14 October 2026 - 14 October 2026
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Concert Room, Department of Music, Palace Green
£10 full price, £5 student, £1 u-18s
Norwegian cellist Tanja Orning brings a rare opportunity to hear a Hardanger cello in Norwegian folk music and works by Bach and Egan.
Hardanger Cello
Tanja Orning, Hardanger cello
Bach: Cello Suite no.3 in C Eric Egan: spin (world premiere) Tanja Orning: Allegro Flageo Norwegian folk music
Tanja Orning, a Norwegian cellist, composer, and researcher, presents a programme performed on the Hardanger cello, a rare folk instrument with sympathetic strings that create a distinctive and resonant sound. The program features a combination of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Norwegian folk music, and contemporary compositions, including a new piece by the composer Eric Egan, Associate Professor of Composition at Durham University.