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Before "La Princesa de la Luna", KMFA played Christian Sinding's Symphony No. 4, rhapsody for orchestra (‘Frost and Spring’), Op. 129 (1936).

I only knew the Norwegian Sinding (1856 - 1941) through his "Rustle of Spring" (Frühlingsrauschen), a short piece for piano that later became an emblem of middlebrow salon music.

Although Sinding was from Norway, he spent much of his career in Germany, so it is not surprising that the symphony I heard earlier sounded distinctly Wagnerian and Straussian at points.

It's the sort of late romantic music that twentieth century modernists deplored. Sinding's reputation was not helped by his enrollment in the Nasjonal Samling, the party of Vidkun Quisling, the Nazi collaborator who headed a puppet government during the German occupation of Norway. Recent research has brought forth evidence that this enrollment was made without the sick and aged composer's knowledge in the last weeks of his life, but this revelation came too late to save his work from effective banishment from the Norwegian airwaves in the postwar years.

Having a largely forgotten piece like this broadcast reflects well on KMFA. Although I doubt that I will be playing it again much, I was pleased to have heard it and to have been spurred to learn a smidgeon of Norwegian musical history.

https://youtu.be/V6GzHaOuVkc?si=Hy140WgavVcMMDFn

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Kalandra Release New Single “Are You Ready?” Off Upcoming Album
Are you ready for some dark folk music?

https://www.metalsucks.net/2024/06/30/kalandra-release-new-single-are-you-ready-off-upcoming-album/

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This time of year I love listening to Norwegian indie/folk musician Moddi. Maybe it's the geography finding its way into music, or perhaps something about the lyrics, but it fits these shorter days like a mitten.

His (2013 and *mostly* English) album Set The House On Fire is exceptional from beginning to end, a perfect winter companion, especially on snowy and blowy days like today.

#AlbumOfTheDay #Moddi #NorwegianMusic #SetTheHouseOnFire

https://open.spotify.com/album/4jmVTmCZC64dy09Cg14Ujk?si=OFYUdbczS-KOjGGBqxTtXw&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4jmVTmCZC64dy09Cg14Ujk

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kenSUsiDIZGkG6ic-S26ccbLoO80ktLms&feature=shared

Very serious concert on Friday. OK, Bare Egil Band can be a bit intense, but very fun =)

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Thread of random songs in Norwegian that I like:

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