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Written in Folk Roots issue 163/164, 1997

DVERGMÅL
Visor Og Kvæde Frå Blåberglandet
Grappa GRCD 4121

Texts by 19thC Norwegian poet Ivar Aasen set to traditional tunes and sung by largely acapella group - four female voices, one male - with occasional langeleik, seljefløyte, jaws harp, hardingfele. Norway’s choral and folk traditions are much more linked than in Britain, and though these are in effect small-group choral arrangements the effect is of five folk singers combining rather than a stiff choir; attractive even to a choir-distruster.


© 1997 Andrew Cronshaw
 

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