Thanks LN I probably have the Sibelius in my collection but I'll have to get in touch with
Amazon for the others
Patricia
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Date: 14/09/2007 20:49:04
Subject: [norse_course] Re: Völuspá set to music by Jón Þórarinsson, online at RUV website
Hints for anyone trying to follow the words. I lost track a bit on
the more complicated choral bits, but from what I could make out, it
doesn't stick rigidly to the manuscript order; it begins with 'Ár var
alda', which strophe recurs later as a refrain. From the arrival of
the 'þursar meyjar', it moves to the destruction of the world, and
concludes with the new world that appears afterwards - so it's really
just the beginning and end of the narrative. Happy 90th birthday
yesterday to the composer!
>
>
> Sung by Ágúst Ólafsson. Broadcast live yesterday. For the full
> programme, see "Gul tónleikaröð, Norrænar sagnir, 13.9.2007" here:
>
>
> Carl Nielsen: Sögudraumur (Saga-dröm), op. 39
> Jean Sibelius: Tapiola, op. 112
> Jón Þórarinsson: Völuspá
> Rued Langgaard: Sinfónía nr. 5
>
> You can listen online at the RUV website here:
>
>
> Click on "19.27 Sinfóníutónleikar Norrænar sagnir". If Firefox won't
> play it, try Internet Explorer; that works for me. To find the
> beginning of Völuspá, put the right end of the moving bar (the thing
> with the two green ends that moves along from left to right as the
> programme plays) level with the faint vertical line between STOP and
> the RETURN-TO-BEGINNING-OF-PROGRAMME button. If that makes any sense...
>
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