Jolasong Rune Alver

• Traditional:
• 1 I denne søte Juletid (Arr. Fartein Valen) 01:12
• 2 Jeg synger Julekvad (Arr. Fartein Valen) 02:10
• Rikard Nordraak (1842 - 1866):
• 3 Joleklokker over jorda (Arr. Egil Hovland) 02:26
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 - 1847):
• 4 Høyr kor englar syng frå sky (Arr. Sigvald Tveit) 02:14
• Peder Knudsen (1819 - 1863):
• 5 Jeg er så glad hver Julekveld (Arr. Johannes M. Rivertz) 02:02
• Traditional:
• 6 Så går vi rundt om en Enebærbusk (Arr. Johannes M. Rivertz) 01:07
• Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812 - 1887):
• 7 Et barn er født i Betlehem (Arr. Fartein Valen) 00:57
• David Monrad Johansen (1888 - 1974):
• 8 Julenat 01:41
• Traditional:
• 9 Et lidet Barn saa lysteligt (Arr. Edvard Fliflet Bræin) 02:09
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):
• 10 Julens Vuggesang 01:41
• Traditional:
• 11 Jolasong (Arr. Geirr Tveitt) 01:37
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863):
• 12 Improvisata over «Glade jul» (Arr. Johan Ludwig Mowinckel) 04:58
• Traditional:
• 13 Kimer, I Klokker (Arr. Fartein Valen) 02:32
• Jacob Gerhard Meidell (1778 - 1857):
• 14 Deilig er den Himmel blå (Arr. Johannes M. Rivertz) 00:54
• Traditional:
• 15 O, du Herlige (Arr. Rudolph Magnus Forwald) 03:04
• Sparre Olsen (1903 - 1984):
• 16 Når Jola kjem 01:10
• Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747 - 1800):
• 17 Her kommer dine arme små (Arr. Fartein Valen) 01:11
• David Monrad Johansen:
• 18 Barn Jesus i en krybbe laa 02:12
• Franz Xaver Gruber:
• 19 Glade jul (Arr. Fartein Valen) 02:12
• Traditional:
• 20 Å, kom nå med lovsang (Arr. Koralboken 1985) 02:07
• Egil Hovland (1924 - 2013):
• 21 Vi ser deg, Herre Jesus 01:04
• Alf Fasmer Dahl (1874 - 1933):
• 22 Nå vandrer fra hver en verdens krok (Arr. Arild Sandvold) 01:03
• Lars Søraas d.y. (1887 - 1976):
• 23 Det lyser i stille grender (Arr. Egil Hovland) 01:44
• Adam Drese (1620 - 1701):
• 24 Sæle jolekveld (Arr. Thomas Beck) 01:35
• Traditional:
• 25 Mit hjerte altid vanker (Arr. Lars Søraas d.e.) 02:10
• 26 En rose er utsprungen (Arr. Arne Dørumsgaard) 02:17
• Egil Hovland:
• 27 Lukk opp kirkens dører 01:00
• 28 Syng for Herren 01:25
• Traditional:
• 29 Kling no klokka (Arr. Sigvald Tveit) 01:08
• 30 Hør hvor englesangen klinger (Arr. Sigvald Tveit) 01:19
• 31 Deilig er jorden (Arr. Johannes M. Rivertz) 02:40
• Total Runtime 57:01

Info for Jolasong

In the course of preparations to record my album, «Spill og Dans», featuring the piano music of Johannes M. Rivertz (1902–1988), I discovered a number of manuscripts – simple arrangements of familiar Christmas carols that the composer had left behind. These little pieces sounded beautiful in a church setting. And so the idea of this Christmas album was born.

There was a time when Fartein Valen’s arrangements of Christmas carols could often be found on pianos and organs in community centres and private homes. And this is still true in many places. Likewise, Rudolph Magnus Forwald’s paraphrases of Christmas melodies have become part of our common heritage. Other Norwegian composers from different periods are represented here as well. It is the simplicity of the arrangements that distinguishes them all.

We hope you will find delight in the interplay of text, melody, and harmony. Most of the texts are familiar, and those included here are the basis of the two Christmas melodies by David Monrad Johansen.

Rune Alver, piano
Toralv Maurstad, narrator

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