Eivind Groven News
Norwegian musician
- organ, willow flute, Hardanger fiddle
- traditional folk music, symphonic music, art music
- Norway
- composer, musicologist
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2021-05-03 01:45:09
Eivind Groven (1901-77) was the closest thing Norway got to a composer like Ralph Vaughan Williams. His music is saturated with the melodic and harmonic colorings of Norwegian folk music, and yet in these two symphonies he doesn’t quote any actual folk tunes. Rather, he has fully absorbed them into his personal idiom, which he […]
2020-07-19 12:00:00
Gerald Fenech listens to symphonies by the twentieth century Norwegian composer Eivind Groven. 'The Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra delivers performances that are convincing throughout, and Peter Szilvay's ardent attention to detail brings out all the hidden twists of these remarkable but unjustly neglected scores.'
2019-11-01 00:00:00
Eivind Aadland - Norwegian Rhapsody
Norwegian Rhapsody [64'50]01. Johan Halvorsen: Bojarernes Indtogsmarsj (Entry of the Boyards)02. Johan Svendsen: Norsk kunstnerkarneval, op.14 (Norwegian Carnival of Artists)03. Edvard Grieg: Våren, op.34 no.2 (Last Spring)04. - 07. Geirr Tveitt: From Folk Tunes from Hardanger, op.15108. Harald Saeverud: Rondo Amoroso, op.4 no.709. Harald Saeverud: Kjempeviseslåtten, op.22a no.5 (Ballad of Revolt)10. Edvard Braein: Ut mot havet (Towards the Sea)11. Johan Halvorsen: Fanitullen (Wild Dance)12. Eivind Groven: Overture to 'Hjalarljod'13. Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: Bols vise (Bol´s Song)14. Bjarne Brustad: Jeg lagde mig så silde (I Went to Bed so Late)15. Edvard Grieg; Morgenstemning, op.46 no.1 (Morning Mood)16. Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dance No. 2, op.35 no.217. Johannes Hanssen: Valdresmarsj (March of the Valdre)Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eivind AadlandBIS CD1367 (recorded August 2002; this CD release 2002)(digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans)Recording venue: Stavanger Concert Hall, NorwayRecording engineer:Christian Starke; Producer: Stephan RehHere's an interesting collection of lighter repertoire by Norwegian composers. Ranging […]
2016-10-08 03:05:28
[…] was a Romantic era composer, organist, and pianist. Karol Szymanowski (Oct 6, 1882) was a celebrated Polish composer in the early 20th century. William Billings (Oct 7, 1746) is considered the first American choral composer. Charles Converse (Oct 7, 1832) composed church songs, famous for setting the words of Joseph Scriven to the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. Louis Vierne (Oct 8, 1870) was an organist and composer. Eivind Groven (Oct 8, 1901) was a composer with a background in the folk music. Einojuhani Rautavaara (Oct 9, 1928) was a Finnish composer. Paul Creston (Oct 10, 1906) was a composer of classical music. Simon Sechter (Oct 11, 1788) was an organist, and composer. Alexander Dreyschock (Oct 15, 1818 ) was a pianist and composer. Erkki-Sven Tüür (Oct 16, 1959) is a composer. Geirr Tveitt (Oct 19, 1908) was a composer […]
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