This, as ever, is just a rattlebag of material, visual and aural, which you might find useful for the session on Thursday. This is a very personal area for me, so I make no apology for that!
Here’s the audio of my plain text for the session:
On the practice desk. Anders Heyerdahl’s ‘Norsk Danse og Slalatter, optegened efter gamle Spillemaend fra 1856 til 1861’The 9 year old Carl Nielsen’s Polka. This did not please his father….
Ede Telmanyi
25th March 2012. Statue of Halvorsen outside the National Theatre Oslo. On my way to play a recital at the Norwegian Music Academy; so, coals to Newcastle notwithstanding, I played Larsen’s Halling as an encore.
https://youtu.be/z4yLGK-EHks
Targjei Augundsson (1801 – November 21, 1872)-‘Myllarguten’With Ole Bull’s Hardanger violin., St Paul Minnesota 2017
Composten – Grieg’s composing hut at Troldhaugen, his home near Bergen, ‘In truth, a harsh sounding name for an artist’s lair’ Edvard Grieg
Nielsen playing chamber music with Julius Röntgen
Coffee on Langelinie, Copenhagen. 28-4-2005The Nielsen Patent mutesSpring on Fyn, Nielsen’s birthplace