Rhapsodie norvégienne nr. 1 Johan Halvorsen / Arr. Stig Nordhagen

Serie / Series: Concert Band Originals and Transcriptions

Johan August Halvorsen (1864-1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. He received his musical education in Kristiania (today named Oslo), Stockholm and Leipzig. He conducted Harmonien (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra) from 1893 but moved to Kristiania in 1899 to be conductor of the orchestra at The National Theater which was about to be established. He stayed at the theatre until his retirement in 1929. As composer, he wrote incidental music for the theatre, orchestral music and chamber music. Among his orchestral music are two Norwegian rhapsodies written in 1919-1920. In the first one we hear the following three Norwegian folk tunes: 1 Springar, 2 I went so lately to my bed, 3 Halling-Springar

[NO]Johan August Halvorsen (1864-1935) var en norsk komponist, dirigent og fiolinist opprinnelig fra Drammen. Sin musikkutdannelse tok han i Kristiania, Stockholm og Leipzig. Halvorsen dirigerte Harmonien i Bergen fra 1893 men flyttet til Kristiania i 1899 for å bli det nyåpnede Nationaltheaterets første kapellmester. Her ble han helt til han gikk av med pensjon i 1929. Som komponist skrev han musikk både for teater, orkester og kammermusikk. Rhapsodie norvégienne nr. 1 ble til i årene 1919-1920 og er en bearbeidelse av norske folketoner som springar og halling.

Aufnahme / Recording:NM Janitsjar 2012 Elitedivisjon