Performance on 3 - Nordic Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lindberg

Sweden's flamboyant virtuoso trombonist, conductor and composer Christian Lindberg brings the Nordic Chamber Orchestra to the Guildhall in London as part of the 2009 City of London Festival. Lindberg is a champion of new music and the Swedish ensemble focuses on music from Scandinavia from the 18th century to the present day. This concert features music by Johan Helmich Roman, the 'father of Swedish music' and an important figure in 18th-century Sweden, as well as music for strings by Grieg, Sibelius and Nielsen. To round off, they perform the London premiere of Lindberg's own Kundraan for trombone and strings - a piece of musical theatre where the antihero Kundraan meets Lucifer. Nordic Chamber Orchestra Christian Lindberg (conductor/trombone) Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding: Little Drottningholm Purcell: Chacony in G minor Part: Fratres Grieg: Holberg Suite Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, Op 1 Sibelius: Impromptu in B minor, Op 5 Lindberg: Kundraan for trombone and strings Jan Sandstrom: A Christian Song Followed by performances from past seasons of the BBC Proms, with highlights from Folk Day in 2008: Traditional: Young Edmund; Searching for Lambs Bella Hardy (voice, violin) Corinna Hewat (harp) Chris Sherburn (concertina) Traditional: Little Musgrave Martin Simpson (voice, guitar) Traditional: Sloe Gin set; Fakenham Fair Bellowhead Traditional: Dog and Gun Bella Hardy (voice, violin) Corinna Hewat (harp) Chris Sherburn (concertina)