Gerhard Schjelderup - Ouverture zu Ein Volk in Not (1902/33)
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Ein Volk in Not: Volksoper in drei Akten
composed by Gerhard Schjelderup (1859 - 1933)
Overture to Schjelderup's unperformed opera Ein Volk in Not. The opera was composed around 1902 and revised some time before the composer's death in 1933.
Typeset score available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/5x...
I have created this audio recording by transcribing the composer's manuscript to Dorico, with playback by NotePerformer.
Very powerful work. Cannot judge on stage work but ouverture is extremely well written in a dark nordic late romantic style. Not sure why at least ouverture is not permanently included in major orchestral performances because it'd be a perfect opening work in a soirée
Very much agree. There actually exists a handwritten copyist's score and set of parts for this Overture alone, suggesting it has almost certainly been performed in Schjelderup's time. The rest of the opera has never been performed to my knowledge. All the manuscript materials can be found by searching the Library of Norway's digitized collections.
@@tuomaspalojarvi3300 The painting is powerful too. I just wondered who the artist is? Thanks for the upload anyway.
@@zurapDOR It is by the French painter Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, from 1836, depicting the French retreat from a war with Russia.
@@tuomaspalojarvi3300 Thank you! :)
@@tuomaspalojarvi3300 I have just listened to Brand and Symphony 2. I am more and more admired by a very powerful and stunning music. I hope Schjelderup is not completely forgotten in the Nordics as much as he's totally ignored in rets of Europe (it is a shame: what I listened to is absolutely worth Sibelius although latter has been immensely more prolific).
Any trace of Symphony 1? I did not find it anywjere (not only streaming, also for purchasing)