GEIRR TVEITT Collection/ MP3

"Tveitt lived in the Hardanger region of western Norway on a farm that had been in his family for more than six centuries. He was extraordinarily prolific, producing some 400 compositions. July 12, 1970, is a day of infamy in the history of 20th-century music. On that day a fire consumed Tveitt�s wooden house and all the musical scores stored in it. Because Tveitt did not bother with the publication of his works, close to 90 percent of his life�s output was lost to this world. What remains is so good that one reason I want to get to heaven is to hear the rest of it."

I am rather good at listening and placing the composer�s nationality. It must have been one of the piano concertos I first heard, amazed at the soloist but also the orchestra sharing a unique sonic beauty, left wondering �Who is this and where does he come from?�

This adventure into a new composer�s work, collecting such marvelous music, was tragically limited. �Prillar� was discovered, ripped to shreds stuffed in a sack, in the barn outside the burnt house. It was pieced together and I find it stunning. The second Hardanger Fiddle concerto is pure magic. The Harp Concerto was located in a file cabinet at some music academy. And the piano concertos� dear Lord� Tveitt�s piano creates the Aurora Borealis coloring a snowy landscape. What precious little that is left, what did not go up in smoke that fateful July night, are masterful gems worth cherishing.

Have doubts? Listen to �Do you hear the song in the waterfall�s roar?� from the second suite of 100 Hardanger Tunes.

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Sounds great 🙂 Do you have some more ?
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Prepare to have your toenails curl with unexpected joy & beauty!

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When I heard Tveitt music some years back I was astonished, and saddened at the great loss…
Anything is always welcome, thank you.

When you listen to his work you can’t help but desire more… but this desire remains limited due to the lightening that struck his home. The original manuscripts to almost 300 opuses (including six piano concertos and two concertos for Hardanger fiddle and orchestra) were reduced to singed bricks of paper – deformed and inseparable. The Norwegian Music Information Centre agreed to archive the remains, but the reality was that 4/5 of Tveitt’s production was gone – seemingly forever.

Musicologists have been doing their best to retrieve work from old recordings and the search continues for forgotten manuscripts/scores throughout Europe. Piano sonatas were discovered in France some years back.

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Could you PM me links? I already have Piano Concertos 1 & 5, so you can leave that one out.

Could you PM me links? I already have Piano Concertos 1 & 5, so you can leave that one out.

Oh, I shall be certain to cater to your personal needs and edit the link SPECIALLY for you, especially a link that is two years old and no longer exists. Your PLEASE & THANK YOU touch me deeply.

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