Linking arms at the waist, they resume the circuit. The dance is the post-script to the day at Landskappleiken, Norway’s annual traditional music and dance competition. Landskappleiken (“national ...
Bud Larsen, Hardanger Fiddle maker and teacher, looks at part of a fiddle a student is making. It is part of a growing community of fiddle makers marking the 200th anniversary of the first arrival by ...
This evocation of an aspect of country life is part of a radical reinterpretation of Edvard Grieg’s 19 Norske Folkeviser (19 Norwegian Folk Songs), composed in 1896. The first piece in the cycle is ...