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Nocturn song5/15/2023 It has also proven the composer, Rolf Lovland, to be a musical force of considerable stature. The founding of Secret Garden has given Rolf the freedom to explore (and for us to experience) deeper emotional dimension and wider musical landscape than the earlier phase of his career had allowed. Among his most successful songs are “You Raise Me Up” recorded by over 1000 artists (among them are Josh Groban and Westlife and Il Divo) and “I’ve Dreamed of You” recorded by Barbra Streisand. In 2007 he received the coveted Achievement Award at the Norwegian Grammies where his international achievements were recognized. He is also a four-time winner of Norway’s national Eurovision Song Contest finals. Rolf was also a two-time winner of the international Eurovision Song Contest final – in 1985 with “La det swinge”, and in 1995 with “Nocturne”. For two consecutive years, his songs had won the National radio chart “Song of the Year-award”. is a Classical song by Fazl Say, released on September 1st 2017 in the album Chopin: Nocturnes. He later studied music at the Music Conservatory in Kristiansand – and continued his Masters Degree studies in music at the Norwegian Institute of Music in Oslo.īy the time he’d unveiled his “Secret Garden” to the world, Rolf had already earned himself a Norwegian Grammy Award and the reputation as Norway’s most successful popular songwriter – topping the national radio charts (Norsktoppen) more than 60 times. From then on, and throughout his youth, music came to be his constant companion and focus in life. His first brush with composing came at the early age of nine when he formed his first band. Rolf was born in Kristiansand, in southern Norway, in 1955. Rolf Løvland – Composer/Arranger/Producer/Keyboardist She performs on an English John Edward Betts violin from 1790, with a Hill bow, both on stage and in the studio. In Secret Garden’s music, her unique violin virtuosity provides the heartstrings, voice and wings for Lovland’s compositions. Onstage, she enchants audiences throughout the world, through her musical intensity and soulful performances. That same wide interest in music led her to conceive, write and present her own music series for children on Irish national TV – all this leading up to her fated meeting with Rolf Lovland and the founding of Secret Garden in 1994. With the Irish Film Orchestra she’s also recorded several Hollywood film scores, such as “The River Runs Wild”, “A Room With a View” and “The Mask”. This is evident in the eclectic body of artists and projects she has been involved with, including The Chieftains, Sinead O’Connor, Van Morrison, Chris de Burgh, Bono and Wet Wet Wet. In addition to the classical symphonic and operatic repertoire, Fionnuala possessed a much wider musical interest. She graduated with honours from Trinity College in Dublin, and the College of Music, and was later employed by the RTE Concert Orchestra, where she was a member for ten years. She started to play the violin at the age of eight, and at fifteen she moved to Dublin to study music. Nocturne may well be the best candlelight dinner music ever, but Haden and his guests are capable of more.Spain – Chick Corea (Piano solo arr.) with sheet musicįionnuala grew up and went to school in Naas in County Kildare, Ireland – surrounded by a musical family that ignited her passion for music at an early age. But the unvaryingly straightforward arrangements fade too easily into the background. Haden's reluctance to mess with them is understandable. (To be fair, Berroa isn't solely to blame for the sameness.) Most of the songs, save for two originals by Haden and one by Rubalcaba, are Cuban and Mexican standards, and they're beauties. The only problem is that Berroa's bolero figure anchors nearly every track - perhaps what one should expect from a bolero album, but there's no getting around the fact that the music sounds pretty much the same throughout. This rhythm is perfect for a slow dance, and indeed, the entire album is highly romantic, with bittersweet melodies and lilting cadences. Haden's intention is to explore the bolero, a distinctive Latin dance rhythm that Ignacio Berroa accents with a soft, subtle snare drum roll, played with brushes, beginning on the "and" of the first beat of the bar and ending on the second. Rubalcaba contributes orchestrations on two cuts, both of which omit drums and percussion. Special guests include tenor saxophonists Joe Lovano and David Sanchez, violinist Federico Britos Ruiz, and guitarist Pat Metheny (one track only). Ignacio Berroa, on drums and percussion, completes the core trio. Charlie Haden teams up once more with the young Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba for this melancholy, soothing album.
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