Join us for this Opening Night across the three floors of the freshly minted Kulturhuset i Bergen, in a cascade of new music and sound that heralds the opening of Borealis 2022!

Starting at the very top of the building a trio of contrasting American works for String Quartet, having their Norwegian premieres.

From the renowned musician and composer Roscoe Mitchell, a new version of his 9/9/99 With Cards exploring scored music and improvisation. Another taste of a featured festival composer comes in the shape of Catherine Lamb’s divisio spiralis, with a glimpse in to her Rational Intonation sound worlds; and from Filipino American percussionist Susie Ibarra, Pulsations, where the BIT20 Ensemble String Quartet are joined by a drummer to explore the pulsating signalling language from Philippine kulintang gong rhythmic modes.

BIT20 Ensemble String Quartet
Alexander Kagan – violin 1
Jutta Morgenstern – violin 2
Liene Klava – viola
Agnese Rugevica – cello
Manuel Hofstätter – percussion

Catherine Lamb – divisio spiralis 3'45
Roscoe Mitchell – 9-9-99 with CARDS  12’
Susie Ibarra – Pulsation 7’30