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Scandinavian Voices – Musical Cultures and Traditions
Description
The nations that comprise Scandinavia – defined for our purposes as Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland – all have proud musical cultures and traditions. There are the great figures recognised throughout the world, principally Grieg, Nielsen and Sibelius; but there are many other composers of enormous talent, many of whom have written music that deserves to be better known than it is today.
We will look firstly a little more deeply into some of the greatest and most familiar works; but also, and equally importantly, to experience music you might not have encountered before, and which you will hopefully want to explore in the future.
Using high quality recordings – CD and DVD – we shall explore the riches of Scandinavian music.
Tutor information
Gwyn Parry-Jones is a widely experienced musician, as performer, conductor and academic. He has held posts at the universities of Oxford, Gothenburg and Reading, where he was for many years Director of Music in the Faculty of Education, and remains a visiting lecturer at Reading and Oxford. As a performer Gwyn has played with the Hallé and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestras among others, under the batons of some of the world’s greatest conductors, including Barbirolli, Giulini and Rattle. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Reading. Gwyn is also well known as an adjudicator and mentor for Music for Youth, and is a composer of numerous published works.
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