The Bergen Festival - Music & art in the western fjords
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- Visit to the Fantoft stave church, a meticulous reconstruction following a fire in 1992
- Discover Bergen
- Visit the excellent Bergen Art Museum, a collection particularly strong on Edvard Munch and modern art
- Bergen is the perfect festival venue: compact, historic and in the beautiful setting of Norway’s western fjords.
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- Air travel (economy class) on Norwegian Air flights (aircraft: Boeing 738)
- Private Coach for transfers and some excursions Boat trip as indicated in the itinerary
- Hotel accommodation as described below
- Breakfasts, one light lunch and three dinners (including one light dinner) with a glass or two of wine, water and coffee
- Admissions to museums visited with the group
- All tips for restaurant staff
- Drivers, guides
- All taxes
- The services of the lecturer.
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Fly at c. 10.45am from London Gatwick to Bergen (Norwegian Air). Transfer to the hotel in the Bryggen. Lecture and dinner before the evening concert at the Håkonshallen with Mathias Kjøller (clarinet), Chloe Hanslip (violin), Andreas Brantelid (cello), Mariana Shirinyan (piano): Debussy, first rhapsody; Ravel, piano trio in A minor; Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time.
A morning lecture followed by an optional walk with the tour leaders through the historic Bryggen. In the early afternoon, drive to Troldhaugen, the summer home of Edvard Grieg. His villa remains much as he left it, his Steinway in the drawing room among memorabilia a...
A morning lecture is followed by some free time. Afternoon visit to the Fantoft stave church, a meticulous reconstruction following a fire in 1992. It has been rebuilt exactly as it was before the fire. Afternoon recital in the Troldsalen, Troldhaugen: 1B1 Ensemble wi...
Guided visit of the excellent Bergen Art Museum, a collection particularly strong on Edvard Munch and modern art, after which the day is free. Leave for the airport at c. 4pm for the flight, arriving London Gatwick at c. 8.15pm.
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