Phideas1
06-06-2016, 09:03 PM
"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.
https://mega.nz/#!Y4cxzBYL!heKP-vsJHLy6ekRlOc6BW3GvZgnB2hDjH_a5hKPLxGY
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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.
https://mega.nz/#!Y4cxzBYL!heKP-vsJHLy6ekRlOc6BW3GvZgnB2hDjH_a5hKPLxGY
Impressed? Good. Now leave a breathless message here if you would like to experience more.
7z file, MP3
