Thoresen Stalheim Ultima

Lasse Thoresen (born 1949) is a nestor among Norwegian composers. He has created his own unique tonal language with elements of, among other things, microtonality, folk music, and the Bahá’í religion. Lasse Thoresen’s Cello Concert has the title “Journey Through Three Valleys”. “The valley is a metaphor of a state of mind, a fundamental tone you are in during a phase of life,” Lasse Thoresen stated before the premiere in 2008. “You can’t see what is on the other side; being in a valley means to have your horizon limited. Then there will be transitions into other perspectives of which you had no idea while down in the valley.”

The concert is a part of Ultima 2020.