BACH IN A NORTHERN LIGHT
This spring Valdemar will appear in Bach concerts in the Northern Hemisphere. First he will be the tenor soloist in Bach’s Magnificat with the excellent Norwegian baroque orchestra Barokkanerne at concerts in Oslo Cathedral and in Fredrikstad Cathedral in Norway. And in the easter week Valdemar will sing the Evangelist in Bach’s St Matthew Passion at concerts in Iceland, ending with a performance in the majestic cathedral Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavik on Good Friday:
Later this spring he will appear in what has become his signature role in recent years: the tenor part in Carmina Burana at concerts in Denmark with fellow soloists Lise Bech and Guido Paevatalu.
Calendar - Season 2017/18
June 1, 10, 15, 18
Kiel Opera House
Leclair:
Scylla et Glaucus (Glaucus)
Conductor: Václav Luks
Director: Lucinda Childs
Germany
June 26
Arctic Arts Festival
Carmina Burana
Arctic Philharmonic
Conductor: Ingar Bergby
Harstad
Norway
October 15
Kreuzeskirche, Essen
Bach:
Mass in B Minor
Essener Barockorchester
Conductor: Andy von Oppenkowski
Germany
October 22
Grieg Hall, Bergen
Orff:
Carmina Burana
Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Conductor: Kjell Seim
Norway
October 27
Concerto Copenhagen in Rome
Music by Giuseppe Sarti
Concerto Copenhagen
Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Rome
Italy
November 25
Mozart Concert
Ringve Museum
Conductor: Mark Tatlow
Trondheim
Norway
December 7
Brøndby Strand Kirke
Bach:
Christmas Oratorio (Evangelist)
Camerata Øresund
Conductor: Peter Spissky
Denmark
December 8
Viborg Cathedral
Bach:
Christmas Oratorio (Evangelist)
Camerata Øresund
Conductor: Peter Spissky
Denmark
December 9
The Queens Hall, Copenhagen (Diamanten)
Bach:
Christmas Oratorio (Evangelist)
Camerata Øresund
Conductor: Peter Spissky
Denmark
December 10
Hans Tausens Kirke, Copenhagen
Bach:
Christmas Oratorio (Evangelist)
Camerata Øresund
Conductor: Peter Spissky
Denmark
December 17
Christmas Concert
Sct Marienkirche, Rendsburg
Conductor: Volker Lindhardt
Germany
2018
January 13
Charpentier:
Te Deum
Laurentius Kiche, Lörrach
Conductor: Brigitte Schnabel
Germany
January 14
Bach:
Sie werden aus Saba kommen (BWV 65)
Laurentius Kirche, Lörrach
Conductor: Brigitte Schnabel
Germany
March 18
Bach:
Magnificat
Oslo Cathedral
Barokkanerne
Conductor: Vivianne Sydnes
Norway
March 18
Bach:
Magnificat
Barokkanerne
Fredrikstad Cathedral
Conductor: Tore Erik Mohn
Norway
March 29
Bach:
St Matthew Passion (Evangelist)
Akureyri HOF
Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson
Iceland
March 30
Bach:
St Matthew Passion (Evangelist)
Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik
Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson
Reykjavik
Iceland
April 19
Orff:
Carmina Burana
Svendborg
Conductor: Erik Jakobsen
Denmark
April 20
Orff:
Carmina Burana
Svendborg
Conductor: Erik Jakobsen
Denmark
May 9
Concerto Copenhagen Friend’s Association
An evening with Valdemar Villadsen
Copenhagen
Denmark
For more information, see Performances
Valdemar's blog
Stage presence - As a kid I wanted to be an actor. I was a nerdy kid – a Shakespeare fan. When I was twelve I performed Hamlet on my paper theatre in its original length: five hours (shortening would have been, of course, cheating!). Without my mom’s homemade cookies and several litres of tea, it would have been a traumatising experience for the incarcerated and extremely patient audience. Later, when I graduated from high school I took up a career as an actor, playing leading roles at a children’s theatre. Everything went well, but somehow I felt something was missing. The music. … Continued