Credo - A Composer Portrait of Trond H.F. Kverno - LAWO: LWC1091 - SACD or download

Release Date: 27th Nov 2015
Catalogue No: LWC1091
Label: LAWO
Length: 65 minutes

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Kverno: Intrada over en norsk langeleiklåt

Work length2:30

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Arnfinn Tobiassen
Kjetil Almenning

Kverno: Canticum Zachariae

Work length5:31

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Bergen Domkor
Kjetil Almenning

Kverno: Toccata over "Herre Gud, ditt dyre navn og ære"

Work length4:14

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Arnfinn Tobiassen
Kjetil Almenning

Kverno: Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Work length7:09

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Bergen Domkor
Kjetil Almenning

Kverno: Agnus Dei

Work length2:03

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Arnfinn Tobiassen
Kjetil Almenning

Kverno: Salve Regina

Work length7:20

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Bergen Domkor
Kjetil Almenning

Kverno: Triptychon II

Work length11:14

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Arnfinn Tobiassen
Kjetil Almenning

Olav Åsteson – Rex perpetuus Norvegiae

Track length4:02

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Sæle Gullmor mi – Sancta Dei Genitrix

Track length3:29

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Sankte Såle-Mikkjel – Signifer sanctus Michaël

Track length3:43

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Kverno: Ave Maria

Work length3:14

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Bergen Domkor
Kjetil Almenning

Kverno: Intrada over hymnen 'Rex Olavus'

Work length2:47

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Arnfinn Tobiassen
Kjetil Almenning

Kverno: Tre folketonefantasier

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Arnfinn Tobiassen
Kjetil Almenning

Fantasi 1. Inga litimor

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Fantasi 2. Å kongen han stod ved høgelofts sval

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Fantasi 3. Gudmund og Signe-liti

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Kverno: Symbolum Nicaenum

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Bergen Domkor
Kjetil Almenning

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The new CD from Bergen Cathedral Choir and organist Arnfinn Tobiassen is an homage to Norwegian contemporary composer Trond H.F. Kverno. The listener is introduced to both his choral work, as well as his works inspired by medieval ballads and Norwegian folklore.

Trond H.F. Kverno is, and always has been, a composer for voice. His prolific output includes innumerable hymns, songs, masses, choral and congregational liturgical settings, motets in a variety of formats, and large-scale choral works. It is impossible to talk about Kverno's choral music without specific mention of his harmonisation. While his melodies are unique, his harmonisation is no less so. The close link between tune and harmony in his pieces is almost unmatched in the wider European context. His style ranges from pieces of Renaissance simplicity, via Bach-like chorales and monumental Romantic works to modern hymn tunes with daring harmonies – but never at the expense of a highly singable tune.

Kverno has a deep and lasting relationship to Norwegian religious folk tunes. He claims that his entire output has been devoted to the task of composing around the melodies of the Norwegian mediaeval visionary poem Draumkvedet (The Dream Ballad). Whilst this rather sweeping statement may be taken with a slight pinch of salt, it highlights how Norwegian folk music has been a constant source of inspiration for Kverno as a composer for the human voice. Throughout his works we sense an underlying connection to this cultural heritage, although he rarely simply quotes folk tunes in his compositions. Rather, he has absorbed the folk music of his native Norway into the fibre of his being, incorporating its essence into his distinctly personal and original style.

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