2005

Narrative for Saxophone Quartet performed in Salle Charles Trenet, Maison du Radio France, Paris, by Xasax 23 January. 

Pyr Aionion performed in Carnegie Hall, New York as part of Oslo String Quartet’s American debut concert.

Illuminations performed 28 January Oslo by Kringkastingsorkesteret, Rolf Gupta Cond,. Aage Kvalbein, Liv Opdal Eggestad soloists. Performed again 3 January in Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris, during Festival Présences; live broadcast on P2, Norway.

AbUno performed 11 January by BIT20 in Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris, during Festival Présences.

6 April, The Descent of Luminous Waters: Grieg TrioBærum Kulturhus with Grieg trio.

7 April [Merkin Hall] New York Trio mediaeval To Aukrust-sanger.

11 April Descent of Luminous Waters Amsterdam Concertgebouw Grieg Trio.

14 April  Descent of Luminous Waters Berlin Konzerthaus.  Grieg Trio.  

14 February Trio mediaeval Herbst Theatre i San Francisco (San Francisco Performances).

16 April [ISCM World Music Days / 23rd Music Biennale Zagreb 2005]. The Descent of Luminous Waters  Croatian Porin String Quartet and pianist Srebrenka Poljak in Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb.

26 May  [Stavanger Symfoniorkester] First performance Concerto for nyckelharpe, hardingfele og orkester. En broderfolkskcnsert with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Arvid Engegård, Hans Bjørkroth, soloists.

June 2 [Bergen International Music Festival]  Pyr Aionion m. Oslo Strykekvartett.

September 13
The violoncellist Aage Kvalbein recently released a CD called Norwegian Short Stories - Norske Noveller - with pieces for unaccompanied solo cello. Among the pieces was a recently composed work by Lasse Thoresen.: Turr Brunn.Fugl i Perlemorskyene. The recording was released at a recent concert in Oslo. Lasse Thoresen has collaborated with Mr. Kvalbein on a number of works since 1975.