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Release Date: 30 June 2023
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602448419620
Description
Violinist Nils Okland and keyboardist Sigbjorn Apeland, musical partners for thirty years, have long explored the interface of Norwegian traditional music and improvisation.
Glimmer, an exceptionally beautiful and touching album, takes as its starting point folk music from the Haugalandet region of Western Norway. Apeland's collection of pieces from local singers who have helped to keep the traditions alive forms the basis of the repertoire here, along with original compositions. The latter range from pieces written for a film about Lars Hertevig, the great Norwegian landscape painter of the 19th century, to music inspired by modernist composer Fartein Valen.
Throughout, the combination of Okland's Hardanger fiddle and Apeland's harmonium is marvellously evocative.
Nils Okland: Hardanger fiddle, violin
Sigbjorn Apeland: harmonium
Description
Violinist Nils Okland and keyboardist Sigbjorn Apeland, musical partners for thirty years, have long explored the interface of Norwegian traditional music and improvisation. Glimmer, an exceptionally beautiful and touching album, takes as its starting point folk music from the Haugalandet region of Western Norway. Apeland's collection of pieces from local singers who have helped to keep the traditions alive forms the basis of the repertoire here, along with original compositions. The latter range from pieces written for a film about Lars Hertevig, the great Norwegian landscape painter of the 19th century, to music inspired by modernist composer Fartein Valen. Throughout, the combination of Okland's Hardanger fiddle and Apeland's harmonium is marvellously evocative.
Nils Okland: Hardanger fiddle, violin
Sigbjorn Apeland: harmonium
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Nitai Hershkovits
The Gurdjieff Ensemble & Levon Eskenian
Stephan Micus
Arild Andersen Group
John Scofield
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley & Brian Blade
Sinikka Langeland
Maciej Obara Quartet
Ziggy Alberts
Todd Snider
Kris Drever
Jerry Leger
Johnny Flynn, Robert Macfarlane
Tejon Street Corner Thieves
Anais Mitchell
You Are Wolf
