Oct 19   1PM I Gateway Hall - 352, Edmonds College

20000 68th Ave. W, Lynnwood, WA 98036

Oct 22   2PM I Redlin Art Center, SD

1200 33rd St SE, Watertown

Oct 26   1PM I Gateway Hall - 352, Edmonds College

20000 68th Ave. W, Lynnwood, WA 98036

Oct 27   7PM I Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic- Cultural Center Theater WA

3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle

Nov 3.    7PM I Northland Comm. & Tech. College Auditorium, MN

1101 Hwy. #1 East, Thief River Falls

Nov 5.    4.30PM I Josephine Campbell Recital Hall, ND

3350 Campus Road, Grand Forks

Nov 17.   Bergen offentlige Bibliotek, Bergen, Norway

Strømgaten 6, 5015 Bergen, Norway

“RIT” is a musical program featuring the poetry of Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge as performed by Norwegian artists Reidun Horvei (voice) and Inger-Kristine Riber (keyboard and composition). The poems in this song cycle follow the seasons of the year at the same time that they mark developments in Hauge’s poetry and in his personal life.

An introduction to the program and the poet, Olav H. Hauge, will be given by Katherine Hanson. Hanson collaborated with Horvei and Riber on the creation of “RIT” which had its premiere at the Ulvik Poetry Festival September 5, 2021. Over the following six weeks “RIT” was performed 25 times throughout Western Norway. Hanson is affiliateassociate professor of Scandinavian Studies. Her translations of Hauge's poetry were recognized in 2021 with Amboltprisen (The Anvil Award), a bi-annual award conferred upon someone who has made an outstanding contribution to knowledge and appreciation of Olav H. Hauge's work.

Introduction: Katherine J. Hanson

Song/reciting: Reidun Horvei

Reciting on tape: Olav H. Hauge & Morten Svartveit

Piano: Inger-Kristine Riber

Director: Ragnhild M. Gudbrandsen

Scenic design: Thomas Pihl