Fuglen Fenghuang | Frode Haltli // NyNorsk Messingkvintett // Geir Strande Syrrist @Tårnsalen på KODE

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Frode Haltli (accordion), NyNorsk Brass Quintet, and Geir Strande Syrrist (percussion) join forces in a new and groundbreaking collaboration inspired by the mythical bird Fenghuang. Step into previously unheard soundscapes and experience the world premieres of four new works for brass quintet, accordion, and percussion by Anders Hannevold, Hans Blok, Jonas Skaarud, and Frode Haltli himself.

NyNorsk Brass Quintet
Frode Haltli, accordion/composer
Geir Strande Syrrist, percussion

The accordion is a free-reed instrument: sound is produced when a freely vibrating metal reed is set in motion by air pressure. In this project, the accordion is explored as a wind instrument, creating natural connections to a brass quintet—and percussion.
Genre-defying accordionist Frode Haltli here forms a new ensemble together with the NyNorsk Brass Quintet and percussionist Geir Strande Syrrist. The group explores the noise potential of the instruments, moving along worn lines until they meet in rusty resonances. From Innlandet in Norway, the music draws connections to the mountains of Tibet, the yak, and the first free-reed instrument, the Chinese mouth organ sheng, inspired by the mythical Bird Fenghuang.

Repertoire (all the works will be premiered):
Frode Haltli: Fenghuang (2025)
Anders Hannevold: Between Grains (2025)
Hans Blok: Yak (2025)
Jonas Skaarud: A murmur of some lost thrush (2025)

Performers:
Frode Haltli, NyNorsk Brass Quintet, Jonas Skaarud, Hans Sampath Blok, Anders Hannevold

This concert is organised by nyMusikk Bergen in collaboration med Kode.