October 10, 2005
Live Cyberbroadcast of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra's 240th Anniversary Gala Concert
Andrew Litton, Music Director of the Bergen Philharmonic, leads the orchestra in a gala concert celebrating the orchestra's 240th anniversary, cyberbroadcast live today, Thursday October 13, 2005, at 1:25 pm (ET) on NRK P2.
The program features Cho-Liang Lin in the Brahms Violin Concerto and music of Sæverud and Stravinsky.
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The Bergen Philharmonic, one of the world's first symphony orchestras, has been in coneinuous operation longer than the United States has been a country. Litton is the first American to head the orchestra, with illustrious predecessors including Edvard Grieg, a native of Bergen.
An important port from the days of the Hanseatic League, Bergen remains one of Norway's leading and most beautiful cities, situated in a mountain-circled bay, serving as a base, both for tourist fjord cruises and Norway's booming off-shore oil industry.