Grieg - Symphonic Dances, Before a Southern Convent, Funeral March, Bergliot
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHSA5301
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 2nd February 2024
Contents
Works
Before a Southern Convent, op.20Bergliot, op.42
Funeral March in memory of Rikard Nordraak, EG117 (orch. Johan Halvorsen)
Symphonic Dances, op.64
Artists
Juni Dahr (speaker)Mari Eriksmoen (soprano)
Astrid Nordstad (mezzo-soprano)
Female voices of Bergen Philharmonic Choir
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Edward GardnerWorks
Before a Southern Convent, op.20Bergliot, op.42
Funeral March in memory of Rikard Nordraak, EG117 (orch. Johan Halvorsen)
Symphonic Dances, op.64
Artists
Juni Dahr (speaker)Mari Eriksmoen (soprano)
Astrid Nordstad (mezzo-soprano)
Female voices of Bergen Philharmonic Choir
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Edward GardnerAbout
Both Bergliot and Before a Southern Convent are written on texts by Grieg’s good friend the author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, who was also a theatre manager in Oslo. Bjørnson is considered one of the four great Norwegian authors alongside Ibsen, Lie, and Kielland, received the 1903 Nobel Prize for literature, and wrote the words for the Norwegian national anthem. Bergliot – a declamation with orchestra – tells the story of a dramatic episode involving the chieftain Einar Tambarskjelve and his son Eindride, killed by King Harald Hårdråde. Before a Southern Convent is a more traditional setting – requiring two vocal soloists, female choir, and orchestra rather than the narrator of Bergliot – of the story of the folk-hero and barbarian Arnljot Gelline. In the course of his wild escapades, he killed a chieftain, but allowed the chieftain’s daughter, Ingigerd, to live. This daughter left the homestead and wandered southwards in poverty – through Europe. At long last she arrived at a convent which granted her admittance.
The album is completed by the Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak – a friend of Grieg’s, who died of tuberculosis in 1866. Grieg conceived it first for solo piano, but whilst travelling by train to Bergen to attend Grieg’s funeral, Johan Halvorsen made the orchestral arrangement heard in this recording.
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