Henning Kraggerud - Tchaikovsky: Serenade, Violin Concerto. Kraggerud: The sun’s daughter (2021)

On this album, the Arctic Philharmonic really shows its strengths, not only as very good musicians and artistic leaders, but also demonstrates the versatility of the way the orchestra organization is built.

With one ensemble in Bodø and one in Tromsø who both play weekly concerts in their respective cities - and who gather 8-10 times a year to form a symphony orchestra - the organization gets to fully show how crucial flexibility and innovative organization is.

Here you first hear the chamber orchestra from the polar city of Tromsø, where Henning Kraggerud is the artistic director, playing Tchaikovsky's Serenade.

Then comes his own composition Ragnarok / The Sun´s daughter played by the same ensemble, before the large symphony orchestra - with musicians from both cities - joins chief conductor Christian Kluxen and plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35. With Kraggerud as soloist.