nyMusikk, TrondheimFOLK and Dokkhuset invite you to a brand new concert production with Susanne Lundeng. "The Blessed" awakens dormant sounds!

The old fiddlers have fallen silent and Susanne is now one of the oldest fiddle players in her traditional area - Salten and Lofoten. For Susanne, it has been a longing to hear and play with the old ones she met in her young years. The project stems from a desire to highlight our common old musical heritage in a close meeting between fiddlers, singers, the duo Susanne and Nils-Olav Johansen and the audience.

"The Blessed" is a symbiosis between the duo on stage and archive recordings of old fiddlers and women's voices from Salten and Lofoten. By sampling sounds, phrases and single notes from the old tunes and songs, each fiddler gets to keep their voice and uniqueness, just as they sound on older recordings, but set to play new music composed by Susanne.

At the concert, Susanne will prepare various sequences that treat typical musical styles in the tradition. Parts of the music will be completely composed new music and some in a more improvisational form and here Susanne is in good playing company with Nils-Olav Johansen on guitar and electronics.

For the first time, these fiddle players who lived at the same time, but in different places, get to play with each other and Susanne gets to join in!

Participating:
Susanne Lundeng - composer, fiddle, vocals and technique
Nils-Olav Johansen - guitar, electronics and co-creator
Are Bredahl Simonsen - sound