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Erlend Apneseth presents the magnificent musical work “Song over St\u00f8v” on April 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n The boundaries between contemporary art music and folk music are pushed as Apneseth and his all-star ensemble invite listeners into their very own musical universe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hardanger fiddle player Erlend Apneseth, with his distinctive playing style, a long list of critically acclaimed Hubro releases, and explorative musical collaborations, has achieved the rare feat of becoming a favorite among audiences and critics in the worlds of folk music, jazz, and contemporary music. His latest album,\u00a0Song over St\u00f8v<\/em>, will be released on Hubro on April 4th, and the band he has assembled for the occasion can only be described as a supergroup made up of some of the most influential musicians on today\u2019s Norwegian music scene.<\/p>\n The project originated as a commissioned work for Oslo World and Riksscenen in 2023. As a composer, Apneseth has spent recent years working with orchestras and larger ensembles, and after being a member of Frode Haltli\u2019s\u00a0Avant Folk<\/em>for several years, he was inspired to write for a large band himself. For this project, he brought together 11 fantastic musicians, creating an immense musical playground. The commissioned work matured over time before Apneseth took the ensemble into Amper Tone studio in August 2024, with B\u00e5rd Ingebrigtsen at the controls. Ingebrigtsen also mixed the album, which was produced by Anja Lauvdal and Apneseth himself.<\/p>\n In addition to Apneseth on the Hardanger fiddle, the stellar ensemble consists of Mats Eilertsen (double bass), Hans Hulb\u00e6kmo (drums\/percussion), Veslem\u00f8y Narvesen (drums\/percussion), Selma French Bolstad (Hardanger fiddle and vocals), Helga Myhr (Hardanger fiddle and vocals), Rasmus Kjorstad (Hardanger fiddle, octave fiddle, fiddle, vocals), Henriette Eilertsen (flutes), Anja Lauvdal (keys, synth, reed organ), Rolf-Erik Nystr\u00f8m (saxophones), and Frode Haltli (accordion). Apneseth explains:<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s important to me is that the musicians feel a sense of ownership over the music, that they feel integrated into it and are able to express themselves in their own way. So, I tend to compose more for musical personalities than for instruments in a traditional sense\u2014people who I believe will discover something in the music I bring to them.\u201d<\/p>\n One of his ideas was to write for a larger group of fiddles, creating a kind of core to the music. He continues:<\/p>\n \u201cFiddles tend to get a bit drowned out in larger ensembles, so it was really refreshing to have three more on \u201cmy\u201d team. With a quartet of Hardanger fiddles in the band, I\u2019ve also felt more comfortable including more specific elements from tradition than before \u2014like ornamentation and various springar rhythms\u2014 because I know they\u2019ll come through clearly. I really enjoy unison playing and allowing things to repeat over time, which might stem from my own background.\u201d<\/p>\n The album can be seen as a continuation of\u00a0Nattsongar<\/em>\u00a0from 2017, where associations with music from around the world strongly influenced the expression. Apneseth drew inspiration from his own childhood both during the creative process and as the album took shape. As a child, his family took several long journeys, including to places that are now inaccessible due to various conflicts. He describes powerful sensory experiences on these trips, experiences that continue to inspire him:<\/p>\n \u201cThose experiences were so elevated, vivid, and pure back then, and in a way, I\u2019m trying to reconnect with that. I also grew up in and around the F\u00f8rde Festival, surrounded by music from all over the world, and I think I absorbed a lot of influences there\u2014an energy, perhaps a sense of musical language. It\u2019s quite abstract, but it still resonates deeply within me. The title\u00a0Song over St\u00f8v<\/em>\u00a0(Song over Dust<\/em>) draws inspiration from this\u2014the idea that we are, consciously or unconsciously, always relating to what came before, whether it\u2019s childhood or various traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n The release concert for\u00a0Song over St\u00f8v<\/em>\u00a0will take place at Vossajazz 2025, and Apneseth concludes:<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re launching the album at Vossajazz a week after it\u2019s released, and I\u2019m really looking forward to it! We\u2019re also planning a tour in fall 2025 and beyond. I hope we get to perform this music a lot because it evolves every time we play it, and being part of this particular band is something special.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n The boundaries between contemporary art music and folk music are pushed as Erlend Apneseth and his all-star ensemble invite listeners into their very own musical universe on “Song over St\u00f8v”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[36],"product_tag":[8104],"class_list":{"0":"post-42117","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-hubro","7":"product_tag-erlend-apneseth","8":"product_shipping_class-cddvd-shipping","9":"uni_artist_tag-erlend-apneseth","10":"uni_main_artist_tag-erlend-apneseth","11":"uni_artist_genre-contemporary-jazz","12":"uni_artist_genre-folk-music","14":"first","15":"outofstock","16":"taxable","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=42117"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=42117"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=42117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}