YR: Ragnhild Hemsing

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her programme is cleverly chosen to show connections between the two instruments, interspersing traditional folk music with concert works. Hemsing conjures up hypnotic colours from her Hardanger... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Nov 2011
Catalogue No: PSC1315
Label: Simax
Length: 58 minutes

trad.: 'Den vande låtten' – lydarlått i form etter Trygve Bolstad / “The tricky tune” – listening tune after the playing of Trygve Bolstad

Work length4:32

$1.00

$1.40

Ragnhild Hemsing

Olsen, C G S: Seks gamle bygdevisur frå Lom / Six old Village Songs from Lom

Work length7:19

$6.00

$8.40

Ragnhild Hemsing

I Andante

Track length2:19

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II Lento

Track length1:01

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$1.40

III Allegro moderato

Track length0:31

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$1.40

IV Allegretto

Track length0:40

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$1.40

V Andante

Track length1:47

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$1.40

VI Moderato

Track length1:01

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trad.: 'Halling på låg bas' etter Jørn Hilme – halling i form etter Harald Røine / “Halling on low bass” after Jørn Hilme – halling in a form after the playing of Harald Røine

Work length2:02

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Ragnhild Hemsing

trad.: 'Mehanken' – springar i form etter Ola Bøe / “The Gnat” – springar in a form after the playing of Ola Bøe

Work length2:24

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$1.40

Ragnhild Hemsing

Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 8

Work length24:12

$4.00

$5.60

Ragnhild Hemsing

I Allegro con brio

Track length9:19

$1.50

$2.10

II Allegretto quasi andantino

Track length5:15

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III Allegro molto vivace

Track length9:38

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trad.: 'Huldrelått frå Vang' – lydarlått i form etter Olav Moe / “Hulder tune from Vang” – listening tune in a form after the playing of Olav Moe

Work length4:34

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Ragnhild Hemsing

Thoresen: Yr – for solo violin, Op. 23

Work length13:09

$2.00

$2.80

Ragnhild Hemsing

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‘YR’ is the debut of Ragnhild Hemsing, an artist who specialises in combining traditional Hardanger fiddle playing with classical technique of the highest level. She is accompanied on the recording by pianist Tor Espen Aspaas in performances of music for the hardanger fiddle juxtaposed with her compatriot Edvard Grieg’s Violin Sonata. The disc also includes a piece for solo violin entitled by the contemporary Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen that skilfully combines music of the past and the present.

Ragnhild Hemsing made her debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 13, and a year later she performed as soloist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. The two 'lydarlåtter' on her debut recording are pieces for hardanger fiddle developed not as dance music but as listening music. The Six Village Songs from Lom of Sparre Olsen are also based on traditional tunes, but set out for fiddle and piano accompaniment by the composer.

In his mesmerising piece for solo violin entitled YR, a word that denotes both giddiness and a drizzling kind of rain, Lasse Thoresen lets traditional archaic building blocks come together as a contemporary way of expression. Together with folk dancer Hallgrim Hansegård has also developed the piece into a stunning stage performance, which is included on this release as a bonus enhanced video track.

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April 2012

her programme is cleverly chosen to show connections between the two instruments, interspersing traditional folk music with concert works. Hemsing conjures up hypnotic colours from her Hardanger fiddle.

May 2012

Her tone is remarkably pure, with an inner steel audible in her control of intonation over larger spans...The virtuosity of Hemsing's unaccompanied playing seems effortless, her strength and delicacy evident

YR: Ragnhild Hemsing

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