Alsion Concert Hall Season Program Spring 2013 by Headquarters

SOMMER I SØNDERBORG

C O N C E RT H A L L A L S I O N

SEASON PROGRAM SPRING

You can find this program in Danish online at www.alsion.dk

Dear Audience

You really have something to look forward to! Right now, you hold a guide in your hands that will lead you directly to another six months of cultural experiences on a very high level, which we are sure you will enjoy. This year, you will again be able to see Simon Rosenbaum as host of the popular Solisterier at Café Alsion. Also Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, the Southern Jutland Symphony Orchestra, is of course ready with a full range of distinguished concerts. For instance, you can experience a so-called Crime Concert, in which the Danish actor Torben Zeller will be visiting us as narrator, and there will be a CD recording with the popular King’s Singers. The Schaufuss Ballet will visit Alsion with their perhaps most popular performance, Satisfaction, which is based on the music and story of The Rolling Stones. You will also be able to enjoy the passionate opera Tosca, the beautiful Strauss Gala as well as a tribute to Johnny Cash. You can have fun with Danish lifestyle expert Christine Feldthaus, the notorious City Singler, which supposedly have become even cheekier, and with Danish comedian Lars Hjortshøj and his “Danish Collection”. The whole family can experience the one and only Hr. Skæg, known to most Danish children from his television progam on DR1 and Ramasjang. We can also look forward to two exceptional performances: the visit of Wulanmuqi Art Troupe from Inner Mongolia in occasion of the Chinese New Year, and nothing less than a spectacular opening concert of this year’s FolkBaltica Festival with Steffen Brandt, Eivør, Harald Haugaard, Tip Toe Bigband and more. Finally, we can look forward to “Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival” coming to Alsion this year, so you can experience the Festival Orchestra with pianist Fazil Say, who has just been appointed European Cultural Ambassador. Their visit at Alsion closes with the great NDR Sinfonieorchester with Meastro Herbert Blomstedt as conductor and Peter Zimmermann as violin soloist. So there is plenty to look forward to - and we are looking forward to seeing you! John Bøgelund Frederiksen, Head of Culture, Sønderborg Municipality

JANUARY New Year’s Solisterier 5 January, 2:00 pm The first “Solisterier” this year will certainly be just as festive as they will be local. Simon Rosenbaum will be the host, of course, and as a good start to the New Year, he will bring along no less than three leading personalities from “Sønderborg Summer Revue 2013”, namely Leif Maibom, Trine Gadeberg and Thomas Pakula.

Admission is free – just meet up

The Symphony Orchestra New Year’s Concert 7 January, 8:00 pm The New Year’s concert with “Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester” will be an explosion of recognizable classical operetta gems. You can look forward to a spectacular performance of the Viennese operetta “The Czárdás Princess”, and there will be pomp, splendour and festiveness reaching far beyond the edge of the stage. Ari Rasilainen will be the conductor. www.sonderborgbilletten.dk Tel. +45 7442 3555

Danfoss Orchestra New Year’s Concert 12 January, 3:00 pm The Danfoss Orchestra will again collect money this year with an entertaining New Year’s concert. Festive New Year’s tunes will sound with music by Lumbye, Strauss, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jacob Gade and others. Of course, the newly composed Bitten Clausen March will be performed, too. This year, the profits will go to “Julemærkehjemmet” in Kollund, a house for children in need. www.sonderborgbilletten.dk Tel. +45 7442 3555

JANUARY ProMusica Chamber Music

New Year’s Concert with Slyngelorkestret

13 January, 3:00 pm

19 January, 3:00 pm

ProMusica is a chamber music forum for the musicians of “Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester”. Here, chamber music and the works of soloists get their own space. The progam will be published 2 weeks before the concert on www.promusica.dk

When the Danish entertainment orchestra “Slyngelorkestret” visits Sønderborg for the 24th year in a row, you can expect a festive and fantastic New Year’s concert at Alsion Concert Hall. This year, the profits will go to humanitarian efforts again – and once again, the orchestra can present a brilliant soloist on stage, soprano Ilia Swainson.

Admission is free to all ProMusica concerts

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New Year’s Concert with HÆRENS SERGENTSKOLE 25 January, 7.30 pm The New Year’s concert is a wellestablished tradition at “Hærens Sergentskole”, the Danish Army Sergeant School. It is a concert that always ensures entertainment at an absolute top level. Of course, this is true for this year’s concert, too, when the popular soloists Søren Pilmark and Malene Mortensen get on stage with the military band “Slesvigske Musikkorps” (SMUK). www.sonderborgbilletten.dk Tel. +45 7442 3555

JANUAR / FEBRUAR

Crime Concert with the Symphony Orchestra

Community singing at Café Alsion

ProMusica Chamber Music

2 February, 12:00 pm

3 February, 3:00 pm

31 January, 8:00 pm The symphony orchestra welcomes you to crime night. The orchestra’s crime story “The Composer is Dead” is narrated by Torben Zeller with tongue in cheek, and horror will spread – who did actually kill the composer? Experience a range of themes from the best Danish and international crime series.

Anyone who likes singing is most welcome at Café Alsion for community singing. According to the tradition, this event is open to everyone and totally free. You can read more about the progam of the day on www.somr.dk. You can also join community singing on the following dates: 2 March, 6 April and 4 May. All days from 12 am – 1 pm

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If you like, you can book a table for brunch at the Café Alsion by calling Tel. +45 2616 7750

Admission is free to all ProMusica concerts

FEBRUARY Johann Strauss Gala Concert

The Symphony Orchestra Paris Theme Concert

Chinese New Year Wulanmuqi Art Troupe

Unlike any other orchestra, “K & K Philharmoniker” has cultivated the heritage of the Johann Strauss dynasty, and for the fifth time, Viktor Litvinov (Kiev State Opera) will guarantee an extremely humorous as well as beautiful and nostalgic performance of the Austrian K & K Ballet with his imaginative choreography.

7 February, 8:00 pm Already in the 1700’s, Paris was one of Europe’s music metropolises - and this concert with the Symphony Orchestra is a tribute to the city that has shown the way to great musical diversity. Therefore, all works selected for this evening have their roots in the wondrous universe of Paris. Free concert introduction at 7:00 pm.

A colourful visit of the spectacular Wulanmuqi Art Troupe on the occasion of the Chinese New Year, which we again will celebrate in Sønderborg this year. The show is a combination of music and dance from China and Inner Mongolia, where the troupe was originally formed. Since 1965, Wulanmuqi has won no less than 240 prizes and awards around the world.

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Admission is free – just meet up

5 February, 8:00 pm

11 February, 7:30 pm

FEBRUARY / MARCH

Christine Feldthaus Can you stand...

Tosca Top-Class Opera

27 February, 7:00 pm

28 February and 1 March, 7.30 pm

The Symphony Orchestra Double Concert

...the heat in the kitchen? Listen to “Miss So F *** ing Feldthaus” sharing her vision of how life might become a little bit more fun! Get a tender push from a lady who wears her hat as she pleases – and who dares to embrace everything from youth tyrants to those who believe that smokers and other “politically incorrect people” do not get to heaven.

The stage is set for some magnificent nights with Puccini’s masterpiece “Tosca” performed by The Danish National Opera and “Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkster”. Tosca captivates with its passionate music and its intensifying drama about the desire for love and power. The opera will be sung in Italian with Danish subertitles, and there will be an introduction on both nights at 6:45 pm.

8 March, 8:00 pm This concert is an unusual rendezvous of two instruments where the viola and the clarinet make magic together in Bruch’s Double Concert for Clarinet and Viola. The clarinet will be played by John Kruse, solo clarinettist of the Royal Danish Orchestra, and the strings will be played by Norwegian Lars Anders Tomter. Free concert introduction at 7:00 pm.

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MARCH Satisfaction The Schaufuss Ballet

The Symphony Orchestra With the King’s Singers

The Symphony Orchestra High School Choir Concert

You can look forward to an experience beyond the ordinary when The Schaufuss Ballet comes to Alsion with what might be their greatest popular success: “Satisfaction” with music by the Rolling Stones. The ballet is a fantastic performance of music tracks which, through their choreographies, become short stories where dance, sound and light melt together.

12 March, 8:00 pm

19 March, 8:00 pm

For the second time this season, “Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester” can welcome the fantastic singers from England, The King’s Singers - this time with their “American Songbook”. Their repertoire for the evening will be filled with popular classic and beloved song gems from the United States, and the concert will be recorded live on CD.

This year’s High School Choir Concert will present one of the greatest romantic choral works, Dvorak’s ‘“Stabat Mater”. According to the tradition, the orchestra is supported by over 200 local high school students for the singing of the choruses. You can also experience talented soloists and a joyful reunion with the orchestra’s former principal conductor Niklas Willén.

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9 March, 7.30 pm

MARCH / APRIL

City Singler 2 Even Cheekier this Time

ProMusica Chamber Music

The Symphony OrchestraLeningrad

21 March, 8:00 pm

7 April, 3:00 pm

11 April, 8:00 pm

On stage, you will see four cheeky, funny and delicious comedy princesses: Trine Gadeberg, Sofie LassenKahlke, Anne Louise Hassing and the new girl in town: Kaya Brüel. The show is a mix of crazy sketches, cool pop hits and stand-up comedy served with vigour and on high heels. Things will become even cheekier now than in the first show...

The composer Shostakovitch was in Leningrad when the Germans tried to capture the city. Here, during the siege, he wrote his Symphony No. 7. It was smuggled out to the West on microfilm, and soon staged by some of the most famous conductors including Toscanini. Marc Soustrot will be the conductor of this great work in Sønderborg.

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Admission is free to all ProMusica concerts

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APRIL Hr. Skæg at Alsion - fun with words

Johnny Cash Tribute “My brother Johnny”

FolkBaltica 2013 Opening Concert

13 April, 2:00 pm

14. april kl. 20.00

17 April, 8:00 pm - see www. alsion.dk

“Hr. Skæg”, known from Danish children’s television, will take time off television this weekend. The children’s friend with the unusually long beard has packed his suitcase to get on stage at Alsion with his band and a beard full of surprises. As “Hr. Skæg” would have put it: “I ask myself what it is that makes the world big… words, words, words, words.”

Johnny Cash´s brother Tommy will be touring Europe with his show “My brother - Johnny Cash” – an intense and affectionate tribute to a musical icon dressed in black. On stage will be The Cash Crew Band that has followed Tommy for many years, and counts some of the most talented musicians from the American country music scene.

This year’s big FolkBaltica opening concert will take place in Denmark, where a great experience will be waiting for you. It will be a unique concert with artistic meetings across genres and cultures - supported by a light show created for the occasion. Meet major international names in folk music including Steffen Brandt, Eivør, Harald Haugaard and Tip Toe BigBand.

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APRIL / MAY The Symphony Orchestra Nielsen’s Violin Concert

Sing for the Spring Choir Concert

ProMusica

2 May, 7:00 pm

19 April, 8:00 pm

In total 12 choirs from the Sønderborg Municipality will welcome spring with music from Danish and international composers. During this beautiful concert, you can experience different genres from classical to rhythmic music. This year, “Vokalisterne” and “Danebodkoret” are in charge of this event.

As principal conductor of the Symphony Orchestra for the last three years, David Porcelijn has been inspiring the audience again and again. He will now take his leave with Carl Nielsen’s Violin Concert – a work he particularly treasures. Tobias Durholm, leader of The Royal Danish Orchestra, will be guest soloist. www.sonderborgbilletten.dk Tel. +45 7442 3555

Please note: Tickets are sold at the entrance, no advance sale for this concert

5 May, 3:00 pm

Admission is free to all ProMusica concerts

maY Photo: Rigmor Mydtskov

”I hope people in the audience will be able to see themselves or each other…or in any case, someone they know”

Solisterier with the Swing Sisters

Lars Hjortshøj My Danish Collection

18 May, 2:00 pm The female trio Swing Sisters, consisting of Lise-Lotte Norup, Kirsten Siggaard and Kirsten Vaupel, has been entertaining us with its delightful set of popular songs for many years. An experience for both eyes and ears will be waiting for you at Café Alsion. Remember that you can book a table for brunch by calling +45 2616 7750.

24 May 24, 8:00 pm

Admission is free to Café Alsion – just meet up!

For the first time, the popular Danish comedian Lars Hjortshøj plunges fearlessly into some of his funniest roles in front of a live audience – and his tour also brings him to Sønderborg and Alsion. “I never grew too old for dressing up, really, and “My Danish Collection” is my collection of the Danes as I see them right now,” says Lars Hjortshøj himself about his new show. His gallery of characters counts both new and well-known figures – like the pole dancer Bitten, the protest singer Tue and the entertainer John-John Gibbon. And who knows if maybe Robert Dølhus sneaks in, too? www.sonderborgbilletten.dk – Tel. +45 7442 3555

JUNE Solisterier with Hyldgaard and Landy 15 June, 2:00 pm The two popular Danish singers Tove Hyldgaard and Tonny Landy will be accompanied by Thyge Thygesen on Day of Valdemar at Café Alsion. To mark this special day in honour of Valdemar II of Denmark, they will bring along Danish songs that will make everyone want to hum along – a guarantee for an enjoyable afternoon. Remember that you can book a table for brunch by calling +45 2616 7750. Admission is free to Café Alsion – just meet up

The Symphony Orchestra St Hans Midsummer Concert 23 June, 7.30 pm At this year’s St Hans Midsummer Concert, you can, together with “Sønderjyllands Simfoniorkester”, celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the orchestra’s choir, “Filharmonisk Kor” lead by Alice Granum. Ten years ago, in May 2003, the choir and the orchestra were on stage together for the first time, and we celebrate the anniversary by performing “The Elf King’s Daughter” by Niels W. Gade. www.sonderborgbilletten.dk Tel. +45 7442 3555

A good start to the concert

In connection with the concert hall events, our buffet is a good start to a delightful evening at the concert hall. Table bookings are required, call + 45 2616 7750. Remember that you can order your drinks before the show - so they are ready for you in the break.

JULY / AUGUST

YOU CAN AGAIN LOOK FORWARD TO SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN MUSIK FESTIVAL The fantastic sound of the concert hall has had sincere resonance throughout Europe. This is also the reason why we can present Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival at Alsion again this year. The most renowned classical music festival in the North of Europe features the greatest names in music a venue can wish for. Saturday, 13 July SHMF Festival Orchestra with the Turkish-born pianist Fazil Say, who in record time managed to become one of the most remarkable soloists and composers of our time, and who has just been appointed European Cultural Ambassador.

Saturday, 17 August NDR Sinfonieorchester with Meastro Herbert Blomstedt as conductor and Peter Zimmermann as violin soloist. Two of the greatest names in the international music scene with a pure Brahms progam. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any more beautiful. Tickets can be bought during spring 2013: www.sonderborgbilletten.dk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tel. +45 7442 3555

YOU CAN ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO… …”det stribede show Danish comedian Rune Klan at Sønderborg Theatre Torsdag 3. oktober Buy your ticket on billetnet.dk

... Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra at Alsion Concert Hall Wednesday, 6 November This year, Sønderborg can again look forward to an absolute world class guest performance when The Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra led by conductor Michael Sanderling will visit Alsion. Read more about the concert on www.alsion.dk. Tickets can be bought during spring 2013 on www.sonderborgbilletten.dk

This is also going on in Sønderborg:

AN EXTRACT OF THE MANY OTHER CULTURAL EXPERIENCES IN SØNDERBORG Sunday, 3 March Cæcilie Norby og Carsten Dahl interpret David Bowie at Sønderborg Castle. Read more on www.sønderborgjazzclub.dk

Tuesday, 2 April ”Thriller Live” – Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson at Skansen Read more on www.kulturisyd.dk Thursday, 7 March Mads Langer at Sønderborghus Read more on www.sonderborghus.dk Sunday, 16 June Opera Concert in “Nørreskoven” on the lawn at Nygård Read more on www.nygaard-als.dk