''Felefeber'' - ''Norwegian Fiddle Fantasia'' (released 1994 by the Norwegian

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Annbjørg Lien Annbjørg Lien (born 15 October 1971) is a Norwegian musician, playing the hardingfele (Hardanger fiddle), violin, and nyckelharpa. Career She first came to national prominence in 1986. Shortly afterwards got a recording deal with the Heilo lab ...

. The album was recorded in

Gjerpen Church Gjerpen Church ( no, Gjerpen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skien Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Skien. It is one of the churches for the Gjerpen parish which is part of th ...

near Skien, a stone church from the 12th century. Only the sounds of the fiddle, guitar and church organ were recorded.

Track listing

#«Tjønneblomen» / «The Water Lily» (3:32)
(Gjermund Haugen) #«Halling Etter Mosafinn» / «Halling After Ola Mosafinn» (2:41)
(Traditional) #«Springar Etter Kristiane Lund» / «Springar After Kristiane Lund» (3:36)
(Traditional) #«Felefeber» / «Fiddle Fever/Fiddlemania» (5:11)
(Annbjørg Lien) #«Droneslaget» / «The Battle of the Drones» (4:12)
(Annbjørg Lien) #«Den Bortkomne Sauen» / «The Lost Sheep» (3:19)
(Traditional) #«Knepphallingen» / «The Plucked Halling» (4:11)
(Jon Rosenlind) #«Elgskyttaren» / «The Moose Hunter» (3:06)
(Traditional) #«Et Lite Barn» / «A Little Child» (5:48)
(Traditional) #«Dragos» (4:15)
(Roger Tallroth) #«Nordfjordhallingen» / «The Nordfjord Halling» (3:47)
(Traditional) #«Hildalen» / «The Hildale Man» (3:23)
(Traditional) #«Amen» (3:35)
(Traditional/Nils Brorson) #«Myllargutens Bruremarsj» / «The Miller Boy's Bridal March» (2:46)
(Torgeir Audgundson)

Personnel

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Hardingfele A Hardanger fiddle ( no, hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than fo ...

Iver Kleive Iver Kleive (born 25 May 1949 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian composer and organist. He is known for his composing style which is a fusion of traditional church music with other musical idioms such as blues, jazz, and Norwegian folk music. He h ...

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pipe organ The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ''ranks ...

Steinar Ofsdal Steinar Ofsdal (born 4 October 1948) is a Norwegian composer and flutist. Career Ofsdal has since 1967 performed on numerous stages in Norway, and worldwide in different settings. He has performed alone or within one of his many bands, and is ...

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flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

* Roger Tallroth – bass balalaika,

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

octave mandolin The octave mandolin (US and Canada) or octave mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted string instrument with four pairs of strings tuned in fifths, G−D−A−E (low to high), an octave below a mandolin. It is larger than the mandola, but smaller ...

Credits

*Arranger - Iver Kleive *Producer & arranger – Annbjørg Lien *Producer, arranger & programming – Roger Tallroth *Digital mastering - Robert Vosgien

References

{{Reflist Annbjørg Lien albums 1994 live albums