Description
Oslo Organ Festival. The 20-year-old Victoria Ulriksen is a phenomenon – she is a highly sought-after concert organist all over Europe! She visits the Royal Chapel with music by Bach, Mendelssohn and Kåre Nordstoga, among others.
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532; An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653b a 2 Clav. e Pedale doppio
Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) – Concerto in B minor del Signor Vivaldi (Allegro - Adagio - Allegro)
Kåre Nordstoga (*1954) – Sharing (2025)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) – Overture to the Oratorio Paulus, Op. 36 (Arranged by W. T. Best)
Victoria Ulriksen (b. 2006) holds a bachelor's degree in organ performance from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig under Professor Martin Schmeding, and studies church music at the Norwegian Academy of Music under Professor Kåre Nordstoga. She debuted at age 15 in Oslo Cathedral and plays over 50 solo concerts annually at prestigious venues such as Westminster Abbey, Nidaros Cathedral and Fraumünster Zürich. She is regarded as the most promising young organist of her generation.