Letters from Scandinavia
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Label: CRD
Cat No: CRD3551
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 5th September 2025
Contents
Works
Mor synger, op.52 » no.6 Skjaerer
Songs (3), op.1 » no.3 Til mit Hjertes Dronning
Songs (8), op.17 » no.7 Sildig
Aland IslandsFarewell
Finnish Forests
Fredrikstad
Gota Canal
Gudbrandsdalen
Hallingdal
Norrland
Roskilde
Sognefjellet
Stockholm
Stromstad
Telemark Forests
The Skagerrak
Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), op.67
» no.4 Mote (The Tryst)
» no.8 Ved Gjaetle-Bekken
Poems (6), op.49 » no.6 Foraarsregn
Songs (5) of Norway, op.58 » no.2 Til Norge
Songs (6), op.59 » no.2 Pa Norges nogne fjelde
Fjerran pa enslig stigSag mig, du lilla fogel
Songs (6), op.72
» no.4 Kaiutar
Songs (6), op.90 » no.1 Norden
Poems (4) by Verner von Heidenstam, op.37 » no.1 Jutta kommer till Folkungarna
Songs (5), op.20 » no.2 Vid fonstret
Visor och stamningar (Songs and Moods), op.26 » no.4 Jungfru blond och jungfru brunett
Artists
Joanna Harries (mezzo-soprano)Sholto Kynoch (piano)
Works
Mor synger, op.52 » no.6 Skjaerer
Songs (3), op.1 » no.3 Til mit Hjertes Dronning
Songs (8), op.17 » no.7 Sildig
Aland IslandsFarewell
Finnish Forests
Fredrikstad
Gota Canal
Gudbrandsdalen
Hallingdal
Norrland
Roskilde
Sognefjellet
Stockholm
Stromstad
Telemark Forests
The Skagerrak
Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), op.67
» no.4 Mote (The Tryst)
» no.8 Ved Gjaetle-Bekken
Poems (6), op.49 » no.6 Foraarsregn
Songs (5) of Norway, op.58 » no.2 Til Norge
Songs (6), op.59 » no.2 Pa Norges nogne fjelde
Fjerran pa enslig stigSag mig, du lilla fogel
Songs (6), op.72
» no.4 Kaiutar
Songs (6), op.90 » no.1 Norden
Poems (4) by Verner von Heidenstam, op.37 » no.1 Jutta kommer till Folkungarna
Songs (5), op.20 » no.2 Vid fonstret
Visor och stamningar (Songs and Moods), op.26 » no.4 Jungfru blond och jungfru brunett
Artists
Joanna Harries (mezzo-soprano)Sholto Kynoch (piano)
About
“Letters from Scandinavia is, I hope, an adventure… It certainly has been for me in creating it. It began with a chance stumbling on Mary Wollstonecraft’s Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway & Denmark, written on the cusp of the nineteenth century, at a time when most of the rest of Europe was almost entirely ignorant of the ‘wild north’. I soon discovered a treasure trove of historic travel writing about Scandinavia, which I duly devoured.
“Scandinavian song has to be the most unjustly underperformed of the song repertoire, but once discovered, it is difficult not to evangelise to everyone you meet about what they might be missing out on. It set me off on my own journey; I raided the archives of Nordic composers, both well-known and little performed.
“It has grown into something between a song recital and a historical audio travel guide, I suppose. A weaving together of music and text as it follows in the footsteps of women journeying to nineteenth-century Nordic countries for the first time. The music is drawn from a rich vein of song by composers and interwoven between the songs are new texts inspired by colourful and evocative nineteenth-century travel writing. I’ve had the huge pleasure of working with composer Peter Facer to bring these texts to life with new music to underscore the spoken word.
“I’m grateful that my fellow traveller is pianist Sholto Kynoch, who first introduced me to Backer Grøndahl’s works a few years ago, and who plays this repertoire so beautifully.
“Letters from Scandinavia is above all a love letter to all things Nordic. I very much hope you enjoy it. (Best served with a cinnamon bun…)”
“Scandinavian song has to be the most unjustly underperformed of the song repertoire, but once discovered, it is difficult not to evangelise to everyone you meet about what they might be missing out on. It set me off on my own journey; I raided the archives of Nordic composers, both well-known and little performed.
“It has grown into something between a song recital and a historical audio travel guide, I suppose. A weaving together of music and text as it follows in the footsteps of women journeying to nineteenth-century Nordic countries for the first time. The music is drawn from a rich vein of song by composers and interwoven between the songs are new texts inspired by colourful and evocative nineteenth-century travel writing. I’ve had the huge pleasure of working with composer Peter Facer to bring these texts to life with new music to underscore the spoken word.
“I’m grateful that my fellow traveller is pianist Sholto Kynoch, who first introduced me to Backer Grøndahl’s works a few years ago, and who plays this repertoire so beautifully.
“Letters from Scandinavia is above all a love letter to all things Nordic. I very much hope you enjoy it. (Best served with a cinnamon bun…)”
– Joanna Harries
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