Den norske operalitteraturen er en godt gjemt og altfor lite kjent perle i vår nasjonale kulturarv. Det er allmenn enighet om at den begynner med Thrane/Bjerregaards syngespill Fjeldeventyret fra 1824. Videre var det utover på 1800-tallet flere norske komponister som skrev op­eraer, men de aller fleste av disse er i dag gjemt og glemt.

The Norwegian opera literature is a well concealed and all too little known gem in our national cultural heri­tage. There is general agreement that it begins with the Waldemar Thrane/Henrik Bjerregaard Singspiel Fjeld-eventyret (The Mountain Story) from 1824. And through­out the nineteenth century there were a number of Norwe­gian composers who wrote operas, most of them now long forgotten. 

Trygve Aarvik har i mange tiår vært en av Norges ledende oboister. Som solooboist i Kringkastingsorkestret mellom 1981 og 2018 er han nok også Norges mest eksponerte oboist, med utallige opptredener i radio og fjernsyn. «Alle» har hørt Trygves syngende obo. Nå trer han frem som solist i tre verk av sentrale norske komponister. 

 

 

‘The trumpet is an instrument of sin while the cornet belongs to the angels.’ This quotation is generally attributed to Herbert Lincoln Clarke, possibly the greatest cornet-player of all time. In this celebration of the cornet and the wind band tradition, he accordingly gets to both open and close the programme with his two pieces The Debutante and Bride of the Waves. The American Clarke was for more than 20 years, from 1893 until 1917, solo cornet-player with the most famous of wind ensembles: the Sousa Band. His successor in the band, Frank Simon, is also represented on this disc, along with other leading notables of wind band music between c. 1850-1950, such as the Australian Percy Code and John Hartmann, born in Prussia but mainly active in England. Several of these sparkling and virtuosic pieces have been arranged especially for the present combination of Ole Edvard Antonsen and the Royal Norwegian Navy Band, including Ole Bull’s The Herdmaiden’s Sunday (Sæterjentens søndag), Grieg’s In the Hills (Ved Rondane) and Dinicu’s Hora staccato, usually heard on the violin. 

Sjøforsvarets musikkorps og komponist Ketil Hvoslef har samarbeidet i en årrekke. Utgivelsen «L’homme armé» er en hyllest til dette fruktbare samarbeidet, komponisten og militærkorpssjangeren.

The Norwegian Naval Forces’ Band and composer Ketil Hvoslef have collaborated for a number of years. The release “L’homme armé” is an homage to their fruitful collaboration, the composer, and the military band music genre.