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Arve Tellefsen plays Ole Bull
Ole Bull: Nocturne for Violin and Orchestra · Sæterjentens Søndag (The herdgirl’s Sunday) · Et Sæterbesøk (A Mountain Vision) · Adagio Religioso ‘A Mother’s Prayer’ · from ‘Polacca Guerriera’ · Adagio Sostenuto · Grand March from ‘Agiaco Cubano’ · Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso · La Mélancolie ‘In Moments of Solitude’ · Andante maestoso · Sigrids sang (Sigrid’s Song) from ‘Fjeldstuen’ · Barcarolle · Scotch Fantasy · Andante cantabile · Cantabile (Reminicens from the Concert in Fredriksværn) · In Moments of Solitude · Edvard Grieg: Gavotte and Menuet
Arve Tellefsen, violin · Trondheim Symphony Orchestra · Eivind Aadland, conductor · Håvard Gimse, piano
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Ole Bull 200 years
In 2010 it is 200 years since the birth of Ole Bull, and his position is stronger than ever before in modern times. It is no exaggeration to say that this is largely due to the inspired work of one man: Arve Tellefsen. This celebration re-issue is a manifest over two outstanding Norwegian artists.
Throughout his long carer, Arve Tellefsen has been an ardent advocate of bringing the Ole Bull legacy out to the world wide public. On this recording we hear Tellefsen in the extremely virtuosic, often melancholy melodic shapes that were the trademarks of Bull. With his peerless tone and attention to every nuance in the music, Tellefsen makes the magic happen in his performance.
Bull and Grieg
It is well known that Grieg had Bull as his inspiration when searching for his own ‘national tone’ of expression. Still there seems to be only one documented case of the two performing officially together. August 11th 1873 there was a fund raising concert supporting a Leiv Erikson statue that Bull wanted put up in Boston. Two of Grieg’s pieces – Gavotte and Menuet – were programmed. As a special feature both these works are a part of this celebratory release. They were later to be found in Griegs’s works as the Ved Mannjævningen and the 2nd mvt. of the F major violin sonata.
Ole Bull of Norway
“Ole Bull was the first international celebrity to come out of Norway. He was the ‘star’ of the 1800s, admired, despised, ambitious and intense”, says Arve Tellefsen “the stories are many and separating fiction from fact is not always easy. Just as the pop stars of today, Ole Bull had a good sense for what kind of stories that would stick in the minds of the public.”
Tellefsen and Bull
That Tellefsen has succeeded in his work to bring out the name and music of Ole Bull can be experienced in many ways this year. The Norwegian Bank now presents a new 10kr coin with Bull’s portrait as the motif. For the first time the 2010 Menhuin Competition was held somewhere else than London. Not only was it moved to Oslo, but the mandatory Paganini was replaced with Ole. This year the International Festival in Bergen includes a big Ole Bull night June 2nd, with Tellefsen featuring as the performing host of the show.
 - This is Ole Bull on top form. [Aftenposten]
 - I think Ole Bull would have been wildly envious had he heard Arve Tellefsen play. [Dagbladet]
- When Ole Bull's music is played, this is the way to do it! [VG]
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Tellefsen, Arve (violin)
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