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Sonata for Viola and Piano op. 81

Elg på vidvanke

By Elin Kvandal | 12. November 2017

Verket har fått tilnavnet «Elgsonaten» fordi det sto en elg og stirret på Johan Kvandal hver gang han så ut av vinduet mens han skrev det.

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Posted in Reviews, Reviews in Norwegian and tagged as Elegi og Capriccio for bratsj op. 47, Elgsonaten, Håvard Gimse, Lars Anders Tomter, Sonata for Viola and Piano op. 81.

Moose on the loose

By Elin Kvandal | 12. November 2017

The work has been nicknamed “”Elgsonaten”” (Elk Sonata) because a moose (elk) kept staring at Johan Kvandal every time he looked out the window of his study while writing it.

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Posted in Reviews, Reviews in English and tagged as Elegy and Capriccio for viola op. 47, Elk sonata, Håvard Gimse, Lars Anders Tomter, Sonata for Viola and Piano op. 81.
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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