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Ragnar Soderlind(1945-)

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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2016, 06:42:41 pm »

Martin Anderson of Toccata told me a couple of years ago that he admires Soderlind's music. Perhaps Toccata might give him some justice?
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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2016, 11:09:36 am »

I just found this. NRK has made some of their old video archives available recently, and it seems that Soderlind wrote some incidental music for a Norwegian TV show.

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/fjernsynsteatret/ftea00004668/21-01-1969#
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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2016, 11:13:12 am »

And, to top it off, a show devoted to Halvor Haug ! This includes a live performance of his String Quartet.

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/norsk-musikk-i-dag/FMUS00004487/29-01-1988#
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« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2016, 11:17:23 am »

And, furthermore, a program devoted to Soderlind

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/norsk-musikk-i-dag/FMUS00002087/11-08-1987#
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« Reply #19 on: August 28, 2016, 01:09:50 pm »

Sometimes, i feel like I am a one-man marketing company for Ragnar Soderlind and Halvor Haug  ;D

I just created a Facebook page that is devoted to Norwegian composer Ragnar Soderlind. In my opinion, Ragnar (and Halvor Haug) are two composers that deserve wider recognition, especially outside of Norway. If you are a fan of Soderlind, please feel free to Like and contribute material to this new page. It is located here:

https://www.facebook.com/ragnarsoderlind.composer

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« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2016, 01:29:36 pm »

Mmm...much enjoy Soderlind, and Haug - detest Facebook. Good luck !
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« Reply #21 on: August 28, 2016, 01:36:18 pm »

I often have my doubts about Facebook too. But it's very easy to create a page or a group on Facebook, you don't have to worry about website hosting companies, and there is already a large number of groups that cater to classical music fans. So, I figured that this was a good way to get a bit more recognition for Soderlind.
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« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2016, 02:33:27 pm »

Sometimes, i feel like I am a one-man marketing company for Ragnar Soderlind and Halvor Haug  ;D

I just created a Facebook page that is devoted to Norwegian composer Ragnar Soderlind. In my opinion, Ragnar (and Halvor Haug) are two composers that deserve wider recognition, especially outside of Norway. If you are a fan of Soderlind, please feel free to Like and contribute material to this new page. It is located here:

https://www.facebook.com/ragnarsoderlind.composer



Oh.......can I assure you that over the years-on this and two other music forums-I have done my best to raise awareness of the music of both composers. I recall very lengthy posts (unusual for me ;D) on both composers (particularly on The Good Music Guide forum). I also contributed catalogues of their orchestral music-my main interest. The neglect of these composers-by the Norwegians themselves, I must add-is extremely sad. If they had been born Finns then we would have all their music on disc.

I shall certainly join your Facebook page.
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« Reply #23 on: August 28, 2016, 07:29:11 pm »

Thanks, Dundonnell. You have certainly done great work in spreading the word of Soderlind and Haug in numerous forums. Hopefully the massive reach of Facebook will draw even more Soderlind fans together.
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« Reply #24 on: August 28, 2016, 08:05:47 pm »

Thanks, Dundonnell. You have certainly done great work in spreading the word of Soderlind and Haug in numerous forums. Hopefully the massive reach of Facebook will draw even more Soderlind fans together.

Can you tell us where to start with Søderlind? After reading an inspiring interview with him in the Gramophone magazine, late in the 1990s I guess, I bought the CD with Symphony No. 4 'Sedimenti musicalii', but I didn't "get" it at the time and lost interest (was expecting something like Holmboe or Nørgård, probably, but this was definitely different). My fault, no doubt.
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« Reply #25 on: August 28, 2016, 09:16:04 pm »

I started with his symphonies, namely numbers 2 and 3. You can also find a copy of a radio broadcast of Symphony No. 5 on YouTube.
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« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2016, 12:26:41 am »

The great British writer about and enthusiast for Scandinavian music Robert Layton used to write about those composers who could produce music which transmitted to the listener a sense of progression, of taking the listener on a journey.

Soderlind-to me-is just such a composer. Someone who knows exactly what he wants to say and can deliver that to his listeners. The Symphony No.5 is a perfect example of this. The sublimely beautiful last three or four minutes represent precisely where the symphony has been heading from its opening bars.
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« Reply #27 on: September 28, 2016, 08:04:26 am »

This simple UT query will bring up 3 Soderlind symphonies and some other pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/results?q=ragnar+soderlind&sp=SBTqAwA%253D
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« Reply #28 on: September 28, 2016, 08:45:40 am »

This simple UT query will bring up 3 Soderlind symphonies and some other pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/results?q=ragnar+soderlind&sp=SBTqAwA%253D

Better to put quotes round "Ragnar Soderlind", or the search finds everything with a performer called "Ragnar".
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« Reply #29 on: September 28, 2016, 03:18:39 pm »

I keep hoping that the Tchaikovsky Orchestra, who seem to be big Soderlind fans, will eventually get around to putting another symphony or two on YouTube.
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