Johan Kvandal

UNRELEASED WORKS

Poem (From a lost World ) op.66b (1985),
6' 20''
NMO
Violin and String Orchestra, (or violin and piano/organ)

Norwegian Overture op. 7 (1951),
7'
2-2-2-2 4-2-0-0 timp str
MU-HU

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Michelangelo-Poem op.49 (1978), 12`30``
Soprano, orchestra 1-2-0-2 2-0-0-0 str
(also available for soprano and piano)
Italian Text
MU-HU

1. part: Allegretto: Come puo esser ch`io non sia piu mio?
2. part: Andante: tranquillo Amor, con le sue man....
3. part: Allegro: Se dal ciel non e concesso....

Lilleba Lund Kvandal - coloratura soprano
and orchestra.

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Ibsen-kantate (Ibsen Cantata), op.51 (1978), 37`
"Et menneskes Vei" /"The life of a human beeing."

Text from Peer Gynt.
The speak of the Clergy man at the funeral of an old man.
Introducing Choir:
"Og nå, da sjelen stevner mot sin dom...."
"And now, when the soul is approaching his judgement...."
Text: Henrik Ibsen

Commissioned by Skien City and the norwegian broadcast for the Henrik Ibsen Jubilee 1978
Vocal Soloists (S. Bar) mixed choir, orchestra
2(1)-2-2-2 4-3-3-1 timp perc harp cel str

Performed by
Skien Music Society`s Orchestra
and Skien Choir Sosiety
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Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968), 17'
Music from the television play "Skipper Worse"
2(1)-2-2(1)-2 2-3-2-0 timp perc cel str
NMO

Movement I - Skipper Worse returns home from a long voyage on his proud sailing ship
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Movement II - Departure and Shanty
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Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959), 32'
2(1)2 (1)-2-2 4-2-0-0 timp perc str
NMO

Movement I
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Movement III
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Solo Cantata nr.1 op.10
High voice/orch.
Aase Nordmo Løvberg with
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
"Herre, Herre! Min frelses Gud! Dag og natt roper jeg på deg!"
"Lord, Lord of my Salvation! Day and night I call for You!"

The composer is expressing the emotions of a person before his capital punishment (dødstraff). As Maria Stuart in her last hours.

In Church Aria: O, Domine Deus ! Op.26 the composer has expressed her feelings.

(See list of work - Vocal Works)

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Solo Cantata nr.1 op.10 is also song by
Kirsten Flagstad, you can listen to her here:

Sang til Stella (Song for Stella) op.6
Soprano or tenor / String orchestra

Lilleba Lund Kvandal - Coloratura soprano and Orchestra

Text: Henrik Wergeland

From the text: "Snart vil min sjel lig en gråhvit tåge svømme i luften. Stella, Stella!
En gang bag rullende år din sjæl jeg
ventende møder ......

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Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra op77 (1993), 23' 2-2-2-2 4331, timp, perc, cel, str. N.MIC
Commissioned by the Edvard Grieg Society, New York
The structures of the concerto are both plain and enigmatic. The tension follows through the whole composition and contributes to a musical journey that is both stimulating and surprising.

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Divertimento for 5 solo string instruments op.3 (1941), 18'
NMO
(Also for string orchestra)

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String Quartet nr .1.op11 (1954),
26'
NMO

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To Kjærlighetssanger (Two Love Songs) op.58 (1982)
Kirsten Taranger, Soprano and Ivar Anton Waagaard, Piano

8`
Voice and piano
Text: Arnulf Øverland
NMO

"En rose/A rose"
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"I berget/Inside the mountain"
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From Skirnesmål, Edda"
Myrkt er det ute/It`s dark outside"
Op.4 "Character - Songs/Karaktersanger" nr.5
Text:Snorre
Bass-Baritone Almar Heggen, Piano the Composer

Skirne skal ride til Jotunheimen for sin herre, guden Frøy. Ved avreisen tolker han sin sinnstemning i dette verset:

"Myrkt er det ute og me lyt avstad yver doggvått fjell fram, yver huldreheimar fram. Både vert me berga eller både oss tek den ovsterke Jotun"

Skirne has to ride to the wild mountains, Jotunheimen for his master the god Froey. At the departure he is expressing his state of mind:
"It is dark outside, and we must ride over misty mountains. We both will survive, or be captured by the tremendous strong Jotun (Troll)"
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The following two songs by Olav Eriksen, Baritone and Johan Kvandal, Piano
Stridsmannen og Dauden/The Battle Hero and the Death Op .4 nr.3

Text: Lissa Monrad Johansen

Stridsmannen :
"Kvi er du so byrg, kvi er du so bleik, du kampdjerve
svein?"
Dauden:
"Eg må vel være byrg eg må vel væra bleik som alltid må sigra i kvar den strid i allom tid"

The Battle hero:
"Why are you so proud, why are you so pale, you courageous knight?"

The Death:
"I have to be proud. I have to be pale, I who always have to win in every battle, forever ..........."

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Hadulaikar
Op.4 nr.2

Text: Lissa Monrad Johansen

About the text: On a rune inscription from the 5.Century found on a stone in Western Norway, he words are translated:
"Hadulaikar, I Hagustaldar, entombed my son"
The poetry of the song describes the fathers emotions when loosing his son, remembering all his good abilities/qualities......"

"Håret globjart, eld i augo, sterk i handi, lett på laupo, jaga ville bjønn i heidi med det stutte tunge spjotet. Lang var natti einsam sat eg, inkje ljos på himilkvelven. Myrkret stengde alle leider, svevnen flaug og alt ting tagde......."

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Eternal Summer (Evig sommer) op 80 (1995)
From the Shakespeare text.
For Soprano and String Orchestra
Soprano: Ragnhild Meiland Sørensen and the "Trondheim Soloists Orchestra"

1. "Eternal Summer" sonette nr.18
"Shall I compare thee with a summers day? Thou art more lovely and temperate...."
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2. "Ophelias Lament"
From "Hamlet" 3.act, Scene I
"What a noble mind is here throun...."

3."The Fairy`s Song"
"Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, through brier....."

Stenen (The Stone) Opus 9
(Out of the body-experience)

no.10
Text Olaf Bull
Olav Eriksen, Baritone- Johan Kvandal, Piano

"Jeg var i den yderste evighet, bakom de synlige fjernes brand, - da var det at noen i mod meg skred frem på en ukjent stjernes rand...."
"I was in the outmost eternity, behind the light of the visible horizons, then somebody proceeded towards me, on the edge of an unknown star...."

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Opus 9 - Mørk er min sjel (Dark is my soul)

no.3
Text: Henrik Wergeland
Torbjørn Lindhjem, Baritone - Helge Evje, Piano

From the text:
"Mørk er min sjel som Mjøsen, når årle sortlokket bølge, trett ut av nattens kamp under Skreias tåkeskjold bugner, og lommene hyle............."
"Nei, hev deg min sjel til tinden!"

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Natur (Nature) op.37 (1972), (1995)
Chamber Cantata
For Baritone, Violin and Piano

Text Olav Aukrust
Rolf Nykmark, Baritone - Bjørn Strandvold, Piano and Julia Kretz, Violin

"No er eg, - å - so luta lei av lunkne liv i lat refleks med halve ja og halve nei, der soppen gror og skodda veks...Kva ber det av? Kva vert det til? Nei, fram med det som ris og vil ! Lat rive slør, lat klovne sky mot dag att, blank og ny! Kva vil de her med dis og draum? Eg er ein elv med is og flaum, eg vil ein vår som grunnen rår, og så ein himmel høg og klår. No er eg trøytt og långe leid av bleik og blodlaus unatur.No er eg trøytt og meir enn keid av stivna, livlaus formkultur, av daude ord, papir og blekk, og tøv og tull og tankestrik. Av siste nye keisarklær som folk med støkk og undring slær. .............. No vil eg upp den lange leid, ja upp i snø og is og urd, i veldig, vill natur ! "

(Ecologial Poetry)

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Visions Norvegiennes pour orchestre op. 67 (1985), 15'
(Norske Utsyn, orkesterfantasi )
NMO

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