Music by Brahms, Bridge, C. Schumann and others at The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra’s chamber music series at Sentralen.

Hanne Skjelbred, viola
Tiina Karakorpi, piano
Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Bodø Cathedral

Berit Norbakken, soprano
Mari Askvik, mezzo soprano
Petter Moen, tenor
Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Bodø Domkor
Arctic Philharmonic

George Chittenden, conductor

Haydn's Creation in Ängelholm Church

Ditte Marie Bræin, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Ängelholms Oratoriekör

Gustav Natt Och Dag, conductor

Haydn's Creation in Ängelholm Church

Ditte Marie Bræin, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Ängelholms Oratoriekör

Gustav Natt Och Dag, conductor

Knut Vaage/Jon Fosse: “Nokon kjem til å komme” at Haugesund Teater

Ho: Marianne Folkestad Jahren
Han: Halvor Festervoll Melien
Mannen: Magnus Staveland

Insimul Sinfonietta

Bruno Berger-Gorski, staging
Bjarte Engeset, conductor

Knut Vaage/Jon Fosse: “Nokon kjem til å komme” at Tou Scene

Ho: Marianne Folkestad Jahren
Han: Halvor Festervoll Melien
Mannen: Magnus Staveland

Insimul Sinfonietta

Bruno Berger-Gorski, staging
Bjarte Engeset, conductor

Knut Vaage/Jon Fosse: “Nokon kjem til å komme” at Tou Scene

Ho: Marianne Folkestad Jahren
Han: Halvor Festervoll Melien
Mannen: Magnus Staveland

Insimul Sinfonietta

Bruno Berger-Gorski, staging
Bjarte Engeset, conductor

Grieg's Four Psalms in Oslo Cathedral

Edvard Grieg: Four Psalms, op. 74
James MacMillan: Mass
Arvo Pärt: Beatitudes, Trivium, Vater Unser

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone
Marcus André Berg, organ

Oslo Domkor

Oddgeir Kjetilstad, conductor

Mozart's Requiem in Uranienborg Church

Eldrid Gorset, soprano
Frøydis Fegran Kopperud, mezzo soprano
Øystein Stensheim, tenor
Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Oslo Vokalensemble
Christiania Kammerkor

Ida Cecilie Holm, conductor

Fauré’s Requiem in Ventspils

Pēteris Vasks: Cantabile
Antonio Vivaldi: Laudate pueri: Sit nomen domine
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem

Nina Maestracci: soprano
Halvor Festervoll Melien: baritone
Ieva Saliete: harpsichord

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
The State Choir "Latvija"

Jean-Christophe Spinosi: Conductor

Fauré’s Requiem in Riga

Pēteris Vasks: Cantabile
Antonio Vivaldi: Laudate pueri: Sit nomen domine
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem

Nina Maestracci: soprano
Halvor Festervoll Melien: baritone
Ieva Saliete: harpsichord

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
The State Choir "Latvija"

Jean-Christophe Spinosi: Conductor

Bach and Pärt in Akershus Castle Church

Arvo Pärt: Pari intervallo for organ solo

Arvo Pärt: Berliner Messe

Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227

Berit Norbakken, soprano
Trine Wilsberg-Lund Soddy, soprano
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo soprano
William Wallace, tenor
Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone
Lars Notto Birkeland, organ

Bach in Akershus Castle Church

Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42
Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67

Ditte Marie Bræin, soprano
Maria Dale Johannessen, mezzo soprano
William Wallace, tenor
Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Oslo Circles

Lars Notto BIrkeland, conductor

Bach in Philharmonie de Paris with Les Talens Lyriques

Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66
Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134
Osteroratorium, BWV 249

Anna El Khashem, soprano
Mari Askvik, mezzo soprano
Nick Pritchard, tenor
Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Chœur de Chambre de Namur
Thibault Lenaerts, Choir Conductor

Les Talens Lyriques

Christophe Rousset, Conductor

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Delft

Edward Ross, evangelist

Niklaus Kost, Christ

Bobbie Blommesteijn, soprano

Yongbeom Kwon, countertenor

Seil Kim, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Bachkoor Holland

Kinderkoor Academy of Vocal Arts

Concertgebouw Kamerorkest

Gijs Leenaars, conductor

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Delft

Edward Ross, evangelist

Niklaus Kost, Christ

Bobbie Blommesteijn, soprano

Yongbeom Kwon, countertenor

Seil Kim, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Bachkoor Holland

Kinderkoor Academy of Vocal Arts

Concertgebouw Kamerorkest

Gijs Leenaars, conductor

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Lochem

Edward Ross, evangelist

Niklaus Kost, Christ

Bobbie Blommesteijn, soprano

Yongbeom Kwon, countertenor

Seil Kim, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Bachkoor Holland

Jongenskoor Dalfsen

Concertgebouw Kamerorkest

Gijs Leenaars, conductor

Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Warsaw Philharmonic

Dorota Szczepańska, soprano

Jess Dandy, alto

Laurence Kilsby, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Karol Kozłowski, Evangelist

Lars Johansson Brissman, Vox Christi

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

Władysław Skoraczewski Artos Choir at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera

Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Warsaw Philharmonic

Dorota Szczepańska, soprano

Jess Dandy, alto

Laurence Kilsby, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Karol Kozłowski, Evangelist

Lars Johansson Brissman, Vox Christi

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

Władysław Skoraczewski Artos Choir at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera

Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

Festival church service with Bach’s Magnificat at Oslo International Church Music Festival

Ditte Marie Bræin, soprano

Mari Askvik, mezzo soprano

Øystein Stensheim, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Barokkanerne

Oslo Domkor

Vivianne Sydnes, conductor

Song cycles by Øyvind Mæland at Kafé Hærverk

Øyvind Mæland:

“Ad undas –Sci-fi-Lieder from the North Sea!”

“det du trodde du aldri ville huske”

“und ich werde weitergehn”

Silje Aker Johnsen, soprano

Tuuli Lindeberg & Petri Kumela Duo

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Sanae Yoshida, piano

Lovesongs by Brahms and Kverndokk in Sandefjord kirke

Gisle Kverndokk: “Syngende natt”

Johannes Brahms: “Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer”, op. 65.

Isa Katharina Gericke, soprano

Melis Jaatinen, mezzo soprano

William Wallace, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Juho Alakärppä, piano

Thormod Rønning Kvam, piano

Bach's Mass in B minor in Bergen Cathedral

Ingvill Holter, soprano

Eira Huse, mezzo soprano

Tyler David Ray, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Bergen Domkor

Bergen Barokk

Kjetil Almenning, conductor

Lovesongs by Brahms and Kverndokk at Venskaben

Gisle Kverndokk: “Syngende natt”

Johannes Brahms: “Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer”, op. 65.

Isa Katharina Gericke, soprano

Melis Jaatinen, mezzo soprano

William Wallace, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Juho Alakärppä, piano

Thormod Rønning Kvam, piano

Songs by Gisle Kverndokk in Fana Kulturhus

Gisle Kverndokk: “Syngende natt” for four singers and piano for four hands.

Gisle Kverndokk: Solo songs with piano.

Johannes Brahms: “Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer”, op. 65.

Isa Katharina Gericke, soprano

Melis Jaatinen, mezzo soprano

William Wallace, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Juho Alakärppä, piano

Thormod Rønning Kvam, piano

Opera concert at Glogerfestspillene

Isa Katharina Gericke, soprano

Berit Norbakken, soprano

Melis Jaatinen, mezzo soprano

William Wallace, tenor

Frank Havrøy, baritone

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Juho Alakärppä, piano

Thormod Rønning Kvam, piano

Daria van den Bercken, piano

Vertavo String Quartet

Songs by Schumann, Brahms, Kverndokk and others in Kongsberg Church.

Isa Katharina Gericke, soprano

Melis Jaatinen, mezzo soprano

William Wallace, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Juho Alakärppä, piano

Thormod Rønning Kvam, piano

Bachs Christmas Oratorio with The Norwegian Soloists' Choir in the University Aula in Oslo

Magnhild Korsvik, soprano

Hanne Marit Mordal Iversen, soprano

Mari Askvik, mezzo soprano

Frøydis Fegran Kopperud, mezzo soprano

Øystein Stensheim, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir

Ensemble Allegria

Grete Pedersen, conductor

Bachs Christmas Oratorio with The Norwegian Soloists' Choir in the University Aula in Oslo

Magnhild Korsvik, soprano

Hanne Marit Mordal Iversen, soprano

Mari Askvik, mezzo soprano

Frøydis Fegran Kopperud, mezzo soprano

Øystein Stensheim, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir

Ensemble Allegria

Grete Pedersen, conductor

Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Alversund Church

Lauri Robertson Øgård, soprano

Mari Askvik, mezzo soprano

Mathias Gillebo, tenor

Halvor Festervoll Melien, baritone

Odd Leif Mjøs, conductor