
I. Allegro moderato, ma con Fuoco
Leader: Jan Bjøranger

Wojciech Kilar: "Orawa" for string orchestra (1988)

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With the kind support from:

-----Bernt Fossum-----