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Wonderful violin concerto and two symphonic poems from Hjalmar Borgstr\u00f8m<\/p>\n
Powerful orchestral writing, wonderful themes and a simply divine solo violin part. Over the past 10 years the works of Hjalmar Borgstr\u00f8m have been re-discovered by musicians and audiences. In Norway, Borgstr\u00f8m (1864\u20131925) studied with Svendsen, but soon left for Leipzig and Berlin for further compositional studies. Here he became intensely involved, like his contemporaries Hamsun and Munch, with the new direction of art towards human spiritual life.<\/p>\n
Jesus in Gethsemane was premiered in Kristiania in 1904. In his written programme, Borgstr\u00f8m picks freely from all four gospels, describing the agony of Jesus the night before the crucifixion. The Night of the Dead was premiered by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1905. Along the lines of Saint-S\u00e4ens\u2019s Dance Macabre, the work takes place in a cemetery \u2013 around midnight\u2026 <\/p>\n
Borgstr\u00f8m strove to write music in which themes and motifs, harmonic and textural progressions, characteristic use of instruments and figures could be combined in dramatic and meaningful musical development; giving his music a narrative voice.<\/p>\n
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Powerful orchestral writing, wonderful themes and a simply divine solo violin part. Over the past 10 years the works of Hjalmar Borgstr\u00f8m have been re-discovered by musicians and audiences. His well-crafted writing and sincere ideas about music sits well with us today, and the inspired performances on this World Premiere Recording will earn him even more followers.<\/p>\n
Borgstr\u00f8m idolized Wagner, and was an ardent champion for programme music. He pondered over literary and religious matters, read and studied, listened and wrote. Although idealism was not unknown in artistic circles at that time, Borgstr\u00f8m probably took it further than most, focusing on what he called \u201cthe intellectual content of music\u201d. After returning to Norway around 1900, he spent the rest of his days as a composer and a feared and fearless music critic there.<\/p>\n
Jesus in Gethsemane was premiered in Kristiania in 1904, and performed many times after that. In his written programme, Borgstr\u00f8m picks freely from all four gospels, describing the agony of Jesus the night before the crucifixion. The Night of the Dead was premiered by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1905, but has never been performed in Norway. Along the lines of Saint-S\u00e4ens\u2019s Dance Macabre, or indeed Michael Jackson\u2019s Thriller, the work takes place in a cemetery \u2013 around midnight\u2026<\/p>\n
Premiered in 1914 with Leif Halvorsen as soloist, Borgstr\u00f8m\u2019s Violin Concerto has only been performed twice since. Borgstr\u00f8m probably conceived and shaped the course of his music in very similar ways, whether the work was classical and purely instrumental or a literary inspired symphonic poem. In both instances he strove to write music in which themes and motifs, harmonic and textural progressions, characteristic use of instruments and figures could be combined in dramatic and meaningful musical development; giving his music a narrative voice.<\/p>\n
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