Earlier in our 2007-2008 Concert Series:
Väsen
Saturday, April 19, 2008
FREE Presentation
2 pm at Fredricksen Library
Concert 7:30 pm
at Harrisburg Academy
Photographer: Owen
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With support from SFMS Member Sponsor Bill Gulvin.
Additional support comes from the American Scandinavian Foundation
Made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Experience Hands-On Folk!
Susquehanna Folk presents Coffeehouses, monthly Jam Sessions, Workshops with master performers, and many other events to bring folk music off the stage and into your hands.
"In Sweden you have Väsen. It's a traditional folkband based on the Nyckelharpa -- and it's really good music, very exciting, you must listen, it's fantastic music" --John Paul Jones/Led Zeppelin, from a interview in Dagens Industri Weekend May 19-20 2006
Väsen is a unique acoustic ensemble, based in the rural Swedish tradition, but with a contemporary attitude and an almost telepathic intensity.
Väsen features the nyckelharpa (a keyed fiddle unique to Sweden) along with viola, percussion and guitar. This band can create more electricity on their acoustic instruments than most rock bands can generate with their amps turned all the way up to "11." More than one rock critic has proclaimed them "the best band in the world".
This is acoustic ensemble playing at its best, with sounds that can connote classical string quartets at one moment and upbeat folk/pop another. This is music that is irresistible and unforgettable. This is Väsen.
Swedish Music Demonstration: 2 pm
(note corrected time)
at Cleve J. Fredricksen Library
100 N. 19th Street, Camp Hill Directions
The members of Väsen demonstrate traditional Swedish instruments and discuss Swedish music. Have you ever met a nyckelharpa before? Here's your chance!
- A FREE event!
Concert: 7:30pm
at Harrisburg Academy
10 Erford Road, Wormleysburg Directions
$20 General Admission
$15 SFMS Members
SFMS Members Save!$10 Students
— ages 3 to 22Advance Tickets thru The Box
— by phone or online Concert Ticket Details
To Learn More...
- Read article from SFMS's newsletter
- Go to myspace.com/vasen (music samples and video there too)
- Visit Väsen's website
