24 hours in Oslo

Editor's note. Fiona Talkington is having a busy weekend. Yesterday she returned from Oslo and today she's at the Albert Hall for the Indian Voices Prom. We're having trouble keeping up with her movements here on the blog, so here's her post from the Oslo Jazz Festival. Bollywood later - SB.

A trip to Oslo for the Norwegian capital's annual Jazz Festival finds a city on a glorious summer's day overflowing with music. There are parades, bands in the parks and streets, the distant throb of the Oya rock festival just outside the city centre, and the heady sounds of Bollywood and Bhangra from the Mela down by the waterfront.

The afternoon takes me to Herr Nilsen, which reminds me of a more compact Ronnie Scott's, just a bit more daylight! For me it's a chance to hear the legendary guitarist Jon Eberson who brings smiles to the faces of the grey-haired vintage jazzers, he plays alongside bassist Carl Morten Iversen and vibes player Rob Waring who delights the young musicians in the packed crowd.

For me though the star attraction of the day was a late evening concert at Mono, a venue so called perhaps because it feels as though there's only room for one person to sit comfortably! A strangely endearing space with bakelite radios hanging from the ceiling.

It's a double bill, inspired programming from the Oslo Jazz Festival, partnering one of Norway's most inventive, creative and inspiring musicians, singer Sidsel Endresen with a young experimental guitarist whose name is on everyone's lips, Stian Westerhus. Sidsel's vocalisaions, her technical skills combined with passion and humour were, as ever, a joy.

Stian's 50 minute set takes us to a world beyond these boundaries, dark and challenging, brilliant and invigorating. And when he finally smiles and bows we're suddenly back on planet Earth.

As I leave Oslo the chamber music festival is getting under way, but for me Bollywood beckons, this time not on the Oslo waterfront but back home at the Proms!

Fiona Talkington is a presenter for BBC Radio 3

• Photo, Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz 00 kr, taken in Oslo by mrjorgen. Used under licence.