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Klassekampen

Between dream and melodrama

By Elin Kvandal | 4. November 2017

Klassekampen: – Thanks to Johan Kvandal’s strong, but introverted music, Hamsun’s “Mysteries” has survived the leap from literary existential foreignness to music drama.

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Posted in Frontpage, Reviews in English, The opera: Mysteries and tagged as Klassekampen, Knut Hamsun, Mysteries, Nagel, opera, The Norwegian Opera & Ballet.

Mellom drøm og melodrama

By Elin Kvandal | 4. November 2017

Takket være Johan Kvandals sterke, men innadvendte musikk, har Hamsuns ‘Mysterier’ overlevd spranget fra litterær eksistensiell fremmedhet til musikkdrama.

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Posted in Reviews in Norwegian, The opera: Mysteries and tagged as Den Norske Opera, Klassekampen, Knut Hamsun, Mysterier, Nagel, opera.
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  1. Visions Norvegiennes pour orchestre op. 67 (1985) 1:34
  2. Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
  3. Antagonia op. 28 (1979) - Movement III - 23` 1:16
  4. Concerto for Chamber Orchestra op. 55 (1980) - 15` 1:27
  5. Symphonic Epos for Orchestra op. 21 (1962) - 18` 5:27
  6. Divertimento for String Orchestra op. 3 (1941) - 18` Johan Kvandal 1:39
  7. Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
  8. Symphonic Epos for Orchestra op. 21 (1962) - 18` 5:27
  9. Antagonia, Op. 38 Concerto for Two String Orchestras and Percussion (1973) - Movement I - 23` 1:13
  10. Norwegian Overture for Orchestra op. 7 (1951) -7` 2:17
  11. Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement II - 17` 1:02
  12. Triptychon for Orchestra op. 53 (1979) - 13` 0:15
  13. Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
  14. Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
  15. Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement III - 32` 1:19
  16. Variations and Fugue for Orchestra op. 14 (1954) - 15` 2:31
  17. Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement I - 17` 0:51
  18. Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
  19. Antagonia op. 28 (1979) - Movement II - 23` 2:07
  20. Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement I - 17` 0:51
  21. Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement III - 32` 1:19
  22. Visions Norvegiennes pour orchestre op. 67 (1985) 1:34
  23. Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
  24. Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
  25. Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
  26. Sonata for Strings op. 79 (1994) - 12`45 2:00
  27. Sonata for Strings op. 79 (1994) - 12`45 2:00