Notes and Editorial Reviews
The Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra, with its eighteen string players, is Norway's only chamber orchestra employing musicians full time. The ensemble went professional in the late 1980s. Stephen Barratt-Due was musical director from 1990-1996, and was succeeded in the 96/97 season by the Swedish violinist Jan Stigmer. It is much to their credit that the orchestra is now reaping wide acclaim from audiences and critics alike. The orchestra, despite its youth, has developed during recent years into one of Scandinavia's leading chamber music ensembles. It performs approximately 75 concerts per year. Occasionally the ensemble is augmented under the name Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra for performances of symphonic music, operas and major sacred
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Works on This Recording
1.
Elegiac Melody by Odd Gruner-Hegge
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1943; Norway
2.
From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; Norway
Notes: Arranged: Edvard Grieg (1885)
3.
Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34: no 1, Wounded heart by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Norway
Notes: Arranged: Edvard Grieg
4.
Melodies (12), Op. 33: no 2, Spring by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Norway
Notes: Arranged: Edvard Grieg
5.
Saeterjentens Sondag by Johan Svendsen
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Norway
6.
Swedish Folk-Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 27: Allt under himmelens fäste by Johan Svendsen
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Norway
7.
Hymn and Festival Cantata, Op. 31: I fjol gjaett'e gjeitinn by Johan Svendsen
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Norway
8.
Romance for Strings in C major, Op. 42 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903; Finland
9.
Impromptu for Strings "Andante lirico" by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893/1924; Finland
10.
Pastoral Suite, Op. 19: Romance by Lars-Erik Larsson
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938; Sweden
11.
Bergakungen, Op. 37: Vallflickans Dans by Hugo Alfvén
Conductor:
Jan Stigmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Kristiansand Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1916-1923; Sweden
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