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Kom Regn
Various composers

Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening

Kom Regn

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Format: CD
Label: Lawo Classics
UPC: 7090020181561
Catnr: LWC 1134
Release date: 08 December 2017
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Label
Lawo Classics
UPC
7090020181561
Catalogue number
LWC 1134
Release date
08 December 2017
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THE WOMEN'S CHORAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OSLO: "COME RAIN"
MUSIC OF VALEN; NORDHEIM; HOVLAND; NYSTEDT AND KRUSE
The world’s oldest academic female choir has sought out choir music for women by five male Norwegian composers — compositions that challenge and expand conceptions of Norway’s cultural heritage.

There is here scarcely a trace of a mountain or fjord or traditional folk music, or of Grieg, Kjerulf and Nordraak. The gentlemen on this recording chose other routes to the concert hall, cathedral and the cultural canon. One of them had as strong a faith in his uncompromising counterpoint as in the Almighty Creator, while sitting alone between the mountains and fjords of Western Norway. Another was a central figure of European contemporary music and musical life in the capital city, but his work was dismissed as “Pling-Plong” by Norwegian cultural conservatism’s self-appointed generals.

Fartein Valen, Arne Nordheim, Egil Hovland, Knut Nystedt and Bjørn Kruse, each in his own way and with either the Bible or world poetry in his inside pocket, created sounds that convey a different history of Norwegian music. Placed in women’s voices, they provide the possibility of entering worlds of sound, words and lines that for many remain undiscovered, unanticipated and unprecedented.
Der älteste akademische Frauenchor der Welt hat fünf männliche Komponisten ausgewählt mit Kompositionen, die das kulturelle Erbe Norwegens in Frage stellen und erweitern.
Kaum eine Spur von einem Berg, Fjord oder traditioneller Volksmusik oder von Grieg, Kjerulf und Nordraak. Die Herren auf dieser Aufnahme wählten andere Wege zum Konzertsaal, zur Aufführung im Dom und zum Kulturkanon. Einer von ihnen hatte einen ebenso starken Glauben an seinen kompromisslosen Kontrapunkt wie der allmächtige Schöpfer, während er allein zwischen den Bergen und Fjorden Westnorwegens agierte. Ein anderer war eine zentrale Figur der zeitgenössischen Musik und des Musiklebens in der Hauptstadt, aber sein Werk wurde von den selbsternannten Generälen des norwegischen Kulturkonservatismus als "Pling-Plong" abgetan.
Fartein Valen, Arne Nordheim, Egil Hovland, Knut Nystedt und Bjørn Kruse, jeder auf seine eigene Art und Weise und mit der Bibel oder der Dichtung der Welt in seinem Innersten, kreierten Klänge, die eine andere Geschichte der norwegischen Musik vermitteln. In Frauenstimmen platziert, bieten sie die Möglichkeit, in Klang-, Wort- und Linienwelten einzutreten, die für viele unentdeckt, unvorhergesehen und beispiellos bleiben.

Artist(s)

Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening (vocals)

 The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo (Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening — KSS) was founded in 1895 and is the official female choir of the University of Oslo. As the world’s oldest academic choir for women, it can look back on 128 years and the creation of traditions that are still alive today. The choir has played an important role for the university and for the feminist movement, whilst at the same time securing its place in music history through its musical accomplishments and premiere performances of works for female choir.   KSS is an organisation with lofty ambitions and a high level of achievement. In 2006 the choir was awarded First Prize for female choirs at the Musica Mundi International...
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The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo (Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening — KSS) was founded in 1895 and is the official female choir of the University of Oslo. As the world’s oldest academic choir for women, it can look back on 128 years and the creation of traditions that are still alive today. The choir has played an important role for the university and for the feminist movement, whilst at the same time securing its place in music history through its musical accomplishments and premiere performances of works for female choir.
KSS is an organisation with lofty ambitions and a high level of achievement. In 2006 the choir was awarded First Prize for female choirs at the Musica Mundi International Competition in Riva del Garda, Italy. In 2015 and 2019 the choir participated in the European Choir Games and Grand Prix of Nations in Magdeburg and Gothenburg, respectively, and emerged victorious both times in the category “Folklore” and in “Open Competition”. These accomplishments have led to KSS’s ranking since 2015 as the world’s best female choir by the music organisation Interkultur, in addition to a third place in “Folklore” and a 21st place independent of class (as of 2023). During the Tolosa Choral Contest in Basque Country, Spain in 2017, KSS achieved a second place in the category “Folklore”, and in the spring of 2019 the choir won a third place in the prestigious Fleischmann International Trophy Competition in Cork, Ireland.
Magnificat is the choir’s sixth release on the LAWO Classics label, all under the direction of conductor Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde. The Christmas album Arme jord ha jolefred (LWC1009) came first in 2009, and the associated music video Folkefrelsar won a second place in the European Choral Video Awards in 2012. Brahms (LWC1054), a selection of Johannes Brahms’s compositions for female choir, was released in 2013, followed by Kom regn (LWC1134), a collection of Norwegian contemporary music, in 2017, and, one year later, Som den gylne sol frembryter (LWC1144), featuring Norwegian National Romantic music and traditional folk music. The choir’s second Christmas album, Stille som sne (LWC1209), was released in 2020 to good reviews, including a rating ‘6’ (of 6) by ‘NRK Klassisk’ (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s classical music station). “Wow, this is a true gem! Stille som sne is without a doubt this year’s best Christmas album.” (Eystein Sandvik, 30 November 2020)
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Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde (conductor)

Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde (b. 1981) comes from Byneset in Trøndelag and has been the conductor of The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo (Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening — KSS) since 2008.   As a conductor, flautist and church musician she has worked with a number of Norway’s leading choirs and ensembles. In addition to KSS, she is the conductor and artistic director of the professional vocal ensemble Kilden Vokalensemble in Kristiansand and the Norwegian Student Choral Society. She teaches conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music and has served as jury member at competitions in Norway and abroad, and she offers seminars, workshops and master classes on a regular basis for both conductors and singers.   Bodsberg Weyde has contributed to a...
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Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde (b. 1981) comes from Byneset in Trøndelag and has been the conductor of The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo (Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening — KSS) since 2008.
As a conductor, flautist and church musician she has worked with a number of Norway’s leading choirs and ensembles. In addition to KSS, she is the conductor and artistic director of the professional vocal ensemble Kilden Vokalensemble in Kristiansand and the Norwegian Student Choral Society. She teaches conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music and has served as jury member at competitions in Norway and abroad, and she offers seminars, workshops and master classes on a regular basis for both conductors and singers.
Bodsberg Weyde has contributed to a long list of recordings, and she has won numerous national and international competitions. In the autumn of 2012, she received the Conductor Prize for KSS’s performance at Norway’s national choral competition, and in 2015 and 2019 she led KSS to victory in two classifications during the European Choir Games and Grand Prix of Nations. All the choir’s releases with Bodsberg Weyde as conductor have received glowing reviews. Critics laud her attention to text and phrasing and emphasize her ability to create a really listener-friendly album. She was awarded the Conductor Prize in the autumn of 2015, whilst competing with the Vestoppland Chamber Choir at the Canta al Mar Barcelona competition, and in 2017 she won two first places and a Conductor Prize whilst conducting the Norwegian Student Choral Society at the Sixth International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition.

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Composer(s)

Bjørn Kruse

Bjørn Kruse (born 1946 in London, England) studied at UCLA, California, and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where he taught from 1976. He became Professor of Composition in 1997 and is today Professor Emeritus. His list of works numbers more than 150, from chamber and choral music to larger orchestral works and four operas. In addition to composing and lecturing on fine arts topics, he works with painting, having had his latest major exhibitions at Galleri Albin Upp in Oslo, in 2009 (Chaos and Order) and 2010 (Time and Space). His latest book is Thinking Art – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Applied Aesthetics, released in November 2016.
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Bjørn Kruse (born 1946 in London, England) studied at UCLA, California, and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where he taught from 1976. He became Professor of Composition in 1997 and is today Professor Emeritus. His list of works numbers more than 150, from chamber and choral music to larger orchestral works and four operas. In addition to composing and lecturing on fine arts topics, he works with painting, having had his latest major exhibitions at Galleri Albin Upp in Oslo, in 2009 (Chaos and Order) and 2010 (Time and Space). His latest book is Thinking Art – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Applied Aesthetics, released in November 2016.

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