Layton: – We should be listening to more music by Kvandal in England

By Elin Kvandal | 10. November 201725. November 2017

Praises Norwegian music. – I am deeply impressed by the variety of the Norwegian music scene! It is not just anybody expressing the laudatory words: Robert Layton, a main character on the rich music scene in London.

Longstanding employee in the legendary The Gramophone, BBC producer for many years, lecturer, journalist in the daily press and more. And – the greatest English music expert on the Nordic countries.

– Should I make a wish, it would be a better reflection abroad of the the noticeable diversity which exists in Norway. I believe that Johan Kvandal is a great composer, who we should be listening more to in England.
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by Kjell Bækkelund, Aftenposten, 26.10. 1993

Visions Norvegiennes pour orchestre op. 67 (1985) 1:34
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
Antagonia op. 28 (1979) - Movement III - 23` 1:16
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra op. 55 (1980) - 15` 1:27
Symphonic Epos for Orchestra op. 21 (1962) - 18` 5:27
Divertimento for String Orchestra op. 3 (1941) - 18` Johan Kvandal 1:39
Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
Symphonic Epos for Orchestra op. 21 (1962) - 18` 5:27
Antagonia, Op. 38 Concerto for Two String Orchestras and Percussion (1973) - Movement I - 23` 1:13
Norwegian Overture for Orchestra op. 7 (1951) -7` 2:17
Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement II - 17` 1:02
Triptychon for Orchestra op. 53 (1979) - 13` 0:15
Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement III - 32` 1:19
Variations and Fugue for Orchestra op. 14 (1954) - 15` 2:31
Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement I - 17` 0:51
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
Antagonia op. 28 (1979) - Movement II - 23` 2:07
Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement I - 17` 0:51
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement III - 32` 1:19
Visions Norvegiennes pour orchestre op. 67 (1985) 1:34
Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
Sonata for Strings op. 79 (1994) - 12`45 2:00
Sonata for Strings op. 79 (1994) - 12`45 2:00