http://www.sfcv.org/2008/07/22/rediscovering-a-norweigan-master/

  Rediscovering a Norwegian Master

  By Jeff Dunn / SFCV.org / 7-22-08

  ...Last month I witnessed an unusual spectacle: the Bergen
  Music Festival in Norway. After three or four curtain calls,
  clapping in unison began and, as if by prearranged signal,
  everyone stood at once in enthusiastic acknowledgement. The
  orchestra that did the playing was the visiting Stavanger
  Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud.  The
  music that did the arousing was a new "reconstruction" of
  the /Julekvelden/ (Yule Eve) Symphony No. 1 by Geirr Tveitt.

  Who?

  Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981, rhymes with "fire fight") is
  virtually unknown in this country, but the hundredth
  anniversary of his birth was being celebrated by the concert
  I attended, and other concerts elsewhere, for good reason.
  His music, in its stark power, speaks to the overwhelming
  influence of nature on those living among the deep fjords.
  His technique, superbly developed at the Leipzig Conservatory
  and subsequent studies in Paris and Vienna, was second to
  none of his generation of Norwegian composers. The range
  of expression found in his /Hundred Hardanger Folk Tunes/
  suites, and the instantly recognizable originality of his
  sound, makes him an artist of international significance...

Janos Gereben
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