PROGRAM 2026
Coffee, wine and song
Join us for a humorous evening as we dive into the pleasures and vices of the 18th century.
The classical students of the Music Conservatory present a musical menu featuring: Bach’s tribute to the coffee cup and his meditation on the tobacco pipe, Handel’s toast to wine, and Purcell’s “dirty” songs – all performed in true Northern Norwegian style!
When we think of Baroque music, we often imagine solemn church cantatas or formal court dances. Yet composers such as Bach, Handel, and Purcell were also worldly men who both enjoyed – and at times suffered from – life’s indulgences. This evening offers a playful and sparkling musical programme performed by the classical students of the Music Conservatory.
In Bach’s music, the coffee cup becomes more than a fashionable drink; it is elevated to a symbol of female intellectual freedom. In the Coffee Cantata, we sense a subtle rebellion against the suffocating constraints of patriarchy, and glimpse a surprisingly modern awareness in the enlightened composer. The Tobacco Song depicts how the pipe offers a brief moment of calm, while the burning tobacco serves as a reminder that, like ash, we too will one day disappear.
When life truly calls for celebration, we rarely reach for the water jug. For Handel, the natural answer is the triumph of Bacchus – we need intoxication to rise to life’s greatest moments. Purcell brings us back down to earth. His songs about the body’s less delicate sounds remind us of our inherent, animal nature.
The programme offers a gentle invitation: let us strive for new heights of spirituality and intellect, but never forget our mortality, our humanity – and our animality.
Welcome to the first of two Baroque evenings at Mack Kjeller 4!
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