Fabulous Fringe: Bislet Barokk & Sean Bell
This concert is part of the free fringe programme of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2025.
Bislet Barokk is a breath of fresh air in early music. The trio, trained in Basel, The Hague, and Norway, blends early music with traditional Norwegian folk, led by singer Victoria. Their performances mix concert and theatre with humor and emotion. In 2025, they present 60 children’s concerts in Oslo and launch a series celebrating Oslo’s 400th anniversary, alongside tours in Norway and Iceland.
Sean Bell is a countertenor and performance artist from Oslo, blending early music, opera, and contemporary styles. Also a baroque guitar player, he toured Europe in 2024 with his album Dowland Downloaded, merging classical music and performance art.
Programme
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Henry Purcell
If Music be the Food of Love, Z.397C
1659-1695 -
Traditioneel Norway / Amalie Kinsarvik Tvilde
Bingsjö lilla longdans
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Thomas Campion
I care not for these ladies
1567-1620 -
Traditioneel Norway / Unni Løvlid
Vel opplyste læremester
1976 -
Nicholas Lanier
Tell me Sheperd dost thou love
1588-1666 -
John Dowland
Fine knacks for ladies
1563-1626 -
Henry Purcell
Hornpipe / Hole in the wall
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William Caesar
Forbear fond swain I cannot love
fl. 1615-67 -
Nicholas Lanier
Fire, fire
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Thomas Campion
When to her lute Corinna sings
Programme subject to change
Musicians
- Sean Bell countertenor
- Victoria Oftestad voice
- Tomas Laukvik Nannestad guitar, lute
- Karin Hannisdal cello
