Instruments Violin Role Composer | Name Johan Halvorsen Children Stein Grieg Halvorsen | |
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Grandchildren Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen Compositions Passacaglia on a Theme by G F Handel, Passacaglia on a Theme by G F Handel, Entry March of the Boyars, Entry March of the Boyars, Suite ancienne, Suite ancienne, Fossegrimen, Fossegrimen, Sarabande con variazioni, Sarabande con variazioni, Veslemoy's Song, Veslemoy's Song, Danse visionaire, Danse visionaire, Vasantasena, Vasantasena, Andante religioso, Andante religioso, Bergensiana, Bergensiana, Flagsang, Flagsang, Kleine danssuite, Kleine danssuite, Norsk kjempedans, Norsk kjempedans, Cantate voor de inwijding van het Vestlandske kunstindustrimuseum, Cantate voor de inwijding van het Vestlandske kunstindustrimuseum, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: IV Dans av smatroll, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: IV Dans av smatroll, Kongen, Kongen, Osterdolsmarschen, Osterdolsmarschen, Hamlet, Hamlet, Gud signe Noregs land, Gud signe Noregs land, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": I Allegro moderato, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": I Allegro moderato, Vort sprog, Vort sprog, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": IV Finale, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": IV Finale, Suite from "Mascarade": IV Hanedansen, Suite from "Mascarade": IV Hanedansen, Ruy Blas, Ruy Blas, Mit fulde glas og sangens raske toner, Mit fulde glas og sangens raske toner, Suite from "Mascarade": VIII Arietta - Passepied, Suite from "Mascarade": VIII Arietta - Passepied, Den gamle fiskers sang, Den gamle fiskers sang, Midtsommer, Midtsommer, Marche chevaleresque, Marche chevaleresque, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: I Peik - prinsessen og stortrollet, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: I Peik - prinsessen og stortrollet, Valse elegiaque, Valse elegiaque, Suite from "Mascarade": VI Molinasque, Suite from "Mascarade": VI Molinasque, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: II Prinsessen kommer ridende pa bjornen, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: II Prinsessen kommer ridende pa bjornen, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: III Trollenes inntog i berget det bla, Norske eventyrbylleder - op 37: III Trollenes inntog i berget det bla, Askeladden-suite, Askeladden-suite, Fossegrimen - op 21: III Bruremarsch Allegretto marciale, Fossegrimen - op 21: III Bruremarsch Allegretto marciale, Stor stahei for ingenting, Stor stahei for ingenting, Symphony no 3 in C major: II Andante, Symphony no 3 in C major: II Andante, Hallingdal Bataljons Marsch, Hallingdal Bataljons Marsch, Norway's greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, Norway's greeting to Theodore Roosevelt, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": II Romance, Symphony no 2 in D minor "Fatum": II Romance, Kjaerlighet uten stromper, Kjaerlighet uten stromper, Dertig Noorse volksliedjes en -dansen voor viool en piano, Dertig Noorse volksliedjes en -dansen voor viool en piano, Fossegrimen - op 21: I Fossegrimen Allegro moderato, Fossegrimen - op 21: I Fossegrimen Allegro moderato, Danse norvegienne No 1, Danse norvegienne No 1, Til Thorvald Lammers, Til Thorvald Lammers, Festivalmars, Festivalmars, Fossegrimen - op 21: II Huldremoyarnes dans Allegretto grazioso, Fossegrimen - op 21: II Huldremoyarnes dans Allegretto grazioso, Lied van Veslemoy, Lied van Veslemoy, Osterdalssangen, Osterdalssangen, De koopman van Venetie-suite, De koopman van Venetie-suite Similar People Johan Svendsen, Neeme Jarvi, Stein Grieg Halvorsen, Marianne Thorsen, Ragnhild Hemsing | ||
Associated acts Oslo-Filharmonien | ||
Johan halvorsen symphony no 2 in d minor fatum 1924
Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.
Contents
- Johan halvorsen symphony no 2 in d minor fatum 1924
- Johan halvorsen air norv gien
- Biography
- Selected compositions
- References
Johan halvorsen air norv gien
Biography
Born in Drammen, Norway he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life. He received his musical education in Kristiania (now Oslo) and Stockholm, and was a concertmaster in Bergen before joining the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He was a concertmaster in Aberdeen, Scotland, then a professor of music in Helsinki, and finally became a student once again, in St Petersburg, Leipzig (with Adolph Brodsky), Berlin (with Adolf Becker), and Liège (with César Thomson).
Returning to Norway in 1893, he worked as conductor of the theatre orchestra at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen and of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. He became concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic in 1885, and principal conductor in 1893. In 1899 he was appointed conductor of the orchestra at the newly opened National Theatre in Kristiania, a position he held for 30 years until his retirement in 1929.
As well as theatre music, Halvorsen conducted performances of over 30 operas and also wrote the incidental music for more than 30 plays. Following his retirement from the theatre he finally had time to concentrate on the composition of his three symphonies and two well-known Norwegian rhapsodies.
Halvorsen's compositions were a development of the national romantic tradition exemplified by Edvard Grieg though written in a distinctive style marked by innovative orchestration. Halvorsen married Grieg's niece, and orchestrated some of his piano works, such as a funeral march which was played at Grieg's funeral. Five days after Halvorsen died, Grieg's cousin and widow Nina Grieg also died.
His best known works today are the Bojarenes inntogsmarsj (Entry March of the Boyars) and Bergensiana, along with his Passacaglia and Sarabande, duos for violin and viola based on themes by George Frideric Handel.
In early 2016, librarians at the University of Toronto announced that they had located the manuscript score of his violin concerto, performed only thrice in 1909 and considered lost. The piece is to receive its second debut in July 2016.
Selected compositions
- Springar
- I went so lately to my bed
- Halling - Springar
- Dance tune from Åmot
- Han Ole
- Springar
- Peik, prinsessen og stortrollet (Peik, the Princess and the Big Troll)
- Prinsessen kommer ridende på bjørnen (The Princess Comes Riding on a Bear)
- Trollenes inntog i berget det blå (Entry of the Trolls into the Town Hall)
- Dans av småtroll (Dance of the Little Trolls)
- Intermezzo orientale
- Entr'acte
- Scherzino – "Spurven" (The Sparrow)
- Veslemøys sang (Veslemøy's Song)
- Fête nuptial rustique (An Old-fashioned Wedding)