Cat No:
ARS38354
Release Date: 17 February 2023
Label: ARS Produktion
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260052383544
Composer/Series: Fairytales
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Description
Fairytales (Swedish "Sagolikt") is a concert program created by the Nordic Light Duo (Josefine Andersson - mezzo soprano, Daniel Beskow - piano). It is inspired by the wonderful fantasy world of the beloved Swedish children's author and illustrator, Elsa Beskow. Her fairytales run through the music like a golden thread.
The program is divided into five sections, each one representing a different Beskow fairytale: Flower's Festival, The Curious Perch, Putte's Adventures in Blueberry Land, The Journey to the Land Long Ago and The Sun Egg. In each section the listener gets immersed into an exciting story, enriched by Elsa's original illustrations. These texts and pictures are accompanied by selected songs and piano pieces that match the storyline. Two illustrations (page 34 and 48) are published here for the first time and can only be seen in this booklet, thanks to Daniel Beskow's family connection with Elsa Beskow, his paternal great-grandmother.
Fairytales was born in 2018, when the duo decided to revive Elsa's fairytale world and develop a new musical concept. They firmly believe that Elsa's work belongs to the European cultural heritage and, by releasing this programme alongside Elsa's illustrations, they seized the opportunity to pay tribute to this extraordinary woman and reveal her work to a new, broader audience.
In Sweden Fairytales has become a huge success; the Nordic Light Duo have given more than a hundred concerts over recent years. The intimate setting, personal approach, special atmosphere and innovative combination of literature, music and visual arts remain the highlights of this thrilling project that now can be enjoyed on this recording.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Alfvén: Ur Lyckans Visor, Op. 9 No. 2
- 2. Schmetterling, Op. 43 No. 1
- 3. Sibelius: 6 songs, Op. 88, Flower songs
- 9. Schubert: Heidenröslein, D. 257
- 10. Mozart: Das Veilchen, K. 476
- 11. Lange-Müller: Aakande, Op. 4 No. 2
- 12. Schubert: Fischerweise, D. 881
- 13. Die Forelle, Op. 32
- 14. Sibelius: 5 Pieces for Piano, Op. 75 No. 5: Granen
- 15. Vilse, Op. 17 No. 4
- 16. Sjögren: Skogen sover, ängen drömmer, Op. 67
- 17. Stenhammar: Jungfru blond och jungfru brunett, Op. 26 No. 5
- 18. Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King
- 19. Killingdans, Op. 67 No. 6
- 20. Schumann: Väntanstider, Op. 79 No. 22
- 21. Peterson-Berger: Intet är som väntans tider song
- 22. Böljeby-vals, No. 4
- 23. Sibelius: Demanten pa marssnön, Op. 35 No. 6
- 24. Peterson-Berger: Sommarsang, Op. 16 No. 2
- 25. Schumann: Kennst du das Land, D. 321
- 26. F. Mendelssohn: Italien, Op. 8 No. 3
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Nordic Treasures - Works for Flute and Piano
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