Advent Calendar 2011 - 13 December : Å Jul med din glede
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| Comp. | Gustava Kielland |
| Lyrics | Gustava Kielland |
| Title | Å Jul med din glede |
| Performers | Aasta Nielsen (voice) / Marie Flagstad (piano) |
| Year | [1925] |
| Publisher | Odeon |
| Record no. | 5477 |
| Matrix no. | Nw 568 |
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Mitt hjerte alltid vanker - December 5th
Noel (Gounod) - December 6th
Silent night - December 7th
Zipoli Pastorale - December 8th
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Jeg er så glad hver julekveld - December 10th
Stille nacht - December 11th
O Helga natt (Caruso) - December 12th
Jeg synger julekvad - December 13th
O jul med din glede - December 14th
Saa gaar vi rundt om en enebærbusk - December 15th
O Jul med din glede - December 16th
Silent night (Paul Whiteman orchestra) - December 17th
Noël Provencal - December 18th
Hark! The herald angels sing - December 19th
Shepherds' farewell (Berlioz) - December 20th
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Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Praetorius) - December 22nd
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Glade jul (Arne Hendriksen) - December 24th
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Advent Calendar 2011
13 December - Å Jul med din glede
Poster from the film "Frøken Trofast" (Thanks to IKA Kongsberg for the picture)
"O Christmas with your pleasures" - a song for around the Christmas tree.
A feature of a Norwegian Christmas party or gathering is "going round the Christmas tree", in which everyone present, from the oldest to the youngest, forms a big circle (or two concentric circles) around the tree and walks around it whilst singing well-known carols. This song is a firm favourite for such gatherings, not least because the text invites us to do various actions, which adds to the fun.
Aasta Nielsen (1897-1975), who is singing on this record, was better known in her day as an actress, both on stage and on film, where she had leading roles in silent films such as ”Fante-Anne” ("Anne the gypsy") (1920), ”Jomfru Trofast” ("the faithful virgin") (1921) and ”Felix” (1921).
One thing that is fascinating with these old recordings is to hear how the songs were interpreted by the soloist. As usual, the tempo is a bit slower here than we are used to nowadays, but as well as this, Aasta Nielsen has a very personal approach to the rhythm (such as the little pause before the last line in each verse).
Are you going to join us around the tree?
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Length: 2:32
