Scandinavian and original music arranged for cello, nyckelharpa, fiddle, (& more) featuring Olov Johansson of the band Väsen.

17 MP3 Songs
WORLD: World Traditions, FOLK: Traditional Folk



Details:
Swedish and Norwegian Traditional, and original string music featuring cello, nyckelharpa and fiddle.

"TRÅD." is a celebration of Scandinavian folk tunes for bowed strings, performed by Barry Phillips on cello along with two of Sweden's premier players - Sweden's first National Nyckelharpa Champion - Olov Johansson of the band Väsen, and virtuoso fiddler Olof Göthlin. Arrangements that look back to the old, and forward to the future.

"TRÅD.", the title of this album, is a combination of the abbreviation "trad." for "traditional" and the Swedish and Norwegian word "tråd" meaning "thread".
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Barry Phillips - cello & arranger
Barry has played cello with classical, folk, pop and singer songwriters since the 1970's. He can be heard on over a dozen recording on Gourd Music label, as well as Ken Burns soundtracks and on cd's by artist such as Martin Simpson, Anoushka Shankar and Camel.

Barry has a Masters of Music degree in composition from the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music. Since 1996 Barry has been a student of Ravi Shankar and has assisted in the composing and performing with projects for Mstislav Rostropovich, the Concert for George, and others.


Olov Johansson - nyckelharpa
In 1990 Olov became history's first world nyckelharpa champion. He has been playing nyckelharpa since he was fourteen and had as his teachers both Curt Tallroth, a National Master Musician and Eric Sahlström, the undisputed nyckelharpa master of our times. You may know him from his amazing band - Våsen.


Olof Göthlin - fiddle
A virtuoso fiddler from Värmland, Sweden, at age sixteen Olof was accepted into Sundsta, the renowned performing arts high school in Karlstad, Värmland. For three years he studied classical music, jazz and Swedish folkmusic. By his second year at Sundsta, he was a member of the acclaimed group - Gorm. Olof can also be heard on the recordings by his excellent band - Bjärv.


1 Polska från Glava - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Olof Göthlin-fiddle
Barry-2 five string celli & standard cello

2 Fossegrimhallingen (the waterfall wizard's halling tune)
- trad./arr. B. Phillips
Barry-five string cello (AAEAC# [low to high]) & pipe organ

3 Bisonpolska - Olov Johansson/arr. B.Phillips
Olov Johansson-nyckelharpa
Barry-cello

4 Trogdorpolska - B. Phillips
Barry-2 five string celli (DADAD) & tambourine

5 Vallåt från Lima - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Barry-cello

6 Farmors brudpolska e. Gyis Anders - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Olof Göthlin-fiddle
Barry-five string cello, standard cello & tabla

7 Seljefløyel slåtten - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Barry-cello quartet

8 Rondopolska - B. Phillips
Barry-five string cello (DGDAD)

9 Huldreslåtten (the wood nymph tune) - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Barry-five string cello (AAEAC#)

10 Byss-Calle's ridmarsch - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Olov Johansson-nyckelharpa
Barry-cello

11 Bellåt - B. Phillips
Barry-2 five string celli (DADAD)

12 Hurvan e. Johan Hollester - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Olof Göthlin-fiddle
Barry-five string cello & standard cello

13 Fanitullen (the devil's tune) - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Barry-2 five string celli (DADAD) & tambourine

14 Polska e. Blinda Pelle - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Barry-cello (DADA)

15 Gelottes g-moll polska- trad./arr. B. Phillips
Olov Johansson-nyckelharpa
Barry-cello

16 Björndansen e. Olof Tillman (bear dance) - trad./arr. B. Phillips
Barry-2 five string celli (DADAD)

17 Bjernulf's bröllopspolska (Bjernulf's wedding polska)
- Olov Johansson / arr. B. Phillips
(after the arr. by Roger Tallroth)
Olov Johansson-nyckelharpa
Barry-cello & pipe organ