OSLO EARLY 2025

For ten years, Oslo Early has showcased the many faces of early music in the heart of the Norwegian capital—a festival where curiosity, excellence, and historical awareness meet in vivid, engaging musical experiences. Since its founding in 2015, the festival has invited audiences to explore music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods—performed at the highest artistic level by both established stars and emerging talents. 

Oslo Early 2025 celebrates its 10th anniversary with a program that captures the festival’s full scope: from the sacred and contemplative to the virtuosic and playful—from grand ensembles to intimate encounters. Audiences will experience rare instruments, unusual combinations, and original interpretations—all performed on historical principles and in some of Oslo’s most beautiful venues. At the same time, the festival provides a platform for new generations of early musicians, building bridges between the sounds of the past and today’s listeners.

Opening Concert with Barokkanerne: The Meaning of Life
Thursday, October 16, 7:00 PM – Universitetets Aula
Jadran Duncumb & Christian Kjos, artistic directors
Tone Braaten, soprano
Maria Dale Johannessen, alto
Anders J. Dahlin, tenor
Aksel Rykkvin, baritone
Markus Djuve, bass 

Seldom Sene: Goldberg Variations
Friday, October 17, 7:00 PM – Gamle Aker Church
Seldom Sene (recorder quintet) 

Album Italiano
Saturday, October 18, 6:00 PM – Gamle Aker Church
Giulia Semenzato, soprano
Emil Duncumb, fortepiano 

Closing Concert: UngBarokkanerne (Young Norwegian Baroque Ensemble)
Sunday, October 19, 3:00 PM – Universitetets Aula
Peter Spissky, artistic director
Barokkanerne
NOR59
The Recorder Players of Uranienborg & St. Sunniva
Students from the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Grieg Academy, Bergen