If you didn't cry after listening to this, you've either got a stone heart or a glass eye. She's a fabulous singer--perfect diction, breath control, phrasing--and HEART. Norway should be very proud of her--and this beautiful work that touches hearts.
Her voice is crystal clear and beautiful to hear. I first heard this when I was a boy in 1950 in Brooklyn, New York. It was the closing theme to the live TV show I Remember Mama, starring Peggy Wood. Decades later, I saw the movie with Irene Dunne and fell in love again. But, it was several decades before I learned that Våren was written by Edvard Grieg! Now, I play it on my own instruments (Mark VI Tenor sax, Kessler Model 2 Bass Clarinet, and Buffet-Crampon R-13 Clarinet. It's beautiful no matter which instrument is used. Whenever a fellow musician hears me "warm up" with Våren, I get compliments.
SISSEL'S VOICE IS PERFECT FOR GRIEG'S MUSIC...KIND OF MOURNFUL, YET VERY VERY SWEET.I FIRST HEARD HER SING AT THE OPENING OF THE WINTER GAMES IN L(?). I WONDERED...'WHO IS THIS BEAUTIFUL SINGER?' LATER A NORWEGIAN FRIEND TOLD ME AND I THOUGHT THAT THE WORLD SHOULD HEAR HER.
Such a lovely voice; this is a soprano with the talent and look for been one of the most important ones!!!.I like her very much. She touches my soul...Bravooo!!!!
Wonderful Grieg, and Sissel.......wonderful interpretation.....her expression helps a lot to enjoy the song. when she smiles.......it comes the spring too
@ketillflatnefur the reason she's smiling so much is because she's doing what most stage singers call "flirting with the audience". it's one of the most important things about singing on the stage, dragging everybody in the hall into your performance. which is also why she never really rests her eyes on one set thing (except when she's looking straight at the camera), she keeps moving her line of sight. it's one of the first things most singing teachers teach you, actually.
Sissel is often criticized by armchair opera "experts" for not displaying enough emotion when singing classical songs. These people don't know how to listen or watch. Her ability to express emotion through tonality is incredible and together with the expressiveness of her face, she communicates the emotion of her songs more clearly than any "real" opera singer I have ever heard.
My heart flows up to the ligth of her singing, ...oh what little is left and how much still for all!!!. But I am a drain glass, ready to stop filling up. Thanks to Sissel for giving me joy now...when most needed!!!
Edvard Grieg would undoubtedly be ecstatic at the stunning performance of his music.The purity of her golden voice is heightened only by the intense expressiveness and sensitivity to the music.
Thanks for uploading this - I'm currently learning this song myself and trying to get my tongue around the Norwegian isn't easy but it's great to hear someone with such clear diction! Great help, thanks! :)
@furmitten publicity engine? Well, I don't really know what you're talking about, because I was just surfing on RUclips to find different versions of one of my favorite compositions and I found this version. I didn't even know who Sissel was. I can say that this is the best performance I've ever heard. It goes right through my soul an makes me cry of joy. This is all what music is about and I don't care about theoretical stuff about some 'nuances, shading and power'. Sorry.
When she sings looking at the camera, she hypnotizes me, with her angel voice and celestial beauty ! Beautiful, very beautiful! Tks, Sisselfan...as I would like to be in Bergen, tomorrow, for listen in the room Grieg. but that is impossible. Again thank you, and also for the translation! Walter (Brazil)
Here are some of the words........ Winter is over, the snow melts away Sweet Spring comes with gladness. Sunshine falls warm on the young hawthorn spray; I walk with my sadness. Waters once frozen are flowing to the sea, The rivers are roaring. All that I love for the last time comes to me, My dear larks are soaring. Though I must pass yet the clear voice of a bird Welcomes a newcomer. He will rejoice in the songs that I have heard Of sunlight and summer.
Un detalle que llama la atención en Sissel es la pureza de su voz,sin afeites,sin modulaciones extra,directa, y sin esfuerzo alguno . Pese a que su voz es pura y cristalina mantiene un volumen adecuado sin que se le note tensión en el aparato fonador. No en vano Sissel se encuentra desde hace mas de una década en los principales escenarios deleitándonos con su voz.
This well-produced video, subtitles provided, brings to a world-wide audience a beautiful singer, a beautiful language and beautiful music. - John Austin, Australia
I took furmitten's advice, and listened to Karita Mattila version. While very nice ,I enjoy Sissel much more. Powerful voices were developed before microphones, and purity was lost.
Try the Kirsten Flagstad version - she was a Wagnerian soprano with a lyric voice. I grew up listening to her sing this. Sissel’s version is excellent as well.
@achantus1 Most Southeast-Norwegians are proud that we have different "languages" here in Norway. The part some "hate" is the fact that we are tought both in school. It is difficult to learn two such similar languages for many people. But, yes, she is singing in Nynorsk, a constructed language based on different Norwegian dialects, and not Bokmål, wich is mostly based on Danish, and that is the language we mostly use in Southeast-Norway. No one really speaks either one of them.
Sisselfan, It's impossible to find words to describe the magic flowing out out of her voice. With her own style and tune, Sissel may sing in any voice and will always be captivating and fascinating. Pleased the most, and, naturally, thankfull for remebering me when you uploaded this master piece. Your friend, Jacques
@furmitten Interesting that a page or two down in these comments an actual operatic tenor thinks she has, "Such a lovely voice … . I like her very much. She touches my soul...Bravooo!!!!". Other ignorant people like Placido Domingo and Bryn Terfel have made similar comments during their multiple performances with her. But now, thankfully, we have you to set us straight … Bravo!!!
all good singers can do different things with their voice -alter it to suit the occasion. Here is a perfect example: her voice seems to come from outside of her, a suspended tone somewhere above her.
Once more I got to behold winter Fleeing before the spring; Hackberry with trees covered by blossoms, I once more saw blooming. Once more I got to behold the ice Flowing from land, The snow softening, and waterfall into river Buzzing and bursting. The green grass I once again got To behold with blooms. Still I heard the spring fowl sing, To sun and to summer.
Once more I received the blessing, Of hearing the cuckoo. Once more I wandered the field Where they drove the plow. Once more I beheld and was warmed By the wind and the meadow; To behold the earth like with longing chest, Sighing in bed. Spring cloud drifting there to and fro, And cloud banks billowing. Then thunder struck from the clouds, And cracked and rolled.
I had yet to see heat shimmers Dance upon the hills. Butterflies fluttering and flying off Where blooms stood gathered. All this spring life I once more beheld, Which later I lost. But I am melancholy and ask myself must: Might it be the last? Let It so be: I had much beauty, To enjoy in life. More I received than I had deserved, And all things must end.
Sometime I will in the springtime haze, Which sates my eye. Sometime I there will find me a home, And swim and bathe. Everything that the spring greeted me with, and the bloom I plucked. I thought It was the spirits of the forefathers, That danced and sighed. Therefore I found between birches and bark, A riddle in spring. Therefore the sound from the flute I carved, Seemed to be weeping.
Ella es muy hermosa y juvenil, e interpreta con sentimiento , pero... hay que escucharla con los ojos cerrados....Su belleza y el brillar de sus ojos están tan lejos de lo que expresa la letra de Varen ¡¡ Erial80
I found the Norwegian to be a breeze when I had someone sound it out for me and tell me what the different characters sounded like. If you can find the sheet music, I suggest trying that and writing the pronunciations in.
Did you listen to Kirsten Flagstad? There are two versions on the net, the one of the younger Kirsten Flagstad is just unbelievable. I could't find anything more touching, and its not instead of skill but because of it. Just my personal opinion.
Check out fantastic video by Sissel ruclips.net/video/Q8ZHvw4Lfdw/видео.html
If you didn't cry after listening to this, you've either got a stone heart or a glass eye. She's a fabulous singer--perfect diction, breath control, phrasing--and HEART. Norway should be very proud of her--and this beautiful work that touches hearts.
I just regret for lost so many years before know Sissel, her divine voice and her amazing beauty.
I love this.
She's the best singer in the world.
Våren av Grieg och sjungen av Sissel är för mig friskhet och förväntan😍
Her voice is crystal clear and beautiful to hear. I first heard this when I was a boy in 1950 in Brooklyn, New York. It was the closing theme to the live TV show I Remember Mama, starring Peggy Wood. Decades later, I saw the movie with Irene Dunne and fell in love again.
But, it was several decades before I learned that Våren was written by Edvard Grieg! Now, I play it on my own instruments (Mark VI Tenor sax, Kessler Model 2 Bass Clarinet, and Buffet-Crampon R-13 Clarinet. It's beautiful no matter which instrument is used. Whenever a fellow musician hears me "warm up" with Våren, I get compliments.
My Most Favorite Singer ever!
SISSEL'S VOICE IS PERFECT FOR GRIEG'S MUSIC...KIND OF MOURNFUL, YET VERY VERY SWEET.I FIRST HEARD HER SING AT THE OPENING OF THE WINTER GAMES IN L(?). I WONDERED...'WHO IS THIS BEAUTIFUL SINGER?' LATER A NORWEGIAN FRIEND TOLD ME AND I THOUGHT THAT THE WORLD SHOULD HEAR HER.
Such a lovely voice; this is a soprano with the talent and look for been one of the most important ones!!!.I like her very much. She touches my soul...Bravooo!!!!
Your beautiful voice moves me and I cannot help listening to most of your songs. God bless you, Sissel
Wonderful Grieg, and Sissel.......wonderful interpretation.....her expression helps a lot to enjoy the song. when she smiles.......it comes the spring too
One of the most beautiful voices of the modern day. I have learned a lot from listening to her.
Sissel singing this divine song by Grieg let us feel in the paradise. Superb.
I was one told that Grieg wrote this song ro mourn a friend who died very young.
What a beautful tribute!
Her voice is LOVELY!!
Grieg sung by Sissel.... enchanting beyong words!
@ketillflatnefur
the reason she's smiling so much is because she's doing what most stage singers call "flirting with the audience". it's one of the most important things about singing on the stage, dragging everybody in the hall into your performance. which is also why she never really rests her eyes on one set thing (except when she's looking straight at the camera), she keeps moving her line of sight.
it's one of the first things most singing teachers teach you, actually.
I really love how deliberate the pianist is with the presses for some reason.
I love as sings Sissel and his voice as a whole with this beautiful music.******
A big hug
Antonio
Lovely Sissel!!!
Who are these two that don't like this video. Sissel's voice is beautiful and rich.
Sissel is often criticized by armchair opera "experts" for not displaying enough emotion when singing classical songs. These people don't know how to listen or watch. Her ability to express emotion through tonality is incredible and together with the expressiveness of her face, she communicates the emotion of her songs more clearly than any "real" opera singer I have ever heard.
My heart flows up to the ligth of her singing, ...oh what little is left and how much still for all!!!. But I am a drain glass, ready to stop filling up. Thanks to Sissel for giving me joy now...when most needed!!!
The best singer in the world.
Wonderful Grieg, and Sissel.......wonderful interpretation.....her expression helps a lot to enjoy the song.
Edvard Grieg would undoubtedly be ecstatic at the stunning performance of his music.The purity of her golden voice is heightened only by the intense expressiveness and sensitivity to the music.
Du hast ja so Recht - Gruß aus Deutschland, Klaus
Grieg is certainly smiling from the heaven
Oh ja, ein SUPER Trio - Sissel , Grieg und die Norwegische Landschaft
SISSEL...No one ever like her and never will be!!!
Beautiful music sung by a wonderful singer!
I love this song.
really really beautiful ✨✨✨
Thanks for uploading this - I'm currently learning this song myself and trying to get my tongue around the Norwegian isn't easy but it's great to hear someone with such clear diction! Great help, thanks! :)
Wonderful. Both the music and the voice are heaven sent.
Learnt this in English,... at a very good primary school(Dulwich Hamlet in the 1960's).....Very beautiful musically & lyrics.....
Sissel just adds to the beauty of Greigs Last Spring.
@furmitten publicity engine? Well, I don't really know what you're talking about, because I was just surfing on RUclips to find different versions of one of my favorite compositions and I found this version. I didn't even know who Sissel was. I can say that this is the best performance I've ever heard. It goes right through my soul an makes me cry of joy. This is all what music is about and I don't care about theoretical stuff about some 'nuances, shading and power'. Sorry.
Additionally, she makes me proud to be of Norwegian heritage.
When she sings looking at the camera, she hypnotizes me, with her angel voice and celestial beauty ! Beautiful, very beautiful! Tks, Sisselfan...as I would like to be in Bergen, tomorrow, for listen in the room Grieg. but that is impossible. Again thank you, and also for the translation! Walter (Brazil)
I didn't know about her. She's fantastic. Really the best version.
Here are some of the words........
Winter is over, the snow melts away
Sweet Spring comes with gladness.
Sunshine falls warm on the young hawthorn spray;
I walk with my sadness.
Waters once frozen are flowing to the sea,
The rivers are roaring.
All that I love for the last time comes to me,
My dear larks are soaring.
Though I must pass yet the clear voice of a bird
Welcomes a newcomer.
He will rejoice in the songs that I have heard
Of sunlight and summer.
This is amazing! I think l can listen to it all day long..
Touchingly beautiful - thankyou!
HEAVEN SENT !! BOTH, GRIEG AND SISSEL !!
tears in my eyes...
Her best yet.
Sissel is still the best!
Sissel is just the best.
The voice of an angel at 33.
At 3:18 you can just go flying to heaven. Amazing!!!
Je to andělský hlas- Sissel je pro Griegovy písně momentálně nejlepší interpretkou- dokáže vyjádřit náladu písní .... nádhera ! Díky
This is what I called class real class beautiful I love to singing this nothing else❤❤❤😊
Un detalle que llama la atención en Sissel es la pureza de su voz,sin afeites,sin modulaciones extra,directa, y sin esfuerzo alguno .
Pese a que su voz es pura y cristalina mantiene un volumen adecuado sin que se le note tensión en el aparato fonador.
No en vano Sissel se encuentra desde hace mas de una década en los principales escenarios deleitándonos con su voz.
Saw her live in Gothenburg 02/11. She was awesome!
This well-produced video, subtitles provided, brings to a world-wide audience a beautiful singer, a beautiful language and beautiful music. - John Austin, Australia
I love Sissel's sweet pure voice - so unaffected and innocent sounding. The other recording I love is Alison Trainer.
Men jag går over angerna
Maravillosa soprano!
This is so exceptional......I find it hauntingly beautiful and calming! 😊
WHAT A WOMAN!!!
Překrásná Griegova píseň a v interpretaci Sissel - zkrátka úžasná!!!
Voice beautiful
I took furmitten's advice, and listened to Karita Mattila version. While very nice ,I enjoy Sissel much more. Powerful voices were developed before microphones, and purity was lost.
Try the Kirsten Flagstad version - she was a Wagnerian soprano with a lyric voice. I grew up listening to her sing this. Sissel’s version is excellent as well.
@achantus1 Most Southeast-Norwegians are proud that we have different "languages" here in Norway. The part some "hate" is the fact that we are tought both in school. It is difficult to learn two such similar languages for many people.
But, yes, she is singing in Nynorsk, a constructed language based on different Norwegian dialects, and not Bokmål, wich is mostly based on Danish, and that is the language we mostly use in Southeast-Norway. No one really speaks either one of them.
Beautiful!Beautiful!Beautiful!
As Always Everything What Is From Sissel!
Dronning Sissel, Queen of Norwegian sound.
Восхитительно: и голос, и музыкальное сопровождение! 🌅
Sisselfan,
It's impossible to find words to describe the magic flowing out out of her voice. With her own style and tune, Sissel may sing in any voice and will always be captivating and fascinating. Pleased the most, and, naturally, thankfull for remebering me when you uploaded this master piece.
Your friend,
Jacques
I love Sissel’s classical side❣️
Unbelievably moving.
@xSolveEtCoagulax A beautiful description of the most beautiful vocalist ever.
Her voice.
Breathtaking song and singing!
@furmitten Interesting that a page or two down in these comments an actual operatic tenor thinks she has, "Such a lovely voice … . I like her very much. She touches my soul...Bravooo!!!!". Other ignorant people like Placido Domingo and Bryn Terfel have made similar comments during their multiple performances with her. But now, thankfully, we have you to set us straight … Bravo!!!
haunting is the word for it. tusen tak.
Really beautiful translation. Great poetry!
I think Grieg should be very proud!
Hogy lehet valaki ilyen szep es erös ? Szeretlek !!
Fantastic!
Beautiful song, I love the music by Grieg, I love this song so much and Sissel is amazing.
5 stars*
Love Carina XXX
Волшебный голос.
Very Beautiful I really enjoy!
gracias por mandarme este vidio, que voz y que velleza,nunca había escuchado música de ella hasta muy recientemente.
all good singers can do different things with their voice -alter it to suit the occasion. Here is a perfect example: her voice seems to come from outside of her, a suspended tone somewhere above her.
Nomenclature fails when trying to express the beauty of this creation.
So nice I love it. ❤❤❤❤
Lovely ❤❤❤
Syssel er saa god synger at man kan ikke ligne henne med noen annen.
Helt riktig. En vakker kvinne med en vakker stemme.
Queen of Norway.
Once more I got to behold winter
Fleeing before the spring;
Hackberry with trees covered by blossoms,
I once more saw blooming.
Once more I got to behold the ice
Flowing from land,
The snow softening, and waterfall into river
Buzzing and bursting.
The green grass I once again got
To behold with blooms.
Still I heard the spring fowl sing,
To sun and to summer.
Once more I received the blessing,
Of hearing the cuckoo.
Once more I wandered the field
Where they drove the plow.
Once more I beheld and was warmed
By the wind and the meadow;
To behold the earth like with longing chest,
Sighing in bed.
Spring cloud drifting there to and fro,
And cloud banks billowing.
Then thunder struck from the clouds,
And cracked and rolled.
I had yet to see heat shimmers
Dance upon the hills.
Butterflies fluttering and flying off
Where blooms stood gathered.
All this spring life I once more beheld,
Which later I lost.
But I am melancholy and ask myself must:
Might it be the last?
Let It so be: I had much beauty,
To enjoy in life.
More I received than I had deserved,
And all things must end.
Sometime I will in the springtime haze,
Which sates my eye.
Sometime I there will find me a home,
And swim and bathe.
Everything that the spring greeted me with,
and the bloom I plucked.
I thought It was the spirits of the forefathers,
That danced and sighed.
Therefore I found between birches and bark,
A riddle in spring.
Therefore the sound from the flute I carved,
Seemed to be weeping.
聽了起雞皮疙瘩,很能沉浸於文藝氣息中 !
nice..
I agree--there's different ways to interpret songs and make them real.
This was a duet in Janette MacDonalds penultimate film in 1948 which she sand with Jane Powell
Sang
Glenmed-My pleasure. I knew that you would love it. I try to send you only IMHO the best.
Min fina sötnos jag älskar dig.🥰😍🤩😘😋😋😋😋
Ella es muy hermosa y juvenil, e interpreta con sentimiento , pero... hay que escucharla con los ojos cerrados....Su belleza y el brillar de sus ojos están tan lejos de lo que expresa la letra de Varen ¡¡
Erial80
Celý život miluji písně E. Griega a v tomto provedení - úžasné!!
Glad 17:e maj!
CanadaPisces-My pleasure my friend James.
4:18 That Piano though.
Yes.
I found the Norwegian to be a breeze when I had someone sound it out for me and tell me what the different characters sounded like. If you can find the sheet music, I suggest trying that and writing the pronunciations in.
......på sitt beste
Did you listen to Kirsten Flagstad? There are two versions on the net, the one of the younger Kirsten Flagstad is just unbelievable. I could't find anything more touching, and its not instead of skill but because of it. Just my personal opinion.
Yes.1948 version
Sissel voice is absolutelly unparalleled bright, crystalclear, heavenly