Bjørn Sagstad is an experienced conductor within the classical orchestra repertoire. He has a special interest in Nordic composers and like to present the Nordic sound to an international audience. He is also working with many contemporary composers and has premiered several exciting works.
Ballet and Operas
• The Swan Lake
• Lady of Camellia
• The nut cracker
• The Magic flute
• Die Flädermaus
• Opphèe aux enfers
• L´esir D’Amore
• Anna Bolna
• Bajazzo
• Sister Angelica
• Hjerterdame
Classic Nordic repertoire
• Grieg: Peer Gynt, Symphony, A-minor Piano Concert, Den Bergtekne (for orchestra and bariton), Landkjenning.
• Sibelius: Symphonies, En Saga, Finlandia, Karelia, Tapiola.
• Nielsen: Concertos.
• Svendsen: Symphonies no 1 and 2, Romanze, Rhapsodies 1-4, Carneval in Paris, Artist Carneval
• Halvorsen: Suite Ancienne, Norwegian Fairytales Pictures
• Peterson Berger
Classic Repertoire
• Haydn, late symphonies
• Mozart, late symphonies
• Beethoven, symphonies no 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7
• Schumann, piano concerto in a-minor
• Rossini, overtures
• Weber, overtures
• Bizet, symphonie in C, L`Arlésienne Suite
• Brahms symphonies 1-4
• Dvorak, late symphonies, Othello, The Noon Witch
• Tchaikovsky, late symphonies, Romeo and Juliet
• Prokofjev, Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolfe, Lieutnant Kije
• Mousorsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on a Bald Mountain
• Stravinsky, Concertino, The Firebird, Petruskhka, Symp in Three Movements, Four Norwegian Moods
• Wagner, overtures, Tristand and Isolde
• Schonberg, Kammersymphonie op 9
• Alban Berg, Kammerkonzert
Soloists
•Tine Thing Helseth
• Antti Siirala
• Ole Edvard Antonsen
• Peter Jablonsky
• Håvard Gimse
• Øyvind Gimse
• Jan Stigmer
• Terje Tønnesen
• Yoko Kikuchi
• Wolfgang Plagge
• Øystein Baadsvik