VINTERNATT
No kveikjer Vårherre sitt joletre
i den kvite vinternatt.
All den glitrande stasen, barn,
vilde du gjerne hatt.
Himmelgrani so fin og blå
har greiner av tandrande ljos;
karlsvogner kjem frå langferd der,
og måneskip sigler sin kos.
Du vil gripa og leika, barn.
Og kanskje skal di hand
ein gong plukka månar ned
og sløkkja stjernor i brand.
Words: Olav H. Hauge
from «Under bergfallet» / «Beneath the Crag» (1951)
copyright Bodil Cappelen og Det Norske Samlaget, Norway all rights reserved
Music: Finn Coren (orig. 1983)
Strings and Brass arr by Finn Coren Strings orchestrated by Dagfinn Koch
copyright Finn Coren / Bard Records 2004 all rights reserved
WINTER NIGHT
Our Lord now lights up his Christmas Tree
in the white winter night.
All that glittering splendour, child,
you'd like to be yours.
The heavenly spruce is fine and blue
its branches sparkle and sparkle.
Charles' Wains arrive from afar
and moonships follow their courses.
You want to catch hold and play, child.
And perhaps one day your hand
will pluck moons down
and put out burning stars.
- English translation by Robin Fulton copyright Robin Fulton all rights reserved
Lyrics used with permission.
«It is forbidden to copy and /or use the poems without written permission from the copyrightowners".
Performers:
Finn Coren: vocal, synth, choir
Helge Hovland: acoustic and electric guitar
Øyvind Fossheim: piano, organ
Lars Fredrik Frøislie: Mellotron
Atle Rakvåg: bass
Ole Tom Torjussen: drums
Svetlana Orlova: violin
Pål Svendsberget: violin
Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
Nikolai Skliarevski: cello
Per Willy Aaserud: trumpet
Øyvind Brække: trombone
Ole Knardal, Per Olav Myrbraaten
David A. Wulff, Jonathan Stovik: childrens choir
Danuta Kozon: choir conductor
Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio and LFF Studio, Oslo 2000-2004
Engineered by Øystein Vesaas and Lars Fredrik Frøislie
Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas