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Sun 31 Aug 2025

• 19:30

  Pekka Kuusisto and Katarina Barruk

  Royal Albert Hall

  Pekka Kuusisto brings the strings of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra to the Proms with singer and composer Katarina Barruk, performing songs that combine the traditional and the modern

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  Pekka Kuusisto brings the strings of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra to the Proms with singer and composer Katarina Barruk, performing songs that combine the traditional and the modern

  Programme

  • • • Katarina Barruk
      • songs based on the joik indigenous song-type from Sábmie
    • • Michael Tippett
      • Divertimento on ‘Sellinger’s Round’(6 mins)
    • • Philip Glass
      • String Quartet No. 3, ‘Mishima’ – Blood Oath (fifth movement)(3 mins)
    • • Hannah Kendall
      • Weroon Weroon(5 mins)UK premiere
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Chorale Prelude ‘O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross’, BWV 622 (arr. Reger)(6 mins)
    • • Caroline Shaw
      • Plan & Elevation – The Beech Tree (fifth movement)(3 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Arvo Pärt
      • Fratres(9 mins)
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Chamber Symphony (String Quartet No. 8, arr. R. Barshai)(24 mins)

  Performers

  • Katarina Barruk

    vocals
    vocals
  • Arnljot Nordvik

    guitar
    guitar
  • Christer Jørgensen

    drums
    drums
  • Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
  • Pekka Kuusisto

    violin/director
    violin/director

  Composers

  • Katarina Barruk
  • Michael Tippett
  • Philip Glass
  • Hannah Kendall
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Caroline Shaw
  • Arvo Pärt
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

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  Part of

  Proms 2025