As part of NordSync Forum – Østfold, a series of public concerts will take place in Sarpsborg, Moss, and Fredrikstad, presenting the NordSync Lab production Den manglende satsen (The Missing Movement). The concerts form an integral part of the forum and demonstrate, in practice, how collaboration between professional artists, voluntary organisations, and young musicians can result in high-quality artistic productions.
A completed Mahler work
Den manglende satsen is a concert project in which Gustav Mahler’s unfinished Piano Quartet in A minor is presented as a complete three-movement work. Originally consisting of a single completed movement from 1876, the quartet was expanded with a second movement by Alfred Schnittke in 1988.
In 2025, NordSync Project initiated an open call for a new third movement. The selected composer, August Næss Jørgensen, has written a contemporary finale that brings the work to a coherent and modern conclusion.
Programme
- Movement I – Gustav Mahler
- Movement II – Alfred Schnittke (1988)
- Movement III – August Næss Jørgensen (2025)
Performers
The work is performed by NordSync Ensemble, consisting of professional musicians from Norway, Sweden, and Finland:
- Stepan Frolov – violin
- Emma Alrikson – viola
- Maria Serafin – cello
- Viktor Pellia – piano
At the final concert, young musicians from Østfold will join the professionals on stage, following participation in the youth orchestra seminar organised in connection with the forum.
Concerts as artistic showcase
The concerts serve both as artistic highlights and as a showcase of the NordSync model, illustrating how interdisciplinary thinking, professional production frameworks, and voluntary cultural engagement can be combined into a shared artistic outcome.
Through these performances, audiences are invited to experience a rare repertoire in a new and holistic form, while also gaining insight into the collaborative processes that shape contemporary Nordic cultural projects.
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