På sin nye plate spiller Håvard Gimse og Oslo-Filharmonien klaverkonserter av David Monrad Johansen (1888-1974) og Johan Kvandal (1919-1999). De to var far og sønn, men kolliderende mennesketyper.

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On their new record, Håvard Gimse and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra perform piano concerts by David Monrad Johansen (1888-1974) and Johan Kvandal (1919-1999). The two were father and son, but colliding personality types.

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“I have dreamed of a great deed on Earth”, says Johan Nilsen Nagel, the main character in Johan Kvandal’s opera Mysteries, thereby putting the main theme of the opera into works. Kvandal started working on Mysteries at the beginning of 1990. The novel is about strong characters who are well suited for musical drama, says Kvandal.

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