Genre: Chamber music, Vocal music

Bengan's Stage for Two – Movitz with Mikael Samuelson

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Mikael Samuelson and Bengan Janson take us back to the 18th century to accompany Movitz on his wayward journey.

Carl Michael Bellman’s alter ego Movitz is a tragicomic figure who scrapes by as a musician and tavern keeper in 1760s and 1770s Stockholm – though perhaps most notably as a tavern regular, since his drinking career proves particularly “successful”. With Bellman as their guide, Mikael Samuelson and Bengan Janson follow this Movitz through a life marked by money troubles and romantic entanglements.

Mikael Samuelson is one of Sweden’s most renowned singers, celebrated for his versatility across nearly every imaginable genre: opera, musicals, songs, film and theatre. His major breakthrough came in the late 1980s when he played the title role in The Phantom of the Opera at Oscarsteatern. He is also widely acclaimed for his interpretations of Swedish song – not least the works of Carl Michael Bellman.

Accordion virtuoso Bengan Janson defies categorisation. His joy of playing and musical curiosity have led him into the realms of jazz, Swedish folk music and popular song. Over the years, he has collaborated with virtually the entire spectrum of Sweden’s musical elite. “My driving force is meeting other musicians,” says Bengan Janson.

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Three concerts this autumn see Bengan Janson in music and conversation with three distinguished artists: Mikael Samuelson (28 September), Tomas von Brömsen (19 October), and Anne Sofie von Otter (16 November). Buy all three concerts as a package and get a 15 percent discount. Buy tickets here!

  • The music

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  • Bengan’s Stage for Two - Movitz with Mikael Samuelson
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 25 ”A pastoral in bacchanalian spirit, recounting how Ulla Winblad comes ashore at Paphos”
  • A Sailing with Movitz
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 48 ”Wherein is portrayed Ulla Winblad’s homeward voyage from Essingen on Lake Mälaren, on a summer’s morn in the year 1769”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 44 ”O’er the melancholy of Bredströmskan and Movitz”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 31 ”On Movitz, when he was whipped in the street, for the fifth string snapped on his bass viol, one summer’s eve in the year 1769”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 48 ”The sea voyage continues...”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 29 ”Unto the noble and illustrious”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 66 ”Unto Movitz, the painter true”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 48 ”...and continues...”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 52 ”To Movitz, upon the passing of his betrothed. An Elegy.”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 61 ”To dear mother at Fyrkanten”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 48 ”...and continues...”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 34 ”To Movitz, when the fire ran wild”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 30 ”To Father Movitz, during his affliction, the consumption. An Elegy.”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 33:1 ”Of Father Movitz’s passage to Djurgården”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 48 ”…and sails into harbour!”
  • Carl Michael Bellman Epistle No. 50 ”Of its final glance upon Ulla Winblad, as she returned from Paphos”
  • Encore:
  • Carl Michael Bellman Fjäriln vingad "Song No. 64"

  • Participants

  • Bengan Janson accordion
  • Mikael Samuelson vocals