Lodestar Trio (SE / NOR / UK)
Folk Meets Baroque
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Type:
Concert
Genre:
Classical/Contemporary
Traditional
Traditional
House of Music Hungary production
violin, viola
Max Baillie
Hardanger fiddle
Olav Mjelva
nyckelharpa
Erik Rydvall
J.S. Bach
English Suite No. 3, BWV 808: Musette
Merula
Ciaccona, Op. 12 No. 20
J.S. Bach
Violin Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai
Olav Mjelva
Hjaltaren
Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances
J.S. Bach
Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012: Sarabande
Lully
Loure (from the opera Alceste)
Dvořák
Bagatelle, Op. 47 No. 1
Two Norwegian Minuets
Max Baillie
Rolling to Røros
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068: Air
J.S. Bach
Partita in E major, BWV 1006: Bourrée
J.S. Bach
Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011: Sarabande
F. Couperin
Les Barricades mystérieuses
J.S. Bach
Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012: Prelude
Erik Rydvall
Jubileumspolska
Olav Mjelva
Deliverance
Lodestar Trio (SE / NOR / UK)
Lodestar Trio is a unique collaboration between stars of the Scandinavian folk scene Erik Rydvall and Olav Mjelva, and British violin virtuoso Max Baillie. Together they bring a spirit of groove and improvisation into Baroque music by combining traditional nordic string instruments — the Swedish nyckelharpa and the Norwegian hardanger fiddle — with the violin. The trio formed in 2018 after Max wrote Erik and Olav an email after seeing one of their duo videos. They met up and played together for 3 days, and so Lodestar Trio was born! Since then they have recorded and released their debut album Bach to Folk in 2022 on the Naxos label to critical acclaim. They have appeared live on BBC radio, been featured on German, Norwegian, Swedish and Irish national radio, on Classic FM, and have performed at festivals across Europe including Germany, Switzerland. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, and the UK. Their repertoire includes uniquely re-imagined versions of pieces from the Bach cello suites, the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin, all played in Lodestar’s own trio arrangements, and other Baroque works by Merula and Couperin, alongside traditional and contemporary Nordic tunes.
