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Beethoven & Aldubáran

Saturday 28th September 2019 in the Nordic House in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.. Programme: Kreutzer-sonata for violin/piano and Septet opus 20 for strings, clarinet, horn and bassoon.

Featured musicians: Jón Festirstein, violin, Angelika Hansen, viola, Kristina á Váli, cello, Leif Jensen, double bass, Páll Sólstein, horn, Christina Andersen, bassoon, Anna Klett, clarinet. Sámal Petersen, violin and Jóhannes Andreasen, piano

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Aldubáran at Summartónar 2015

20th of june 1500 – Kirkjan, Mykines
– Andrea Heindriksdóttir (flute), Christina Andersen (bassoon), Angelika Nielsen (viola)

22nd of june 1500 – Nordic House
– Andrea Heindriksdóttir (flute), Christina Andersen (bassoon), Angelika Nielsen (viola)

24th of june 1900 – Culture evening at Gjógv
– Andrea Heindriksdóttir (flute), Christina Andersen (bassoon), Angelika Nielsen (viola)

27th of june 1200, 1600, 1900 – Nordic House
– Aldubáran together with Jensina Olsen, Ernst S. Dalsgarð and Hanus G. Johansen

3rd of July 1930 – Fríðrikskirkjan, Toftir
– Øssur Bæk (violin), Sámal Petersen (violin), Jón Festirstein (violin), Angelika Nielsen (viola), Jákup Lutzen (viola), Andreas Tykjær Restorff (cello), Jóhannes Andreasen (piano)

5th of July 1600 – Mentanarhúsið, Fuglafjørður
– Øssur Bæk (violin), Sámal Petersen (violin), Jón Festirstein (violin), Angelika Nielsen (viola), Jákup Lutzen (viola), Andreas Tykjær Restorff (cello), Jóhannes Andreasen (piano)

7th of July 1930 – Nordic House
– Øssur Bæk (violin), Sámal Petersen (violin), Jón Festirstein (violin), Angelika Nielsen (viola), Jákup Lutzen (viola), Andreas Tykjær Restorff (cello), Jóhannes Andreasen (piano)

1st of August 2000 – Kirkjan, Kirkjubøur
– Andras Olsen (trombone), Ólavur Olsen (trompet), Johan Hentze (trompet), Páll Sólstein (horn)

2nd of August 1500 – Listasavnið, Sandur
– Andras Olsen (trombone), Ólavur Olsen (trompet), Johan Hentze (trompet), Páll Sólstein (horn)

For more information about Summartónar 2015 press the program below: 

 

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Aldubáran at Summartónar 2015

For Summartónar 2015 Aldubáran will play 10 concerts.
27th of june we will play 3 concerts, see other post.
Other than this we will play concerts with 3 chamber groups around the Islands.
Chamber Concerts:

Angelika (Viola) , Christina (bassoon) and Andrea (flute)
Saturday 20th june at 3 p.m., Mykines Kirkjan
Monday 22nd june at 3 p.m., Nordic House
Wednesday 24th june at 7 p.m., Gjógv Gjáargarður

Aldubáran Strings and Piano
Øssur Bæk (violin), Sámal Petersen (violin), Jon Festurstein (violin), Angelika Nielsen (viola), Andreas Restorff (cello), Johannes Andreasen (piano)
Saturday 5th July at 4 p.m., Fuglafjørður Mentanarhúsið
Tuesday 7th July at 730 p.m., Nordic House

Aldubaráran brass players
Ólavur Olsen (trompet), Johan Hentze (trompet), Páll Sólstein (French horn), Andras Olsen (trombone)
Saturday 8th August at 1130 p.m., Havnar Kirkja
Sunday 9th August at 3 p.m., Sandur Listasavnið

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School Concerts / Listaleypurin

In March Aldubáran will play Poetikus together with Jensina Olsen in the Faroe Islands. The concerts are a collaboration with Listaleypurin and the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.Poetikus is a story written by faroese artist Edward Fuglø. Andras Olsen and Páll Sólstein have written the music. Jensina Olsen will be the narrator. Andras Sólstein will do a picture collage to be shown while we preform.

The concerts:
Monday 9th March, Sands Skúli (closed)
Tuesday 10th March, Leirvíkar skúli and Tofta skúli (closed)
Wednesday 11th March, Skúlin við Lømannabreyt (closed)
Thursday 12th March, Sørvágs skúli and Vestmanna Skúli (closed)
Friday 13th March, Skúli við Ósánna (closed)

Wednesday 13th March, Nordic House, public concert

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Happy New Year 2015

Kæru vinir

Aldubáran ynskir øllum eitt gott nýggjár. Vit gleða okkum at koma runt oyggjarnar at framføra góðan tónleik fyri tykkum í 2015. Vit byrja við samarbeiði við Listaleypin í mars, har vit spæla Poetikus. Várkonsert í apríl. Summartónar har vit hava 12 konsertir í ár. Heystkonsert. Í 2015 fer Aldubáran eisini at hava 2 fløgu útgávir.

Dear friends,
Aldubáran wants to wish all of You a happy new year. We very much look forward going into 2015 with some exiting projects. We hope to see You at some of our concerts. In 2015 Aldubáran will release two CD’s.

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Happy New Year 2015

Kæru vinir

Aldubáran ynskir øllum eitt gott nýggjár. Vit gleða okkum at koma runt oyggjarnar at framføra góðan tónleik fyri tykkum í 2015. Vit byrja við samarbeiði við Listaleypin í mars, har vit spæla Poetikus. Várkonsert í apríl. Summartónar har vit hava 12 konsertir í ár. Heystkonsert. Í 2015 fer Aldubáran eisini at hava 2 fløgu útgávir.

Dear friends,
Aldubáran wants to wish all of You a happy new year. We very much look forward going into 2015 with some exiting projects. We hope to see You at some of our concerts. In 2015 Aldubáran will release two CD’s.

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2015

Aldubáran are at the moment working on planning concerts for 2015. Among some of the concerts that are being planned are: School concerts in march, Spring concert in april/may, 10-12 concerts during the summar at the Faroes at the Summartónar festival, autumn concert and a trip abroad. More info about these upcoming concerts later.

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School Concerts in the Faroes

For the 4th time, Aldubáran has made a children School project for Listaleypurin which made it through to their offers for the schools. Listaleypurin is a cultural offer for schools around the Faroes which is financed by the culture ministry (Mentamálaráðið) and the different municipalities around the Islands
Aldubáran will perform “Poetikus” 9th-13th of march 2015. There will only be 7 school concerts this year. At the moment Aldubáran are working on doing some public concerts of Poetikus as well in the same period, only in the afternoon in Tórshavn.
Poetikus is a children book written by faroese artist Edvard Fuglø. Páll Sólstein and Andras Olsen are writing and arranging the music. The instruments for this concert are: Violin, Flute, Clarinet, Contrabass, Trombone, Trumpet, French Horn, Guitar and Narrator.

We look very much forward playing these concerts for many many children.