Knut Eide tells the story of The Rat Pack through music, images and stories. The concert takes audiences back to Las Vegas in the 1950s and 1960s, when Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. were central figures in the group’s stage shows.
The Rat Pack is associated with a combination of singing, humour and improvisation, as well as performances at venues such as the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. The repertoire includes well known songs such as You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Mr. Bojangles and Fly Me to the Moon.
Knut Eide performs alongside vocalists Cecilie Bjørklund and Therese Kjeldås. The music is performed by Opus One Big Band, a big band with roots in Andebu. Founded in 1990, the band consists of 15 instrumentalists and two vocalists.
Knut Eide is known as a vocalist with bands including Tiger City Jukes, Blues Explotion and the reggae group Buffalo Soldiers, as well as for his work as a big band singer. He has toured in the Nordic countries and Europe and has also performed in the United States.
Cecilie Bjørklund and Therese Kjeldås have been regular vocalists with Opus One Big Band for several years.
The evening combines big band music, vocals and stories from an important period in American entertainment history.
Seating: Unreserved seating
Tickets: Refunds are only available if the event is cancelled.
Gospel choir SAFARI consists of 12 singers from different parts of Norway and is led by Eirik Kaasa. Several of the singers work professionally in music as solo artists, backing vocalists and singing teachers.
The choir has also collaborated with a range of artists and musicians. SAFARI performed with Kirk Franklin at the Skjærgårds Music and Mission Festival in 2010 and with Ylvis at Oslo Spektrum in 2014.
At this concert, SAFARI’s singers take centre stage, presenting gospel music with a focus on vocals and choral harmonies.
Opera and musical theatre have become a regular part of Kirkefestdagene at Furu Egg. The event combines live performances with dinner and an evening together.
Soprano Margrethe Fredheim and bass baritone Magne Fremmerlid perform with Svein Rustad as accompanist. Fredheim has won several international competitions and has worked as a permanent member of opera companies in Germany. She is now based in Oslo.
Magne Fremmerlid has had a long career as an opera singer and has also been connected to MiSK. Together with Svein Rustad, they present a programme featuring opera and musical theatre.
Menu
Main course: Pork fillet Oscar with choron sauce, prawns, green peas and asparagus.
Dessert: Homemade crème caramel and an ice cream buffet from Furu Egg.
Coffee is included. Full bar service is available.
Practical information
If you would like to sit at the same table as friends or other members of your group, you can purchase the tickets together under one name and settle the payment between yourselves.
If tickets have been purchased separately, you can contact Erik Mathisen at bestilling@furuegg.no well in advance of the event. Please provide the names used for the ticket bookings.
Since 2012, the Midgard Competition has provided a platform for young classical musicians. This anniversary concert features three former prize winners who have since established themselves as classical performers: cellist Birgitta Oftestad, soprano Eirin Rognerud and pianist Nikita Knykin.
The Norwegian Navy Band presents a programme featuring works by Friedrich Gulda, Edvard Grieg, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Modest Mussorgsky. The concert is hosted by the band’s presenter, Inge Hatlelid Mortensen.
Birgitta Oftestad opens the concert with two movements from Friedrich Gulda’s Cello Concerto. Eirin Rognerud and the Norwegian Navy Band perform three songs by Edvard Grieg, followed by Nikita Knykin performing the third movement of Grieg’s Piano Concerto.
The programme also includes the Midgard Competition’s own fanfare, Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in B minor and excerpts from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
The concert is conducted by Ingar Bergby, who served as principal conductor of the Norwegian Navy Band from 2008 to 2014 and has since returned as a guest conductor on several occasions. He has also conducted a number of Norwegian and Nordic symphony orchestras.
Duo Unitas consists of saxophonist Heidi Christine Holm Stømer and pianist Kristina Socanski. The duo presents their album In a Landscape in a concert bringing together music from different periods and musical traditions.
The album takes its title from John Cage’s In a Landscape, a work that has been an important inspiration for the programme. The music encourages attentive listening, with a focus on changes in sound, time and detail.
The programme spans more than a century and includes works by Paule Maurice, Bjørn Kruse, Ragnar Søderlind, Marcus Paus and Johannes Brahms. The works represent different musical languages and create contrasting musical landscapes.
Heidi Christine Holm Stømer is a saxophonist with the Royal Norwegian Navy Band and has also performed with organisations including the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Norwegian National Opera. Kristina Socanski is a pianist educated at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Royal Danish Academy of Music. She works as a soloist and chamber musician and has performed in Norway, Europe and the United States.
The concert also marks the release of Duo Unitas’s new album In a Landscape.
Practical Information
Age limit: 18 years. Valid ID is required.
Doors open: 1:00 PM
Companion: Free admission upon presentation of a valid companion certificate.
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