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Trollfageln / Emilia Amper

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Details

Composer
AMPER, EMILIA TRADITIONAL
Artist
Emilia, Amper
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Dec 01, 2012
Catalog #
BIS-2013
UPC
7318599920139

About

Emilia Amper, one of Sweden’s most exciting young folk musicians, is also one of the finest nyckelharpa players in the world today. (In fact, she can even boast of being a World Champion on the instrument, a title she won in 2010.) For Trollfågeln, her first solo disc, she has devised a programme which demonstrates the numerous facets of her own musical personality, and of her instrument. With its roots stretching back to medieval Europe, the nyckelharpa (‘keyed fiddle’) almost died out in the middle of the twentieth century, but has made a remarkable comeback and is attracting an increasing number of performers in Sweden and around the world. Firmly grounded in Swedish traditional music, Emilia Amper has also worked with musicians from many other backgrounds, and regards folk music as a common international language, and a way of combining tradition with spontaneous improvisation in a playful reflection of our own times. Consequently, on Trollfågeln (‘The Magic Bird’) a traditional dance tune such as Bredals Näckapolska stands next to Emilia’s own take on rock music, Kapad (‘Hijacked’). Similarly, Ut i mörka natten (‘Into the Dark Night’), a song about budding love that she’s written and composed herself, is contrasted with Herr Lager och skön fager, her setting of a poem from the late 1800s describing the sad outcome of a love affair. Solos are mixed with settings in which Emilia is joined by a string ensemble from the famous Norwegian chamber orchestra the Trondheim Soloists, or by another well-known virtuoso on the nyckelharpa, Johan Hedin, as well as by some of her regular collaborators: Anders Löfberg, Dan Svensson and Olle Linder. In turns hypnotic, melancholy and meditative, groovy and jubilant, Trollfågeln is a breathtaking roller-coaster of a disc.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Till Maria 05:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Till Maria
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Emilia Amper
    Performer
    Emilia Amper
  2. 2 G-mollpolska efter Anders Gustaf Jernberg 03:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    G-mollpolska efter Anders Gustaf Jernberg
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Emilia Amper
  3. 3 Ut i morka natten (Into the Dark Night) 04:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ut i morka natten (Into the Dark Night)
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Emilia Amper
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Olle Linder, Anders Lofberg, Dan Svensson
  4. 4 Isadoras land (Isadora's Land) 03:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    Isadoras land (Isadora's Land)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Emilia Amper
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Dan Svensson, Anders Lofberg, Olle Linder
  5. 5 Trollfuglen (The Magic Bird) 02:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    Trollfuglen (The Magic Bird)
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Emilia Amper
  6. 6 Polska fra Hoffsmyran (Polska from Hoffsmyran) 04:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    Polska fra Hoffsmyran (Polska from Hoffsmyran)
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Emilia Amper
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Helge Andreas Norbakken
    Ensemble
    members Trondheim Soloists
  7. 7 Herr Lager och skon fager (Herr Lager and the Fair One) 03:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    Herr Lager och skon fager (Herr Lager and the Fair One)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Emilia Amper
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Helge Andreas Norbakken
    Ensemble
    members Trondheim Soloists
  8. 8 Brannvinslat fran Torsas (Drinking Song from Torsas) 02:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    Brannvinslat fran Torsas (Drinking Song from Torsas)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Emilia Amper
  9. 9 Pigopolskan - Den glomda polskan (The Maid's Polska - The Forgotten Polska) 05:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    Pigopolskan - Den glomda polskan (The Maid's Polska - The Forgotten Polska)
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Johan Hedin
  10. 10 Nar som flickorna de gifta sig (When Young Women Get Married) 04:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    Nar som flickorna de gifta sig (When Young Women Get Married)
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Dan Svensson, Johan Hedin
  11. 11 Kapad (Hijacked) 04:44
    Track
    11
    Title
    Kapad (Hijacked)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Emilia Amper
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Helge Andreas Norbakken
    Ensemble
    members Trondheim Soloists
  12. 12 Bredals Nackapolska (Nackapolska after Bredal) 03:01
    Track
    12
    Title
    Bredals Nackapolska (Nackapolska after Bredal)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Emilia Amper
  13. 13 Galatea Creek 03:19
    Track
    13
    Title
    Galatea Creek
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Emilia Amper
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Helge Andreas Norbakken
    Ensemble
    members Trondheim Soloists
  14. 14 Vals fran Valsebo (Waltz from Valsebo) 08:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    Vals fran Valsebo (Waltz from Valsebo)
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Emilia Amper, Anders Lofberg