Together for Beauty Evening in Oslo – Concert. Talks. Sosial.

This year, the Together for Beauty Evening will be hosted at the wonderful venue Gamle Raadhus Scene in Oslo on May 1 from 17.00-23.30. The highlight will be a magnificent 90-minute concert with beautiful old and new classical music.

The event is open to everyone, has an open bar, and has free admission. The address is Christiania Tov 1, 0157 Oslo.

The event is hosted by the nonprofit organization Composers for Beauty, in partnership with the foundation Together for Melody, which has granted financial support to a large part of the concert.

Due to limited capacity, you must get your free ticket at TicketCo on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please register your attendance at the bar when you arrive.

The concert will be hosted from 19.30-21.00, but we welcome you to come early and stay late, as we will also have an hour of talks related to beauty from a classical painter, an architect, and two composers, as well as having two of Sebastian Salvo’s paintings exhibited.

PROGRAM

17.00-18.00

Open bar and two exhibited paintings of Sebastian Salvo.

18.00-19.00

Talks:

-Painter Sebastian Salvo will have a talk on “Aristotle’s Ethics and How it Relates to Painting”.

-Architect Pablo Funes will speak on “What do I need to know to build a beautiful city?”.

-The composers Marcus Paus and Magnus Gautestad, and the administrator of Together for Melody Inger Marie Nordin, will have a talk called “Together for Melody - beauty in music and how Botnen’s grant-giving foundation facilitates new, beautiful, melodic classical music in Norway and abroad”.

30-minute break

19.30-21.00

Concert:

We named the concert “Friends of Randi” in honor and memory of the Norwegian composer and pianist Randi Botnen, who passed earlier this year.

Traditional music by family and close acquaintances of Randi Botnen

-Christine Winnæss - Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Piano.)

-Birgith Jørgensen - Kjære Far (Dear Father) (Voice and Guitar.)

-Amalie Winnæss - Etyde in A Minor" by Jean Sibelius (Piano.)

-Gina Botnen - Gabriellas Sång by (Piano: André Bondgard. Voice.)

-Inger Marie Nordin - Et udelt hjerte (An undivided heart) (A cappella - written by Nordin herself.)

Music by living composers

-Marlene Moore - Prayer for World Peace (Piano: Benita Rose.)

-Magnus Gautestad - Lonely (Piano: Benita Rose.)

-Dalal Bruchmann - Teach Me How to Cry (Guitar: Yan Kok. Violin: Hallvard Holm Høgemo. Viola: Agnes Elizabeth Pavelich. Cello: Hallvard Braaten Steinhovden.)

-Frederik Magle - Sunset (Guitar: Yan Kok.)

-Magnus Gautestad - Unwanted (The Rose-Gibbs Duo - Piano: Benita Rose. Saxophone: Tony Gibbs.)

-Alexander Blechinger - Préludes, op 16. 1: Chanson. 2: Nuages (Piano: Benita Rose.)

-Christina Sandengen - Dråper (Guitar: Yan Kok. Violin 1: Lotte Hellstrøm Hestad. Violin 2: Hallvard Holm Høgemo. Viola: Agnes Elizabeth Pavelich. Cello: Hallvard Braaten Steinhovden. Double bass: Fredrik Blikeng.)

-Helena Maria Falk - To Grandpa (Piano: André Bongard. Violin: Lotte Hellstrøm Hestad.)

-Bruno Newman - The Willow Tree (Mezzo-Soprano: Siv Oda Hagerupsen. Violin 1: Lotte Hellstrøm Hestad. Violin 2: Hallvard Holm Høgemo. Viola: Agnes Elizabeth Pavelich. Cello: Hallvard Braaten Steinhovden. Double bass.)

-Gerald Wilhelm Braden - Fantasy in F Major (Violin 1: Lotte Hellstrøm Hestad. Violin 2: Hallvard Holm Høgemo. Viola 1: Agnes Elizabeth Pavelich. Viola 2: Heidi Johnstad Arnesen. Cello: Hallvard Braaten Steinhovden.)

21.00-23.30

Open bar and two exhibited paintings of Sebastian Salvo.

Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there. Let’s celebrate beauty and get inspired to facilitate more beauty together for the goodness of heart, soul, and mind!