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Violinist Sara Övinge provides a master’s class in violin performance with tremendous technique and full-on, take-no-hostages, drive. She delivers the full package in performing the demanding, virtuosic and intricate solo violin passages–just Wow! The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra provides a rhythmic, fully complementary orchestral backdrop. (And, as a side note, you could have knocked me over with a feather when telling me the first work on this album was composed by Philip Glass. This composition is winning me over!)

The second work on this album, “Patientia” by Kjetil Bjerkestrand, is music I found myself coming back to several times over the weeks after I first listened to it. And each time, I found more to appreciate. It has layers upon layers of musical complexity to explore and to come to grips with. Each new listening session was rewarding as I became more aware of the warp and weave of his design. There is an underlying strength to this work, beyond the rhythmic complexity, that I’ve come to find most gratifying…

There is a fundamental profundity to this composition. The simplicity of certain elements is ultimately overtaken by this undercurrent. The music is therein both complex and ultimately quite straight-forward and satisfying. So, I encourage you to come back to this music for a second and a third or even a fourth time before passing judgement. I think you will be rewarded, as I have been.

Rushton Paul - Source

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‘Patientia’ is a stunningly good album. The more I listen, the more I hear. I’m on my fifth listen now and enjoying it more and more. And Sara Övinge is marvelous — thank you so much for this music!

Rush Paul

Vanderholst Arts Management – VAM Artists

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Sara Övinge introduces her new recording ‘Patientia’ with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and Edward Gardner conducting. Out on Friday whoop! on Lawo Classics.

The album includes a World Premiere of Kjetil Bjerkestrand’s Violin Concerto, written for Sara. Paired with Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 2, The American Four Seasons.

It’s fabulous and we implore you to listen!

Floor van der Holst