Sara Ferrándezwith Julia Hamos

Sara Ferrández, born in Madrid, has a deep love for both chamber music and flamenco. Music permeated her upbringing; her father and brother are both cellists, and her mother was a professional flamenco guitarist who went on to study classical music.

Ferrández herself chose the viola and is dedicated to bringing her instrument to a broader audience. She even launched a YouTube channel to share her daily life as a professional musician and has performed in some of the world’s largest concert halls. In 2023, she released her first EP, En La Intimidad, featuring her favorite composer Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G Major. Originally composed for solo cello, this suite has been called 'the essence of Bach's genius'. In Troldsalen, the concert hall beside Edvard Grieg’s home, she performs this piece solo on viola.

Joining her in Bergen is the American pianist Julia Hamos, with whom she will play Grieg’s Sonata No. 3, written at Troldhaugen in 1887, in a version for viola and piano. (The original violin and piano version will also be performed by James Ehnes and Orion Weiss at this year’s festival.) Additionally, the duo will perform a piece from Ferrández’s homeland, de Falla’s Seven Popular Spanish Songs, which draws on the Spanish folk music that shaped her upbringing.

Photo: Clara Evens

Venue

Troldhaugen

With your concert ticket you can book free return bus transportation from the Tourist Information to the venue. Departure one hour before the concert starts, return after the concert. The journey takes approx. 30 min. 

Contributors

• Sara Ferrández viola

• Julia Hamos piano

Music by

• Bach

• de Falla

• Grieg

Works

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
  Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
  1. Prélude
  2. Allemande
  3. Courante
  4. Sarabande
  5. Menuett I
  6. Menuett II
  7. Gigue

• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
  7 Canciones populares españoles (7 Popular Spanish Songs)
  1. El paño moruno
  2. Seguidilla murciana
  3. Asturiana
  4. Jota
  5. Nana
  6. Canción
  7. Polo

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
  Sonata no. 3 for viola da gamba in G minor, BWV 1029
  1. Vivace
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
  Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano in C minor, op. 45
  1. Allegro molto ed appassionato – Presto
  2. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza – Allegro molto –Tempo I
  3. Allegro animato – Con fuoco – Cantabile –Tempo I – Con fuoco – Prestissimo (Doppio movimento)