Snowflakes: A Classical Christmas

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Album Summary

Performer

• Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)

Conductor

• Wigum, Torodd

Ensemble

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Composers

• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Alice Tegnér (1864 - 1943)
• Oystein Baadsvik (1966 - )
• Ruben Liljefors (1871 - 1936)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Christmas Traditional
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Anna Baadsvik
• Leigh Harline (1907 - 1969)
• Frode Fjellheim
• Gustaf Nordqvist (1886 - 1949)
• Jester Hairston (1901 - 2000)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Staffan Lundén-Welden (1964 - )

Notes & Reviews:

On five previous discs the astonishing tuba player Øystein Baadsvik has demonstrated his incredible versatility as a musician, while at the same time establishing that 'anything a violin can do, a tuba can do too', to quote a review in the Daily Telegraph of his first disc on BIS, Tuba Carnival. As Baadsvik writes in his own liner notes to the present disc: 'Every tuba player soon learns to live with people's "oompah-oompah" prejudices, but rarely have these been challenged more boldly than here. Never before has there been a Christmas record with symphony orchestra, women's choir and tuba!' The program consists of lavish arrangements of Baadsvik's own international and Nordic Christmas favorites. As befits the season, the offering contains a few surprises as well - such as Eatnemen Vuelie, inspired by joik, the traditional singing of the Sami people, and a snowy version of Baadsvik's own piece Fnugg ('flakes'), with elements of beat-boxing as well as the sound of the Australian didgeridoo. With the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra lending the music all the variety and uplift that only a large orchestra can provide, and the glittering voices of the Cantus choir adding a festive glow, Baadsvik's tuba carries the day - atmospheric and joyous, tuneful and meditative by turns.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Trondheim, Norway (05/2011).

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Works Details

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Harline, Leigh : Pinocchio

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1940

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Traditional, Christmas : Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1588

Fjellheim, Frode : Eatnemen vueli, for children's chorus, keyboards & drums

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Alice Tegnér (1864 - 1943) : Star of Bethlehem ("Gläns över sjö och strand"), song

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, Christmas : God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Nordqvist, Gustaf : Jul, jul stralande jul

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 5 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Baadsvik, Oystein : Snofnugg (Snowflakes), for chorus

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Baadsvik, Anna : Fantasia for tuba & organ on the hymn tune "Mitt hjerte alltid vanker"

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Hairston, Jester : Mary's boy child

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1956

Liljefors, Ruben : När det lider mot jul (When Christmas Is Coming), song

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Staffan Lundén-Welden (1964 - ) : St. Stephen's Holiday, for tuba & orchestra

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Concerto

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Traditional, Christmas : Dejlig er jorden (or "Härlig är jorden"), carol (Danish)

• Performer: Oystein Baadsvik (Tuba)
• Conductor: Torodd Wigum
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.