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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make." - Truman Capote

Ensemble Allegria

Ensemble Allegria ranks among Norway’s finest music ensembles and is known for combining its high artistic standard with spontaneity and flexibility. The orchestra consists of 25 permanent musicians and has from the beginning been managed by the musicians themselves under the artistic direction of Maria Angelika Carlsen. In addition to its own concert series “NÅ” in Oslo, Ensemble Allegria has performed at large music festivals in Norway and appeared with some of the world’s leading soloists, including Tine Thing Helseth, Martin Fröst, Truls Mørk, Lawrence Power, Kathryn Stott and Benjamin Schmid. The ensemble has released four recordings on the LAWO Classics label, two of which were nominated for Spellemannprisen, Norway’s Grammy. In recent years the ensemble has worked closely together with the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir on a number of concert projects and recordings. In 2018 the orchestra received the prestigious Diapason d’or de l’année award for its recording of Bach’s motets.

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Various composers
Seraph
Tine Thing Helseth
Benjamin Britten, Lars Petter Hagen, Richard Strauss
Britten/Hagen/Strauss
Ensemble Allegria
Nils Henrik Asheim, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Asheim: Høgsongen / Tchaikovsky: Serenade
Ensemble Allegria
Arnold Schönberg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart / Schoenberg
Ensemble Allegria
Béla Bartók, Joseph Haydn
VOLT 22
Ensemble Allegria
Edvard Grieg, Johan Kvandal, Knut Nystedt
Ensemble Allegria
Ensemble Allegria