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Nordic Christmas

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Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 20:00
Weihnachten ist eine Zeit, in der man Ruhe findet und zuhört. Um zu hören, was im Leben wichtig ist. Weihnachten ist voller Traditionen, die Menschen über Altersgrenzen hinweg verbinden und die Gegenwart mit der Vergangenheit verknüpfen. Die Sängerin Helene Blum und der Geiger Harald Haugaard holen die besondere Atmosphäre des nordischen Winters in den Konzertsaal. Ihr Programm „Nordic Christmas“ feiert mit authentischen und liebevoll ausgewählten Stücken und Geschichten diese verheißungsvolle Zeit. Gekonnt erzählen das dänische Musikerpaar und seine wechselnden Gäste von den kleinen Momenten, und zwischen den Noten sieht das Publikum die Spuren im Schnee, hört die Kobolde kichern, Rentiere klappern. Die Zeit scheint still zu stehen - bis der nächste Trommelwirbel ertönt und ein munterer Tanz beginnt... Helene Blum und Harald Haugaard gehören zu den gefragtesten dänischen Namen des Modern Nordic Folk. Ihr ausgeprägtes Gespür für berührende Melodien, ihre Vielseitigkeit und musikalische Tiefe zeigen sie in eigenen Kompositionen und mit zeitgemäßen Arrangements traditioneller Stücke. Schwindlig schnelle Rhythmen oder zart schwebende Klänge, beides findet scheinbar mühelos zueinander. Haugaards virtuoses Violinspiel und der elegante Sound der Band umhüllen den hellen, klaren Gesang von Helene Blum dabei wunderbar stimmig. In diesem Jahr sind zwei schwedische Musiker zu Gast auf der Tour. Die Geigerin Lena Jonsson gibt ihr Debüt bei Blum & Haugaard. Sie ist eine der bedeutendsten Geigerinnen der schwedischen Folkmusik und tourt mit ihrem u.a. mit dem schwedischen Grammy ausgezeichneten „Lena Jonsson Trio“ durch die Welt. Mattias Pérez ist ein wahrer Zauberer auf der 12-saitigen Gitarre und vervollständigt zusammen mit der Cellistin Kirstine Elise Pedersen und dem Schlagzeuger Sune Rahbek, die beide aus Dänemark stammen und Mitglieder der Blum & Haugaard Band sind, das Nordic Christmas Ensemble 2024. Weihnachten und Advent sind voller Musik, die die Menschen in der Botschaft des Friedens auf Erden vereint, und alle sind herzlich zur Nordischen Weihnachten 2024 eingeladen.

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Helene BlumSinger, Violin
Harald HaugaardViolin
Lena JonssonViolin
Kirstine Elise PedersenCello
Mattias PérezGuitar
Sune RahbekPercussion

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