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harmOrgan Harmonica & Organ Sigmund Groven & Iver Kleive The world’s smallest and the world’s largest musical instrument together in stunning baroque pieces and Norwegian folk music Recorded in DXD 24/352.8kHz 5.1 DTS HD MA 24/192kHz 2.0 LPCM 24/192kHz +mShuttle Exclusive Pure Audio Blu-ray – hybrid SACD included e q EAN13: 7041888515821 77 Sigmund & Iver *!0E1I8I-fbficb! 2L-077-SABD made in Norway 20©10 Lindberg Lyd AS harmOrgan 1 Gloria (Sigmund Groven) 3:14 14 Myllargutens bruremarsj (arr. Sigmund Groven) 3:17 2 Aria (Sigmund Groven) 3:22 15 Toccata ”Store Gud, vi lover deg” (Iver Kleive) 5:50 Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Suite provençale (Iver Kleive) 3 Allegro moderato 3:52 16 En bagatell i det store og hele, ikke noe å bry seg om 4:15 4 Siciliano 2:16 17 Farvel kjære venn – som et pust i siv 3:47 5 Allegro 4:01 18 Den grønne trøya 2:46 19 Côte d’A zur 3:55 6 I himmelen (arr. Sigmund Groven) 3:43 Recorder Sonata in F major, HWV 369 (Georg Friedrich Händel) Melodier fra Koralboka (arr. Iver Kleive) 20 Siciliana & Giga 3:44 7 Vektervers 1:46 8 Mitt hjerte alltid vanker 3:50 21 Undring (Sigmund Groven) 3:22 9 Kom regn fra det høye 1:16 10 Kristne, la oss søke sammen 2:05 22 In Memoriam (Sigmund Groven) 3:35 11 Se, vi går opp til Jerusalem 3:13 23 Vårsøg (Henning Sommerro) 3:17 12 Påskemorgen (Ludvig M. Lindeman, arr. Iver Kleive) 4:03 13 Lengt (Sigmund Groven) 3:56 Sigmund Groven & Iver Kleive Harmonica and organ — an unusual duo Those who have never heard the world’s smallest and the world’s largest musical instrument Both of us left Norway to study, and our mentors were the best possible role models: In playing together might find it hard to imagine what this combination will sound like.This Munich Iver came under the guidance of organist Franz Lehrndorfer and legendary choir- instrumental duo is indeed unique – as far as I know none of my fellow harmonica-players master, conductor, and organist Karl Richter, whereas I had the great fortune to study in other parts of the world had ever thought of this before we did! in England with my boyhood idol, the equally legendary Tommy Reilly, one of the great pioneers of serious harmonica-playing. Iver Kleive and I have collaborated for more than 30 years and have built up a repertoire consisting mainly of baroque pieces and Norwegian music, most of which we have composed I first met a very young Iver Kleive in a recording studio in Oslo back in the late sixties. When and arranged ourselves. Iver returned to Norway after graduating with honours from the Music Academy in Munich about 10 years later I was looking for a musical associate as my former accompanist had sadly Even though Iver and I have chosen very different instruments and are also quite different just passed away. Iver and I did our first concert together in 1979, and this was the starting- personalities in many ways we have a fundamental musical rapport and understanding and point of a happy collaboration which has taken us not only the length and breadth of Norway, also have many other things in common. but also to exotic places ranging from the prairies of the US Mid-west to the deserts of Saudi- Arabia, not forgetting cruise ships in Both of us come from musical fami- the Caribbean and elsewhere. lies, and early musical impulses and experiences in our boyhood came to We have worked together on several decide our future careers. We were recordings over the years, and both born and raised in Telemark, 10 years ago we made a Christ- a region of Norway rich in folk- mas CD, “Innunder Jul” together music, and although we grew up with with singer Anne Vada, but classical music (Iver’s father was a “harmOrgan” is our first duo CD professional organist and conductor, of music for harmonica and organ. my father was an amateur violinist We hope you will enjoy listening as and Hardanger fiddle-player and much as we have enjoyed recording my uncle, Eivind Groven, a famous it! composer) we have always had an open mind and taken keen interest in various contemporary and popular Sigmund Groven musical styles and idioms. Iver Kleive was born in Skien, Sigmund Groven’s career in Europe has Norway in 1949. He completed included performances with the Academy of a degree in church music at St.Martin-in-the-Fields, Rotterdam Phil- the Oslo conservatoire in 1972 harmonic, the radio symphony orchestras of and from 1973-76 he studied Berlin, Munich, Brussels, Stockholm, Oslo, at the Staatliche Hochschule Hilversum, and BBC London, concerts für Musik in Munich, where for EXPO Sevilla, UNESCO Paris, the he took the “Solistenprüfung” Edvard Grieg Sesquicentennial Celebrations, as a solo performer on the Dartington Summer Music, and the Bergen organ. His choral background International Festival. In 2002 he became comes from the Münchener the first harmonica player to appear as soloist Bachchor, with conductor Karl with the the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salz- Richter, where he sang tenor burg, and his concert at the 25th Budapest for three years. Iver Kleive Spring Festival 2005 was described by a critic gave his debut performance as ”the most moving performance in the as organist in Oslo in 1978, and was pianist with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra for ten history of the festival”. On several occasions he years. Additionally he played solo synthesizer with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra under has given Royal Command performances for conductor Mariss Jansons. the Kings and Queens of Norway and Sweden. In 1990 Sigmund Groven made his Carnegie Kleive describes himself as an improvising musician who likes to alternate between classical, Hall debut, which was followed by concerts at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington pop, folk and jazz. Since 1972 he has to date contributed on some two hundred recordings as DC as well as major concert halls, orchestras and festivals across Canada and the US: a session musician, composer and arranger. The organ and church music remain, however, Toronto, Guelph, Québèc, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Anchorage, Minneapolis, his main instrument and musical fundament. New Orleans, Houston, and Dallas, where he was made honorary citizen of Texas. His career in Asia has included concerts and TV appearances in Japan in 1995 and ’99, Hong Kong 1998 and 2004, Seoul,Korea 2001 and Taiwan 2006. “In the right hands the harmonica can be an instrument of great beauty and sophistication. Sigmund Groven, like Tommy Reilly and Larry Adler before him, makes full use of the wide range and tonal Composers who have dedicated works to Sigmund Groven include Johan Kvandal, James expressions that the harmonica is capable of. His musicianship is superb, and he now unquestionably Moody, Terje Rypdal, Øistein Sommerfeldt, Siegfried Steinkogler, John Surman, and Fried reigns supreme as one of the finest exponents of the harmonica in the world.” – Sir George Martin Walter. Ready for premiere are a new “Concertino” by Henning Sommerro and a “Prelude” by Egil Kapstad. For more than three decades Sigmund Groven has had an international career as soloist, composer and recording artist. He was born in Norway into a musical family; his uncle was Sigmund Groven is also an award-winning composer in his own right, with a total output of a famous composer. With his mentor Tommy Reilly he appeared in concert and on radio more than 350 works, including music for film, radio, and TV, and a number of songs and and TV in Europe and North America, and in 1976 they recorded a duo album in London. instrumental works. In 1997 he was elected President of TONO, the Norwegian Performing Rights Society, in 2002 he was appointed Honorary member by the Norwegian Association The latest additions to his discography of more than 20 albums are three CDs with the of Composers and Authors, in 2004 he was presented with an award by the City of Oslo, and Norwegian Radio Orchestra: “PhilHarmonica”, an anthology of original works, a project in 2009 the Klaus Egge Award. Sigmund Groven plays the Polle Concert Harmonica. with Beatles producer Sir George Martin, and a much-acclaimed ”Grieg Album”. Munnspel og orgel — ein uvanleg kombinasjon Iver Kleive ble født i Skien i 1949. Etter studier ved musikkhøyskolene i Oslo og München debuterte han som organist i Oslo Konserthus i 1978. Bakgrunn for korarbeidet har han fra Dei som aldri har hørt det, vil kanskje undre seg på korleis dette vil klinge – det minste og det det legendariske Münchener Bach-Chor, med dirigent Karl Richter. Han etablerte seg snart største instrumentet som finst – David mot Goliat! Kombinasjonen av våre to instrument er som en av de fremste og mest allsidige musikerne i vårt hjemlige miljø, både som klassisk eineståande – eg kjenner ikkje til at nokon av mine munnspelkollegaer rundt i verda hadde organist, studiomusiker på piano og moderne tangentinstrumenter, som arrangør, og senere tenkt denne tanken før oss. også som dirigent og komponist. Iver Kleive og eg har samarbeidd i over 30 år og har etterkvart bygd opp eit repertoar med Iver har vært solist med Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester, og var fast pianist i KORK i en 10-års- hovudvekt på barokkmusikk og norsk musikk, derav ein god del som vi sjølve har komponert periode. Han har vært solist med Stavanger Symfoniorkester og Trondheim Symfoniorkester og arrangert. og KORK. Høsten 1992 ble han engasjert som solist på synthesizer med Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester og dirigenten Mariss Janssons på en ukes turne i Storbritannia.