Ultima Thule: The Closest Possible Sound
Six concerts and a playroom
Ultima Thule! Utmost Isle!
Here in thy harbors for a while
We lower our sails; a while we rest
From the unending, endless quest.
Ultima Thule is the ancient name for the farthest possible place, the edge of the known world. In Longfellow’s poem, it is also a harbour reached after a long journey, a place where the sails are lowered for a while and the endless quest briefly comes to rest.
For one long evening, Sentralen becomes a harbour for music moving towards outer limits: the limit of the instrument, the limit of the body, the limit of electricity, the limit of belonging, the limit of what can still be called a concert.
François Sarhan | Violeta García | Tanja Orning | LEMUR | Yann Leguay | Miguel Ángel García Martíns | Zafraan Ensemble | asamisimasa | Nina Guo | Simon Løffler | Heida Mobeck | Alberto Bernal | Svetlana Maraš
At the centre of the evening, François Sarhan’s seven-hour Log Book unfolds in sections. Kept like a ship’s log since 2019, the piece gathers daily signs, voices and fragments into a map of lived time. Around it, the physical world pushes back: objects become instruments; electricity flickers in the air; images of protest movements are pulled into sound; unstable systems answer back.
What unites the evening is a refusal of distance — between performer and instrument, between music and the world outside, between what happens on stage and what happens in the room. A willingness to be affected.
The closest possible sound.
How to sail through the evening
Ultima Thule unfolds across several rooms at Sentralen, with concerts taking place in parallel throughout the evening. You can move between rooms, take breaks and return. The salon, Gullbaren and game library offer space to rest, drink, talk, play or spend time between events.
Log Book has free admission. An Ultima Thule pass gives access to the full evening.
Programme
18:00 – 01:00 Forstanderskapssalen
François Sarhan, Zafraan Ensemble, asamisimasa and Nina Guo perform music by François Sarhan.
18:00 – 18:55 Gymsalen
Tanja Orning performs own works and music by Simon Løffler and Heida Mobeck.
19:30 – 20:15 and 23:30 – 00:15 Hvelvet
Yann Leguay solo
20:30 – 21:15 Marmorsalen
LEMUR with Gard Gitlestad
21:30 – 22:15 Hvelvet
Violeta García solo
22:30 – 23:00 Gymsalen
Miguel Ángel García Martíns performs music by Alberto Bernal and Svetlana Maraš
Supported by
- Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
- Sparebankstiftelsen DNB
