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Tales from Norway
Krishna | Meta4 Nagaraja
Tales from Norway
Krishna | Meta4 Nagaraja
Tales from Norway transforms musical stories from Norwegian folk traditions into new compositions that defy genre-related labelling and envision a broader, bolder concept of "contemporary music." The string quartet Stringar devotes each of it's three movements to a specific strand of the Norwegian springar tunes, synthesized with elements coming from disparate - albeit never gratuitous - directions. Western art music, Indian rhythms, progressive metal and semi-improvisatory techniques engage in a dialogue with the unusual rhythms and melodic turns of the Western Norwegian udelt takt springars, the time-bending telespringars fromTelemark and the hypnotic valdresspringars from the mountainous slopes of Valdres. Ancient traditions from the secluded valley of Setesdal tell tales of forests, mountains and magical beings through melodies carved out of stone and wood, shaped by water and wind. In A Norwegian Suite the storytelling is entrusted to the vulnerable and otherworldly sound of the Hardanger fiddle, spinning the thread of folk inspirations into a variety of textures that ranges from the ecstatic to the frenzied. The two works originate from the common space that lies between several genres and enter a hybrid territory that gives rise to something different. The compositional process itself becomes an innermost companion that constantly negotiates it's identity with the world around it.
WORKS BY KRISHNA NAGARAJA
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | May 6, 2022 |
EAN/UPC | 0608917291421 |
Label | CHALLENGE CLASSICS CLLE72914.2 |
Genre | Contemporary Music |
Dimensions | 130 × 137 × 11 mm · 108 g |
Track list
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- Stringar for String Quartet (2020) I. Udelt Takt
- Stringar for String Quartet (2020) Ii. Telespringar
- Stringar for String Quartet (2020) Iii. Valdresspringar
- A Norwegian Suite for Solo Hardanger Fiddle (2019) I. Lyarsl
- A Norwegian Suite for Solo Hardanger Fiddle (2019) Ii. Nokke
- A Norwegian Suite for Solo Hardanger Fiddle (2019) Iii. Huld
- A Norwegian Suite for Solo Hardanger Fiddle (2019) Iv. Vandr
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