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Grieg - Slatter Op. 72, Knut Dahle Slatter

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Label: Simax

Cat No: PSC1287

Barcode: 7033662012879

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 12th November 2007

Works

Grieg, Edvard

Norwegian Dances (Slatter) (17), op.72

Artists

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (piano)
Ashild Breie Nyhus (hardanger fiddle)

Works

Grieg, Edvard

Norwegian Dances (Slatter) (17), op.72

Artists

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (piano)
Ashild Breie Nyhus (hardanger fiddle)

About

The Slåtter op. 72 of Edvard Grieg brought Norwegian folk music to a wide international audience for the first time. His love for nature and the traditional music was truly great, equalled only by his pioneering spirit when it came to bringing it into art music. Here we present a revised edition of op. 72, based on new transcriptions of the original material.

The fiddler Knut Dahle (1834–1921) had learned directly from legendary fiddlers like Myllarguten and Håvar Gibøen. Seeing that the tradition was dying out he contacted Grieg in order to have him write down what Dahle himself had only learned by ear. Enthusiastic about the project, Grieg trusted composer and violinist Johan Halvorsen with the task of putting Dahle’s playing on paper. The result was the basis for Grieg’s op. 72, published in 1903. However, around the year 1900 no consistent notational practice for transcribing Hardanger fiddle tunes had been developed, and although Halvorsen’s intentions were the best, his notation often fails to recreate the specific local musical dialects that go with each slått. These ‘errors’ made their way to Grieg’s pieces, and subsequent performances.

Professor of folk music Sven Nyhus is very experienced in notating Hardanger fiddle tunes. Working with wax roll recordings of Knut Dahle from 1912, he has in later years transcribed what has become known as the “Grieg Slåtter”. This has resulted in a new edition of the fiddle tunes, and also a new edition of op. 72, prepared in collaboration with Ingfrid Breie Nyhus.

The Nyhus sisters have a folk musical background and classical training at the highest level, giving them a unique insight into such a project as this one. Ingfrid Breie Nyhus has received several awards, including the Norwegian Soloist Prize. Åshild Breie Nyhus has featured as Hardanger fiddle soloist with many of the Scandinavian symphony orchestras. She is also a violinist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.

Tracklisting:
Slåtter, op. 72 • Norwegian Peasant Dances (1903)
1. Gibøen’s Bridal March
2. Jon Vestafe’s Springar
3. Wedding March from Telemark
4. Folkdance form the Hills
5. Folkdance from Os
6. Folkdance after Myllarguten
7. Røtnams-Knut from Hallingdal
8. Wedding March after Myllarguten
9. Nils Rekve’s Halling
10 Knut Luråsen’s Halling I
11 Knut Luråsen’s Halling II
12. Springar after Myllarguten
13. Håvar Gibøen’s Dream at the Oterholt Bridge
14. Wedding Procession at Vossevangen
15. The Bride from Skuldal
16. The Kvivle Maidens (Springar)
17. The Kvivle Maidens (Gangar)

Slåtter, op. 72 • Norwegian Peasant Dances (1903)
18 – 34: version for Hardanger Fiddle (Knut Dahle)
35. Wax roll recording of Knut Dahle