Summer and waltzes

Today Dolce did a concert in Landala Kapell in Göteborg, near Chalmers. The program was called "Beautiful waltzes" (rhymes better in Swedish) and included no less than five waltzes by different composers and of different characters. Other than Srauss' "The blue Danube" and "Vienna blood" we also took the chance to play "Waltz of the flowers" by Tchaikovsky and one of the favorite pieces in our repertoire, Shostakovich "Waltz Charmaine" - a completely unknown piece but surprisingly lovely and cute!
In between the waltzes we had some other music for a bit of contrast. "Salut d'Amour" by Elgar never fails to be a part of programs like this, as well as "The spring" by Grieg that we also did in Saint Andrew's church in March. Some Mozart is always nice to have, so this time we did "Voi Che Sapete", an aria from The marriage of Figaro and "Ave Verum Corpus", perfect to play in a church like this. To finish off we had one of our heavy Rachmaninov pieces - variation 18 from the "Paganini Rhapsody Variations" for piano and orchestra. It's a lot to do in the piano part, even when re-arranged for the trio, but it's totally worth it when you feel the super-romantic phrases and 4-against-3-rhythms!!
Here's some pictures of the "Fika" with the church-goers after the concert. "Fika" is a Swedish concept that involves coffee/tea, biscuit and pleasant conversation.
Finally, a big thanks to Sofia, our stand-in violinist this concerts for Sofia who is in Finland. (I know, we couldn't have chosen one with a better name, could we?)

Now Dolce is having some vacation, but we have a concert in a month, 22 July, in Eksjö församling in Småland, Sweden. See you there!
/Henrik

Latest news

Dear blog readers. It's been a  while since the last post in this blog. It does however not mean that Dolce has not been busy. Since the last time we wrote, Dolce has entertained at both private and corporate events. At the end of August we will as previously mentioned, go back to the Norwegian Epic and entertain guests for 10 weeks. Before our new contract in the Mediterranean we will be playing a few gigs here in Sweden.  If you want to experience one of Dolce's concerts this summer you can check out our website where all the upcoming concerts and events are listed.

 Dolce performing at Carlanderska in Göteborg

Summer Greetings from Dolce Trio!

Spring concert in sunny Gothenburg

Yesterday Dolce Trio played a lunch concert at St Andrews church with great success. Gothenburg was apparently in spring mode (16° C and sunny) which suited our concert theme - Spring Fever and Love Dreams - very well. Special thanks to Per-Ove and Gisela for making this concert happen and their warm welcome. We really enjoyed performing in this beautiful church.

(Photos by Gisela Barnard)

- Sofia

Lunch concert in St Andrews Church on Friday

For all of you who happens to be in and around Gothenburg area on Friday you just can´t miss our fantastic lunch concert in St Andrews Church called "Vårkänslor och Kärleksdrömmar" - (something about spring and love :)

 We will perform Våren (Spring) by Grieg, Walz of the Flowers by Tchajkovsky, Elgars Salut d´Amour and many many more. Bea, who is our computer wizard, made these two beautiful posters: 

You are all very Welcome! 

- Sofia

Upgraded website and recording sessions

 Bea has done a fantastic job upgrading our website. Some of the new improvements includes a selection of our repertoire and updated bios. The website is now also translated into both swedish and english. Special thanks to Mr Quinlan who informed us that "mingle music" don´t exist as an expression in english. This means that you from now on get music to your mingle/gathering ONLY in swedish :)

After two sets of recording sessions last week we have 25 music samples (!) of our most famous and popular pieces. 12 of them are already on the website and 13 more to come during the week.

Here´s some pictures from last wednesday on our second recording session at the academy of Music and Drama in Göteborg.

 Great acoustics and a great grand piano in the concert hall!

Our recording equipment may look small, but check our website and listen for yourself, 

I can guarantee you will be amazed! 

http://www.dolcetrio.net

- Sofia

Wedding Fair

Dolce Trio performed at the 2012 Wedding Fair in Eriksbergshallen, Göteborg last weekend. We played our hits, talked to a lot of people, handed out flyers and made new contacts.

Dolce Trio

- Sofia

Bröllopsmässan i Göteborg 2012

Dolce trio uppträder på Bröllopsmässan i Eriksbergshallen i Göteborg 4-5 februari 2012.

Vi har i år reserverat hela sommaren för bröllopsspelningar. Behöver du en klassisk trio som spelar stämningsfull musik på ditt bröllop, tveka ej att ta kontakt för pris och övrig information på dolcetrio@gmail.com 

...eller boka oss på plats i Eriksbergshallen!

Dolce Trio underhåller på Norwegian Epic i Medelhavet sommaren 2011

- Sofia