Egil Hovland - Elementa Pro Organo (Organ Works)
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Label: Lawo Classics
Cat No: LWC1078
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 11th May 2015
Contents
Works
Chorale Partita no.1 on 'Gjor doren hoy, gjor porten vid', op.7Chorale Partita no.8 on 'Guds kyrkjefolk, syng', op.159
Elementa pro organo, op.52
Interludier (4) til 'Missa Vigilate', op.67
Kortere komposisjoner for orgel (4), op.135
Orgelkoraler Book 4
Artists
Anders Eidsten Dahl (organ)About
Hovland wrote large works - symphonies, concertos, operas, choral works, organ music, and much more - and he composed smaller-scale works, such as chorales and biblical hymns. In some aspects of his compositional activity, Hovland was someone who sought out new paths and broke new ground. Anyone looking for something in our national music that can be called 'modernist' by twentieth-century standards will necessarily end up with Hovland, among others. His experimental works often led to intense debates. This shows that he emerged as one of the leading composers in our musical life.
Egil Hovland was a performing church musician over the course of his active career, serving Glemmen Church the entire time, from 1949-94, a total of 45 years. It gave Glemmen’s musical life, especially its church choir, a distinctive reputation throughout Norway. And Hovland’s close contact with the musical life of the church as it unfolded in the midst of the congregation doubtless had an important reciprocal influence on this facet of his compositional activity, one that left its mark on his compositions.
But the unique quality of Hovland’s profile does not emerge until we add the second observation, namely, that this towering figure of Norwegian musical life used a great deal of his time and creative power in his efforts to shape and organise the music for worship service in all its forms. He generously put his boundless capacity for work at the disposal of various church projects over the course of two decades.
And the third observation? It is the beauty of Hovland’s written scores, so clear and decorative that they could be printed directly.
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