Emma Reid - Björnsdotter
Alicia Björnsdotter Abrams - viiul, vioola
Emma Reid - viiul
Hind: 200 EEK / 12,78 EUR
The Swedish term for two fiddles played an octave apart is ‘rough and shiny'. The high, shiny melody gets depth and colour from low, rough octave. For at least 100 years Swedish fiddlers have used this arrangement technique to effectively combine the sounds of two fiddles.
To us, ‘rough and shiny' has yet another meaning. Traditional music functions mostly as dance music and needs to be rhythmic and powerful, rather than pretty. At the same time, fiddlers love to decorate and there is plenty of room for elegance and beauty. It is the shine- the intricate ornaments and the playful counter-melodies - that tickles the heart and inspires the imagination. It is the roughness- the stamping of feet and the bite of the bow- that makes it impossible to sit still.
The geographical background to this collection is a broad as our musical journeys and inspirations. The recurring theme is a music that is as rough as it is shiny.
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1. Himmelfärdspolskan
2. Så de' så
3. Gammal rådasin / Polska after Johan Erik Taklax
4. Gumas polska / Söderstens minne / Polska after Anders Södersten
5. Waltz after Salomon W. Zeidlitz / Ville de Quebec
6. Trollpolskan / Hedningpolskan
7. Polska after Jan-Olof Olsson / Grötschottis
8. Lådiksvalsen after Ellika Frisell
9. Polska till Wik
10. Vendelpolskan
11. Skänklåt after Pekkos Per
12. Polska after Erland Hansson
13. Road to Poynton / Paul and Jenny's Wedding (both by Robert Harbron)
14. Auld Swaara
15. Bark Larsas
16. Polkett after Karl Hejsman
17. Längs gamla stigar och färdevägar