A Baroque Festival in Larvik — What & Where?

By land or sea follow the fjord’s west coast some 80 miles southward from Oslo to discover Larvik. First settled in the seventeenth century, during…

A Baroque Festival — Since When & Why?

Some 16 years ago my friend and colleague Svein Eriksen, then director of a festival encompassing the whole Vestfold region south of Oslo, invited me…

Music & Musicians

Larvik Barokk’s most remarkable export thus far is the ensemble Barokksolistene and its signature Alehouse Sessions. Begun in Herregården some fifteen years ago, the Sessions…

Opera — Ballet in Miniature

Since 2016 collaborations with Bergen National Opera and the Norwegian National Ballet have given the opportunity for unique commissions of chamber opera/ballet projects for the…

Commentary

Festivals thrive with enthusiastic local journalists as a part of the team. Larvik Barokk has hugely benefited with the loyal support from Østlands Posten as…