Ole Bornemann Bull Johan Severin Svendsen Per Øien Solitude Sur La

Ole Bornemann Bull Per Øien

Ole Bornemann Bull is a Norwegian violinist and composer Per Øien is one of the Norwegian most well known flutist and from Bergen and earned admiration in Norway as a great comes from Bergen. He has been the principal flutist of the Oslo national figure. He lived from about 1810 to 1880 and had a Philharmonic Orchestra and professor at the high school of large influence on Edvard Grieg, also from the same hometown music in Oslo. He has given first performances of a numbers of of Bergen, Norway. In 1835, Ole Bornemann Bull was allowed works by Norwegian composers and has recorded many CD’s. to play at the Paris Opera, where only Paganini had previously Per Øien has made this great arrangement of the Solitude for received permission to give a solo concert. He was now flute ensemble based on Johan Svendsen’s beautiful harmonies launched on his lifelong career as a travelling virtuoso. He for string orchestra. journeyed all over Europe and in 1840 he played Beethoven’s Kreutzer sonata in London, together with Liszt at the piano. He toured all the large cities in the United States, and also visited Canada and Cuba. Few of his compositions have Solitude sur la Montagne survived. Best known is Solitude (The Dairymaid’s Sunday) (Sæterjentens Søndag), usually played in a string arrangement The arrangement is written for one solo flute and 8 flutes in C, by Johan Svendsen. two alto flutes and one bass flute. To make an improvement of the sound you can by benefit add one more bass flute or a contra bass flute. Johan Severin Svendsen

Johan Severin Svendsen (30 September 1840 – 14 June 1911) The Publishing House was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. In stark contrast to his more famous contemporary and close friend, Edvard Grieg, while Grieg composed mostly for small instrumentation, Svendsen composed primarily for orchestras and large ensembles. His most famous work is his romance for violin and orchestra. He was very popular in Denmark and

Norway during his life both as a composer and a conductor, winning many national awards and honours. He died in Copenhagen, aged 70.

One would have to go as far back as Schubert to find a composer who achieved the popular success Svendsen did with his first published work, the Op. 1 string quartet in a minor. Other popular flute titles He quickly followed this with the Op. 3 String Octet and Op. 5 String Quintet, both of which only added to his early fame. All C.E.F. Weyse - Rondeau, for flute and piano of Svendsen's chamber music was written while he was at the (obligatory first round piece at the Leipzig Conservatory, yet these works were not then, and Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition 2010) should not now be, considered student works. By general Maurice Ravel - Pavane, for flute quartet consensus, Svendsen was regarded as one of the most talented Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin, for flute quartet students then at the Conservatory. His works won prizes and Hans Magne Græsvold - Instructive Studies for the Modern Flute received public performances to much acclaim. Hans Magne Græsvold - Praembolo, for flute ensemble Marcin Blazewicz - Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra Friedrich Kuhlau - “Elverhøj” for 12 flutes and harpe

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The Dairymaid’s Sunday / Sæterjentens Søndag Solitude sur la Montagne

Ole Bornemann Bull (1810-1880) harmonics by Johan Severin Svendsen (1840-1911) arrangement by Per Øien

adagio œ. œ œ œ. Flute Solo # œ œ œ. j œ œ. œ J œ œ œ & # c ∑ Ó Œ œ œ. œ œ. p

Flute 1 (á2) # & # c ∑ ∑ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w p

Flute 2 (á2) # # c ∑ ∑ & ˙ ˙ w w p

Flute 3 (á2) # & # c ∑ ∑ w ˙ ˙ w p

Flute 4 (á2) # & # c œ ˙ œ w < - - ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w P p

Alto Flute 1 # & c œ ˙ œ w ˙ ˙ w w < - - P p

Alto Flute 2 # c ˙ & œ ˙ œ w w ˙ ˙ ˙ P< - - p

Bass Flute # # c ∑ ∑ ˙ V w ˙ ˙ ˙ P

6 , œ. œ œ œ. , - Fl. Solo # ˙ œ œ œ. j œ œ. œ J œ œ œ. j ˙ œ & # œ œ œ. œ œ œ ‰ p π f , - Fl. 1 (á2) ## j ‰ œ & #˙ n˙ ˙ œ# œ ˙ œ œ# ˙. œ# œ ˙ p π F , Fl. 2 (á2) # œ- # j ‰ & ˙ ˙ w w w œ ˙ p π F , Fl. 3 (á2) # & # #˙ n˙ ˙ œ# œ j ‰ ˙ œ œ# ˙ œn œ œb ˙ œ- p π F , Fl. 4 (á2) ## ˙ j ‰ & ˙ ˙ w w ˙ œ ˙ œ- p π F , A. FL. 1 # - j ‰ œ & ˙ ˙ ˙ œ# œ ˙ œ œ# ˙. œ# œ ˙ p p f , A. FL. 2 # j ‰ œ- & ˙ ˙ ˙ œ# œ w ˙ ˙ œ ˙ p p f

B. FL. ## ˙ j ‰ Œ V ˙ ˙ w œ œ# ˙ œn œ œb ˙ p p The Dairymaid’s Sunday / Sæterjentens Søndag Solitude sur la Montagne

Flute 1 (á2) Ole Bornemann Bull (1810-1880) harmonics by Johan Severin Svendsen (1840-1911) arrangement by Per Øien adagio 4 ## & 4 œ ˙ œ w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w #˙ n˙ œ ˙ œ w p

7 , ------## K œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ- œ- & ˙ #œ œ ˙ œ #œ ˙. #œ œ ‰ ˙ p π F

(á1)Solo 13 , # ˙ ˙ œ. œ œ ˙œœ & # ‰ ˙ w ˙ ˙ w ˙. ƒ π p

20 (á2)Tutti Solo , ˙ # nœ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ & # ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙. œ Œ P π P

28 Solo œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ . œ. œ œ ## nn œ . œ œ. œ œ J œ œ. œ œ . & Ó Œ b J ‰Œ ˙ #œ œ f p (á1)Solo 34 ,(á2)Tutti œ ˙ œ œ bœ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ b ˙ œ nœ ˙. nœ œ ‰ ˙ Œ ˙ & J π P

41 U b œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ b˙ w w w & morendo