Partisan Requiem / Hammerfest
A concert in Hammerfest Church with Alta Motett choir together with soloists and orchestra from Alta and Hammerfest
In connection with the Liberation of Finnmark 75th Anniversary, the choir, soloists and orchestra from Alta and Hammerfest, will perform the moving «Partisan Requiem». This fantastic concert is produced by Alta Motett Choir in collaboration with Alta Chamber Choir, soloists and musicians from the Culture Schools in both Alta and Hammerfest. The composer Henning Sommerro will himself contribute by playing the organ.
Tickets will be sold on the door:
Adult 250 NOK
Child/Student 150 NOK
The history about the partisans of the north has long been part of the hidden history, about the 2nd World War in Northern Norway. Most of the attention and focus has been on the resistance fighting in the occupied southern parts of Norway, while the stories about the resistance fighting which took place in the parts of the country where war was actually taking place, and not just occupation, has been silenced. Much of the reason for this is because many of the partisans were communists – who reported to Moscow, and who were trained in Russia instead of in London and the United Kingdom. The work they undertook was very important, but also very dangerous. It was undertaken under duress, and many lost their lives, during the enforcement by the Germans in 1943.
After the war, many of these partisans became victims of surveillance by the Norwegian state, and they did not receive any war medals or honorary achievement medals like other fighters after the war. They first received an official apology for their treatment, by the Norwegian King in 1991, but they have yet to receive a complete redress and honour for the important resistance work they undertook. (Source: Varanger Museum)
Composer: Henning Sommerro / text: Ragnar Olsen
Conductor: Per Andersson
Soloists: Hege Nilsen (soprano voice) og Antti Nissilä (bariton voice)
Choir: Alta Motett Choir and Alta Chamber Choir
Orchestra: members from Scene Finnmark, Hammerfest Culture School and Alta Culture School
Production: Alta Motett Choir
Hired musicians:
From Scene Finnmark:
Henning Sommerro, organ
Ingrid Marie Willassen, violin
Nikolay Girunyan, cello
Agnieszka Orlowska, viola
Fra Alta kulturskole:
Torstein Giertsen, violin
Hege Andersson, clarinet
Idun Hjellestad Jørgensen, flute
Kristine Hansen, percussion
Svein-Hugo Sørensen, contrabass
Per Andersson, conductor
Hege Sofie Nilsen, soloist voice (soprano)
From Hammerfest kulturskole:
Vasile Baghiuc, trombone
Heidi Rossow, bass clarinet
Justyna Wasaowska, violin
Liisa Tuomaala, viola
Antti Nissilä, soloist voice (bariton)
From the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo:
Monika Holst Olsen, trumpet
