Excerpts from the first performance of "Vidderna Inom Mig" on July 21, 2011 at the 20th Riddu Riđđu International Indigenous People's Festival in Manndalen, Northern Norway.
The work is set to poetry by the great Sami multi-artist Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943-2001), and is scored for orchestra, chorus and solo cello.
Duration 60 minutes.
Composer/Conductor/Solo Cello: Svante Henryson
The LiNN Orchestra:
Flute: Inge Rolland
Clarinet: Ole Kristoffersen
Bass Clarinet: Håvard Lund
Bassoon: Anton Biehe
Horn: Jonathan Williams
Violin: Ingrid Marie Willassen, Tor Johan Bøen, Øivind Nussle
Viola: Tørris Koløen Bakke, Kate Read, Erika Toth
Cello: Hans-Urban Andersson, Runa Bergsmo, Nikolay Girunyan
Double Bass: Knut Erik Sundquist
Electric Bass: Hogne Rundberg
Drums: Herman Rundberg
The Generation Choir of Kåfjord (ages: 6 to 86 ! )
Choirmaster: Liv Rundberg
Producers: Kai Somby (Sapmi Music), Christina Hætta (Riddu Riđđu)
Photography: Gunnar Hemmingsen
Svante Henryson is Artist-in Residence 2010-2012 at LiNN (Landsdelsmusikerna i Nord-Norge), and blogs at www.airnordnorge.blogspot.com
Very impressive!!!
YelenaEckemoff 2 months ago