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25:35 Acceptance speech by Abel Laureate Pierre Deligne [English]

NB! The programme of the Abel Ceremonies was mostly in Norwegian up to 2017. Please see the full program with translated speeches here: https://we.tl/t-DKzd7P5N22

The Abel Prize Award Ceremony, May 21, 2013.
Place: The University Aula, Oslo, Norway

Programme:
00:00 Procession accompanied by the “Abel Fanfare” (Klaus Sandvik). Performed by musicians from The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces
0:18 His Majesty King Harald V enters the University Aula
1:43 Sicilienne (Gabriel Fauré) | Aage Kvalbein, cello; Håvard Gimse, piano
5:15 Opening speech by Professor Kirsti Strøm Bull, President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
11:50 Cafetin de Buenos Aires (Mariano Mores), Så skimrande var aldri havet (Evert Taube) and Brazil (Ary Barroso). Cello Quartet: Aage Kvalbein, Jan Øyvind Grung Sture, Oda Dyrnes and Benedicte Årsland
16:46 The Abel Committee’s Citation by Professor Ragni Piene, Chair of the Abel Committee
24:42 His Majesty King Harald V presents the Abel Prize to Pierre Deligne
25:35 Acceptance speech by Abel Laureate Pierre Deligne
33:27 Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Aria (Cantilena) (Heitor Villa-Lobos) Eir Inderhaug, soprano; 8 celli: Aage Kvalbein, Jan Øyvind Grung Sture, Oda Dyrnes, Benedicte Årsland, Erlend Vestby, Tone Østby, Elisabeth Teigen and Kjersti Støylen

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