Norwegians Would

Showing independence of spirit, and in observance of Sittende Mai, a sampler of music from Norway.

Program Broadcast dates:

• May 11, 1998

Music played in the program

EDVARD GRIEG: Triumphal March –Douglas Major (1973 Aeolian-Skinner/Washington National Cathedral, DC) Gothic CD-18828

LUDVIG NIELSEN: Organ Music for Pentecost, Op. 20a –Harald Rise (1977 Marcussen/Haderslev Cathedral, Denmark) Victoria CD-19107

KLEIVE & REIRSRUD: Fantastic Variations on Folk Hymns (Excedingly Merciful; Jesus Christ is Our Saviour; Nade) –Knut Reiersrud, guitar; Iver Kleive (1965 Marcussen/Odense Cathedral, Denmark) Kirkelig Kulturverksted CD-106/142/163, 3 separate discs

ASHEIM & BERNTSEN: Improvisations on Norwegian Hymns (Listen, ye high heavens; To our father we are going; What joy to reach the harbor) –Anne-Lise Berntsen, soprano; Nils Henrik Asheim (1787 Holzhey/Weissenau Abbey, Germany) Kirkelig Kulturverksted CD-136

ARILD SANDVOLD: To Saint Olav’s Day –Kare Nordstoga (1987 Akerman & Lund/Ullern Church, Oslo, Norway) Aurora CD-4928

BJARNE SLOGEDAL: Variations on a Norwegian Folk Hymn –Christopher Herrick (1980 Virtanen/Turku Cathedral, Finland) Hyperion CD-66676

EGIL HOVLAND: 2 Pieces for Choir (Come to me; Be with us) –Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Aurora 3CD-4981

HOVLAND: Toccata, Domine, aperi nobis –Egil Hovland (Ullern Church, Oslo) Aurora CD-4944

GRIEG (arr. Fox): A Dream –Virgil Fox (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) EMI Classics CD-65913

(Sunday, May 17, is Sittende Mai, Norwegian Constitution Day, celebrating Norway’s independence from Denmark in 1814.)