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In Norway, the most famous example of the musical father\/son is the one between David Monrad Johansen (1888-1974) and his son Johan Kvandal (1919-99). The outstanding H\u00e5vard Gimse premieres their two piano concertos on this recording.<\/p>\n
Pan is doubtless the most famous piece by Monrad Johansen; a tribute to the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, and one of the Norwegian orchestra works most played internationally. The piece combines impressionism and polyphony and is, according to the composer, an expression of the powers of nature that exist in Hamsun\u2019s literature. Monrad Johansen\u2019s Piano concerto has a strict form, three movements, and is an admirable written piece of music.<\/p>\n
Kvandal\u2019s Piano concerto was the last thing he wrote, and it was finished in 1998. H\u00e5vard Gimse was the prime force behind this piece, and played all the movements as soon as they were ready from the composer\u2019s pen.<\/p>\n
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Piano Concertos by father and son: David Monrad Johansen and Johan Kvandal<\/p>\n
The art of composing has been regarded as a craft all through the history of Europe, the composer\u2019s skill has been inherited from father to son, often for generations. In Norway, the most famous example of this musical father\/son relationship is the one between David Monrad Johansen (1888-1974) and his son Johan Kvandal (1919-99). The outstanding H\u00e5vard Gimse premieres their two piano concertos on this recording.<\/p>\n
David Monrad Johansen had a key position in the Norwegian musical life in the time between the World Wars. In this period the whole musical society was influenced by nationalistic ideas, and Monrad Johansen was inspired by the old Norwegian sagas as well as the writers of his time. In his music he indeed succeeded in blending the Norwegian roots with the new waves of this era. In his political ideas, however, he stagnated. Pan is doubtless the most famous piece by Monrad Johansen; a tribute to the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, and one of the Norwegian orchestra works most played internationally. The piece combines impressionism and polyphony and is, according to the composer, an expression of the powers of nature that exist in Hamsun\u2019s literature. Monrad Johansen\u2019s Piano concerto has a strict form, three movements, and is an admirable written piece of music.<\/p>\n
Kvandal shared his fathers almost naturalistic relationship with the Norwegian arts and music, but his own expression was even more influenced by European music than Monrad Johansens. Kvandal\u2019s Piano concerto was the last thing he wrote, and it was finished in 1998. H\u00e5vard Gimse was the prime force behind this piece, and played all the movements as soon as they were ready from the composer\u2019s pen. The second movement is unique in the literature of concertos; opening as it does with a solo phrase of 19 bars \u2013 a solo given to the tuba.<\/p>\n
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra plays with a great excess under the guiding hands of Christian Eggen and Ole Kristian Ruud. H\u00e5vard Gimse is of course one of Norway\u2019s most active and praised pianists, and he plays the two concertos with variation, precision and energy \u2013 the best conditions for the presentation of the pieces.<\/p>\n
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