26.09.2025 - Suzanne & Martina Starr-Lassen

Suzanne Starr-Lassen - voice, guitar & tin whistle

Martina Starr-Lassen - voice, guitar & tin whistle

Martina Starr-Lassen is a classically trained singer with a bachelor's degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a master's degree from the Royal Northern College of Music. She has performed as a soloist and ensemble singer with Bergen National Opera, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Edvard Grieg Choir, including performances at The Proms in London (2023) and the Bergen International Festival (2022–2025). She also works as a choir conductor, voice teacher, opera coach, project manager, and freelance singer with the quartet FirStemt.

Suzanne Starr-Lassen is a musician and composer set to complete her master's degree in music therapy in 2026. She has performed her music in Bergen, England, and the USA at concerts, festivals, private events, at the Canadian Embassy in Oslo, and at several protests advocating for the rights of asylum-seeking children. Suzanne draws inspiration from folk, jazz, and classical music, creating music that is both personal and expressive.

En midtsommartur over Hardangerjøkelen (A Midsummer Trip Across the Hardanger Glacier) 1922:

This film is a historical document showing a group of men on a long trip (by foot and by horse-drawn cart) across a glacier on the Hardanger Plateau. It features dramatic landscapes and concludes with a stately wedding by the fjord. The film is from the Hans Berge archive.

Hans Berge not only produced his own films, but also traded for and purchased educational short films, news reports, travelogues, and similar material from around Norway and from other countries across the world.

Open Water (2019):

This film shows how the people of Greenland are affected by the climate crisis. We see a landscape where the ice is melting and meet a family experiencing this process firsthand. The film was made by journalist Dan McDougall for The Guardian. He is currently the Africa Correspondent for The Sunday Times in London.

Nemesis - Amiga Demo (1987):

This is a one-minute video made by game designer Mark Riley, as a “demo” showcasing Nemesis for the Amiga computer platform.

We were made aware of the 80’s demo scene by Bergen-based artist Marieke Verbiesen, who is involved in a project highlighting the unique aesthetics and work processes that were part of this creative scene. Such demos where the expression of painstakingly technical processes, through which programmers creatively pushed the boundaries of computers like the Commodore 64 and Amiga, to create unique animated visual effects to showcase new games and projects.

Suzanne and Martina Starr-Lassen played to three different films, each with a different atmosphere and musical approach.

Nemesis

80's Amiga computer graphics transport us through space, to the playful sound of Suzanne and Martina's a cappella sound effects!

In Wrap's quest to find short films by local and/or affiliated artists, we approached Mareike Verbeisen, who was working on a project exploring the 80's "demoscene" in which game developers / programmers would showcase their graphics in short video's that could be distributed on floppy disks. Nemesis (1 min) by Mark Riley, is an example from the public domain, that she sent us.

En midtsommartur over Hardangerjøkelen (A Midsummer Trip Across the Hardanger Glacier) 1922

Suzanne and Martina perform a medley of traditional folk music from Norway, along with tunes from Scotland and Ireland, as the soundtrack to this historical film that documents a group of men on a journey across one of Norway's largest glaciers.

The film is from the Hans Berge archive (administered by the Norwegian National Library), and shows a group of men on a long trip (by foot and by horse-drawn cart) across the Hardangerjøkelen glacier and other dramatic terrain on the Hardanger plateau. The film concludes with a stately wedding by the fjord and groups of wedding guests out rowing.

Tunes / songs:

Congress Reel (Irish)

Vi skal ikkje sova bort sumarnatta (Norwegian)

Mot Solegla (Norwegian)

Danse mi vise (Norwegian)

Den dag kjem aldri (Norwegian)

Bruremarsi fra Valsoyfjord (Norwegian)

Bruremarsi fra Ore (Norwegian)

The Skye Boat Song (Scotish)

Open Water

Suzanne and Martina perform original songs by Suzanne Starr-Lassen to this visualy beautiful documentary.

This is a 2019 documentary made by journalist, Dan McDougall, for The Guardian. It shows how people in Greenland are affected by the climate crisis. It shows a landscape where the ice is melting, and a family experiencing this process firsthand.

Songs:

Dream ship

Sapphire eyes

Gardens in glass houses

Les couleurs de ma vie