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CAROL BARNETT

THREE NORWEGIAN FOLK SONGS

for Soprano and Violin !

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CAROL BARNETT

THREE NORWEGIAN FOLK SONGS for Soprano and Violin

Commissioned by Shirley Santoro and Marian Hoffman

Premiered on April 9, 2007 by Shirley Santoro and Marian Hoffman

at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN

c. 10 minutes

I. Ingerid Sletten av Sillejord (Rikard Nordraak) II. Å vesle Kari vår (folksong from Valdres) III. Draumkvædet (folksong from Telemark)

PROGRAM NOTE: Here are three charming Norwegian folk songs, arranged for soprano and violin. Ingerid Sletten from Sillejord cherishes a cap given to her by her mother, always saving it to wear on that special occasion that never comes. When she is old and looks for it in her chest, it is gone, eaten by moths. Moral: use the gifts given to you. Å vesle Kari vår is a cheerful romp about how little Kate snares a husband. This version of Draumkvaedet has only the first five verses of a much longer ballad about Olaf Åsteson, who goes to sleep on Christmas Eve and awakens thirteen days later to tell of a wondrous dream of a journey to the Kingdom of the Dead.