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f The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Grant Llewellyn with the Olympic musicians Ole Edvard Antonsen and the Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen as soloist. f The Trondheim Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud and the soprano Pamela Coburn as soloist. f The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dmitri Kitajenko and the cellist Truls Mørk. f The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli with Elisabeth Nordberg Schulz as soloist. f The National Broadcasting Orchestra held an opera gala with John Nelson conducting, with Håkan Hagegård and Olympic musician Bodil Arnesen as soloists. C h a m b e r M u s i c The Chamber Music programme was planned and staged in cooperation with external agencies. A number of Norway’s leading and youngest musicians were asked to choose a musician they would like to play together with and suggest a musical programme. This was put together as a series of chamber concerts, eight of which were held in Oslo and 17 in the Olympic Region. Two premieres were held of works commissioned by LOOC – one composed by Haflidi Hallgrimsson from Iceland and one by Randall Meyers from the USA. The following performers participated in the chamber music series: f The Olympic musicians Grieg Trio with viola player Lars Anders Tomter. f Lars Anders Tomter with cellist Alexander Rudin and pianist Håvard Gimse. f Olympic musicians Bodil Arnesen accompanied by Roger Vignoles. f Olympic musicians Leif Ove Andsnes with violinist Christian Tetzlaff and baritone Dimitri Kharitonov. f The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Terje Tønnesen with the soprano Ragnhild Heiland Sørensen. f Cellist Truls Mørk accompanied by the pianist Ewa Kupiec. f CIKADA string quartet with soprano Torgunn Birkeland. f Soprano Anne Lise Berntsen and Siri Torjusen put together a performance staged by Kjetil Skøien. P re - O l y m p i c e v e n t s Concerts with the World Orchestra and World Youth Choir. O t h e r In connection with an installation of ice sculptures at the Olympic Park (constructed by engineer Jürgen Spelda of the University of Trondheim), a music composition was commissioned from composer Tor Halmrast. The work which was called “IC” was an eight channel “sound installation” for continuous play. P o p m u s i c Pop music was presented under the title “Olympic Nights” and comprised Norwegian and international musicians in the categories of jazz, pop, rock, roots and entertainment music. In all, 67 events were held under the topic “Olympic Nights” with the main arena being the “Tent” at Sportsplassen in Lillehammer. Other event sites included Hamar, Gjøvik and Oslo (Rockefeller Music Hall).
LOOC culture was responsible for the commissioning, logistics and organizing of all the concert events. A temporary circus tent (capacity: 3 500) at Sportsplassen in Lillehammer was the main venue for pop music. 25 concerts were held over a period of five weeks. The “Tent” was run by a staff of 70 persons (20 professionals and 50 volunteers). Catering was also offered at the site. Fifteen “Olympic Nights” were also held in Hamar, with a staff of two professionals and ten volunteers. There were five “Olympic Nights” in Gjøvik. A production manager worked closely with the municipality’s programme coordinator to organise the concerts. Twenty-two “Olympic Nights” concerts were held at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo. Rockefeller is a permanent concert house for popular music. O l y m p i c m u s i c i a n s Bel Canto, Sissel Kyrkjebø and Bukkene Bruse performed four concerts each during the Olympics in Lillehammer, Hamar, Gjøvik and Oslo. The musicians also had other Olympic assignments. f Bel Canto composed a piece together with the National Broadcasting Orchestra for the official opening of the radio channel PeTre. f Bukkene Bruse performed for IBM and Kodak. The group also did a five-day tour together with the Atlanta band “The Foxfire Boys” in the Olympic Region and Oslo in February 1994. The tour came about after a musical meeting in Atlanta in February 1993. f Sissel Kyrkjebø held two concerts in the Olympic Region together with the Oslo Gospel Choir. O l y m p i c F a n f a re The official Olympic Fanfare for the XVII Olympic Winter Games at Lillehammer was composed by Nils Henrik Asheim. LOOC was the producer of a CD in connection with this composition. 1 000 copies of the CD were made and distributed to national and international audio and audiovisual media. The CD was not available to the general public for sale. The musicians hired to play the official Olympic Fanfare were trumpet players Jens Petter Antonsen and Olympic musician Ole Edvard Antonsen. Bjørn Nessjø was the producer. The CD was published by Sony Music Publishing Japan, A Division of Sony Music Artists Inc. Tokyo. P r e - O l y m p ic c on c e rt The “Spill levende (Play-it-Live)” festival at Lillehammer, where about 600 marching bands from all over Norway participated, marked the 75th anniversary of the Norwegian Marching Band Association. LOOC organized an even larger concert at Lysgårdsbakken Ski Jumping Arena. Stageway Management AS operated as the technical organizer. The concert was very successful and had 29 870 paying guests. The event was filmed by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and aired as a one-hour programme. The programme was seen by approximately 600 000 television viewers.
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