ICO Collaborates: The Devil, The Witch and The Warlock

Kilkenny Arts Festival
Irish Chamber Orchestra

Featuring
Henning Kraggerud Director /Violin
Carla De Kleuver-Leurs Leader

Programme
Hildegard von Bingen
Margit Hjukse (arr. Kraggerud) Medieval Norwegian Ballade
Antonio Vivaldi Summer mov. III
Antonio Vivaldi Winter mov. I
Giuseppe Tartini The Devils Trill» mov. IV
Franz Joseph Haydn Il terremoto from the Seven last words of Christ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (cadenza Kraggerud) Violin Concerto No. 3, mov. II
Franz Schubert Erlkönig
Felix Mendelssohn String Octet op.20, mov. III
Modest Mussorgsky Baba Yaga, from Pictures of an Exhibition, arr. For strings.
Henning Kraggerud Ragnarok (the Norse Armaggeddon)
Henning Kraggerud Postludes from Equinox
Peter Warlock Capriol-suite


Journey through the supernatural imagination of Europe: saints and sorcerers, devils and dancing witches, storms, ghosts, and the twilight of the Norse gods. In this vividly theatrical programme, Henning Kraggerud weaves together music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Schubert, Mussorgsky and others into a world of elemental drama and haunting beauty. From the icy fury of The Four Seasons and the demonic brilliance of Tartini’s Devil’s Trill to Baba Yaga to Kraggerud’s own apocalyptic Ragnarok, this is a concert where myth, folklore, and virtuosity collide - thrilling, and deeply human.