From the Baroque to the present day

Third appointment of the Around the Guitar series.

The duo "Jan and Gisle" has given numerous concerts in recent years. Their program includes works for flute and guitar by Jacques Ibert, Claude Debussy, and Astor Piazzolla. They also include original compositions by Handel and J.S. Bach, as well as Renaissance and medieval music. The ensemble performs several of the major pieces written for them, such as Astor Piazzolla's "Histoire du Tango," Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's substantial "Sonatina Opus 205," and Ravi Shankar's "L'Aube Enchantée." Gabriel Fauré and C.Ph.E. Bach are important composers in their repertoire, as are John Dowland and Maurice Ravel. Gisle has also composed several solo pieces for flute, as well as "Four Pieces for Flute and Guitar," which they perform frequently. They also perform solo music for both guitar and flute.

The evening will open with Marlon Adriano, a former student of the Lodovico Rocca Civic Music Institute of Alba.

Jan Junker studied at the Østland Conservatory of Music and at the Freiburg University of Music, Germany, with Torkil Bye and Robert Aitken. He has toured all five continents and 50 countries with the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist in 40 flute concertos, primarily works by J.S. Bach, especially Vivaldi's three piccolo concertos. He has toured and recorded with the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, and the Stuttgart Philharmonic, with artists such as Pinnock, Järvi, Pires, Flemming, Villazón, Domingo, Pavarotti, and Aitken. CD recordings for Bayer Records and Hong Kong Radio. Masterclasses in Norway, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, and Hong Kong.

Gisle Krogseth has been very active in both his careers. As a performer, he has made several successful tours in Europe and the United States. An unusually versatile composer, he has written major works in symphony, chamber music, musical theater, and cabaret. In 1991, he represented Norway at the "World Theater Festival," winning an award. Recently, his chamber music has been performed in Sandefjord, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. (USA), as well as in Turin and Alba.