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Credo - A Composer Portrait of Trond H.F. Kverno
Trond H. F. Kverno

Bergen Cathedral Choir

Credo - A Composer Portrait of Trond H.F. Kverno

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Format: SACD
Label: Lawo Classics
UPC: 7090020181035
Catnr: LWC 1091
Release date: 13 November 2015
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Label
Lawo Classics
UPC
7090020181035
Catalogue number
LWC 1091
Release date
13 November 2015

"''These performances are professionally pretty: the Cathedral Choir of Bergen led by Kjetil Almenning and Arnhfinn Tobiassen, organist. The cd is interesting because it is letting you know the beautiful, temporary Norwayn church music.''"

Friesch Dagblad, 12-1-2016
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BETWEEN THE GOSPEL AND NORWEGIAN FOLK BALLADS
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.
The new CD from Bergen Cathedral Choir and organist Arnfinn Tobiassen is an homage to Norwegian contemporary composer Trond H.F. Kverno.

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Bergen Cathedral Choir

The BERGEN CATHEDRAL CHOIR was established in the autumn of 2009. As a cathedral choir, this choir is a steward of a long and rich choral heritage. The choir is committed to preserving and renewing this heritage through quality performances of the established repertoire as well as focussing on newer music by twenty-first century composers. The choir specialises in creating interesting programs and presenting exciting repertoire, and its repertoire list spans the centuries from Renaissance masses to commissions by young Norwegian composers. Bergen Cathedral Choir gives frequent concerts throughout the year, in Bergen, throughout the diocese of Bjørgvin and abroad. The choir has toured in England, Germany and Finland. The choir regularly collaborates with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Barokk, the...
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The BERGEN CATHEDRAL CHOIR was established in the autumn of 2009. As a cathedral choir, this choir is a steward of a long and rich choral heritage. The choir is committed to preserving and renewing this heritage through quality performances of the established repertoire as well as focussing on newer music by twenty-first century composers. The choir specialises in creating interesting programs and presenting exciting repertoire, and its repertoire list spans the centuries from Renaissance masses to commissions by young Norwegian composers. Bergen Cathedral Choir gives frequent concerts throughout the year, in Bergen, throughout the diocese of Bjørgvin and abroad. The choir has toured in England, Germany and Finland. The choir regularly collaborates with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Barokk, the Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces, the Bergen International Festival, Stavanger Cathedral Choir and others. The Cathedral Choir sings at services in Bergen Cathedral, often in chamber ensembles. ORGANIST ARNFINN TOBIASSEN (1981–) studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he graduated with several top prizes in 2007. His professors included Susan Landale, James O’Donnell, David Titterington and Lionel Rogg. In 2010 Arnfinn Tobiassen was appointed organist and choirmaster at the parish church of St Olav, Avaldsnes. Tobiassen has performed in the major London cathedrals, in the Basilica of St James, Prague, Leeds Town Hall and St Giles, Edinburgh. He gave one of the inaugural recitals for the new organ at Stavanger Concert Hall in 2013, and has been a soloist at the Bergen International Festival. Tobiassen was awarded first prize at international organ competitions in Opava (Czech Republic) in 2006 and Kansas City (USA) in 2010. He has a keen interest in folk music, and his fascination with the relationships between folk music and classical music traditions and his interest in Norwegian and Scandinavian music are often mirrored in his recital programmes – as well as on this disc. He is artistic director of the Norwegian Organ Festival.

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Kjetil Almenning (conductor)

Arnfinn Tobiassen (organ)

Arnfinn Tobiassen is Director of Music at the historically important St Olav’s Church, Avaldsnes, a church dating from 1250. From 2001-2007 he completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied with several distinguished professors, including David Titterington, James O'Donnell, Lionel Rogg and Susan Landale.   Tobiassen has taken part in several international competitions. He was awarded First Prize at competitions in Opava, Czech Republic in 2006, and in Kansas City, USA, in 2010. Tobiassen has a keen interest in folk music, and his fascination with folk music and classical music traditions are often mirrored in his recital programmes.   In 2015 he released his first CD on the LAWO Classics label together with the renowned Bergen Cathedral Choir...
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Arnfinn Tobiassen is Director of Music at the historically important St Olav’s Church, Avaldsnes, a church dating from 1250. From 2001-2007 he completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied with several distinguished professors, including David Titterington, James O'Donnell, Lionel Rogg and Susan Landale.
Tobiassen has taken part in several international competitions. He was awarded First Prize at competitions in Opava, Czech Republic in 2006, and in Kansas City, USA, in 2010. Tobiassen has a keen interest in folk music, and his fascination with folk music and classical music traditions are often mirrored in his recital programmes.
In 2015 he released his first CD on the LAWO Classics label together with the renowned Bergen Cathedral Choir and conductor Kjetil Almenning, a composer portrait of the Norwegian composer Trond H.F. Kverno, entitled “Credo” (LWC1091). From 2015–2019 Arnfinn Tobiassen was Artistic Director of the Norwegian Organ Festival.

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''These performances are professionally pretty: the Cathedral Choir of Bergen led by Kjetil Almenning and Arnhfinn Tobiassen, organist. The cd is interesting because it is letting you know the beautiful, temporary Norwayn church music.''
Friesch Dagblad, 12-1-2016

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