Stephen Pratt introduces the first of three reports from this year's festival, focusing tonight on the UK debuts of two ensembles from
Scandinavia. The virtuoso
Kammarensemblen from Sweden and their conductor
Tommy Andersson include world premieres of works by Karin Rehnqvlst and Christer Lindwall. The Cikada Trio -
Hilde Torgersen (mezzo),
Bjorn Rabben (percussion) and Kenneth Karisson (piano) - combine recent Norwegian music with the first performance of a festival commision from James Clarke.
Producer Paul Hindmarsh