Thursday 12 January 2012

Musical interlude

A little music on this day full of snow and freezing rain in Ottawa. This piece of music by Edvard Grieg
celebrating King Sigurd I of Norway. The piece is known as Sigurd Jorsafar, which is old Norse for the Crusader also known as Magnusson or the great, lived from 1090 to 1130. His rule is said to be by historians, a golden age in Middle Age Norway. He did lead a crusade from 1107-1110. This excerpt is Played here by the orchestra of the CSSR, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Guzenhauser. I wish I knew the name of the artist whose paintings are shown here.


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