• Kirsebærtreet

  Finn Coren  

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    KIRSEBÆRTREET

    Det stend eit tre i hagen
    og sprikjer i vårkalde dagen
    med skinande nysnjo-grein.
    Det duskar mot stoveglaset
    og drys yver fjorgamle graset
    blomane ein for ein.

    Og det er kirsebærtreet
    innanfor hageleet
    som blømer i tidleg vår.
    Mot gråe skytjeveggen
    luter det krokne leggen
    og signar oss atter eit år.

    Tusund angande blomar
    brusar um tak og plomar;
    heilagt og kvitt og stilt
    skin det i døkke næter
    og freden i tunet gjæter
    - ei jartegn på vår og mildt.

    Det speglar seg bljugt i strondi,
    og minner um austerlondi,
    um japanske hagar og dikt.
    Det tøygjer toppen i tråe
    mot alle snjofjell blåe,
    til vår i kulden vigt.

    Words: Olav H. Hauge
    from «Glør i oska» / «Embers in the Ashes» (1946)
    copyright Bodil Cappelen og Det Norske Samlaget, Norway all rights reserved

    Music: Finn Coren (nov 2000)
    Strings by Finn Coren Orchestrated by Dagfinn Koch
    copyright Finn Coren / Bard Records 2006 all rights reserved

    THE CHERRY TREE

    In my garden there's a tree
    wide in the spring-cold day
    with bright new-snow branches.
    It taps against my window
    and over last year's grass
    drizzles blossoms one by one.

    It's the cherry-tree
    inside the garden gate
    blooming in early spring.
    Against the grey woodshed
    it leans its crooked trunk
    blessing us with one more year.

    Thousands of billowing petals
    swirl round roofs and gable-carvings
    sacred and white and soft
    the tree shines in cheerless nights
    and peace rests on the farmstead
    - an omen of spring and mild air.

    Its shy reflection in the water
    brings the Far East to mind,
    Japanese gardens and verses.
    The tree-top stretches in longing
    towards all the blue snow-mountains,
    in the cold devoted to spring.

    - 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
    Olav H. Hauge: vocal (from archives)
    Øyvind Fossheim: piano, pump organ
    Svetlana Orlova: violin
    Pål Svendsberget: violin
    Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
    Nikolai Skliarevski: cello
    Gjermund Kolltveit: Hardanger-fiddle

    (Voice of Olav H. Hauge used with permission)

    Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo 2000-2003
    Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
    Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
    by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
    Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

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• Vårkjenning (akustisk versjon)

  Finn Coren  

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    VÅRKJENNING

    Eg merka våren i dag.
    Osane blenkte kring landet.
    Millom ljosleggja bjørker
    var fura byrja å ande.

    Stig, sol, og lokk utfor vegg
    kvart frose barn!
    Og eg vil gløda i solavlen
    kalde jarn.

    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 (sept 1999)
    Strings by Finn Coren Orchestrated by Dagfinn Koch
    copyright Finn Coren / Bard Records 2006 all rights reserved

    SIGNS OF SPRING

    I noticed spring today.
    The willows glittered everywhere.
    Among white-stemmed birches
    each pine started to breathe.

    Rise up, sun, entice out of doors
    every frozen child.
    And in the sun's vigour I shall make
    cold iron glow.

    - 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, choir
    Helge Hovland: acoustic guitar
    Jarle Bernhoft: half-acoustic guitar
    Øyvind Fossheim: organ, piano
    Atle Rakvåg: bass
    Ole Tom Torjussen: drums
    Celio De Carvalho: percussion
    Svetlana Orlova: violin
    Pål Svendsberget: violin
    Trygve-Johan Simonsen: viola
    Nikolai Skliarevski: cello
    Per Willy Aaserud: trumpet, pump organ
    Edel Bjelde: choir

    Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
    and Jar Kirke, Bærum 2000-2003
    Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
    Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
    by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
    Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

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• Kirsebærtreet - instrumental

  Finn Coren  

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    KIRSEBÆRTREET - Instrumental

    THE CHERRY TREE - Instrumental

    Music: Finn Coren (nov 2000)
    Strings by Finn Coren
    copyright Finn Coren / Bard Records 2006 all rights reserved

    Performers:
    Øyvind Fossheim: piano
    Gjermund Kolltveit: Hardanger fiddle
    Ole-Henrik Moe: violin

    Recorded at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
    and Jar Kirke, Bærum 2000 and 2003
    Engineered by Øystein Vesaas
    Mixed at Lydkjøkkenet Studio, Oslo
    by Øystein Vesaas and Finn Coren
    Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas

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Produced by Finn Coren and Øystein Vesaas
Sleeve: Stein J. Øvre
Painting: Rigmor Voldnes
Art-direction: Stein J. Øvre and Finn Coren

Extracts of recording of Olav H. Hauge (track 1) used with kind permission from Bodil Cappelen and Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo.

English translations by Robin Fulton.

Lyrics used with permission from Bodil Cappelen & Det Norske Samlaget, Norway
Robin Fulton & Anvil Press, London.

«It is forbidden to copy and /or use the poems, portraits, paintings and recordings without written permission from the copyrightowners.»

– third single from Finn Coren I draumar fær du – dikt av Olav H. Hauge