(Norway, Folk, Violin, Neo-Classical, Contemporary Jazz) [WEB] Susanne Lundeng (ft Bugge Wesseltoft, Rolf Wallin & Bodo Sinfonietta) - Mot (Courage) - 2011, FLAC (tracks), lossless

#777Susanne Merethe Lundeng (born 18 August 1969 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk musician (fiddle) and composer.
Lundeng had Arvid Engegård as violin teacher and is a prominent practitioner of north Norwegian folk music. She has collaborated with Halvdan Sivertsen and later Sinikka Langeland (2005), among others. In the Midnight Sun Trio she collaborates with Knut Erik Sundquist (bass) and Arvid Engegård (violin). Within S.L. Band she collaborated with Bjørn Andor Drage (piano), Håvar Bendiksen (guitar and accordion), Trond-Viggo Solås (bass) and Arnfinn Bergrabb (percussion). Lundeng got in contact with old fiddlers in Salten, Lofoten at an early stage and she has undoubtedly contributed to the preservation of the Nordland traditional folk heritage.
From the start Lundeng primarily was a promoter of traditional folk music from Nordland, she has over the years shifted more to perform the music she makes herself. But still she has the core of the Nordland folk music in most of what she writes. At the same time she gets inspiration both from jazz, contemporary and folk traditions from other countries.
Discography
Solo albums
1991: Havella(Heilo), slåtter from Nordland
1994: Drag (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
1997: Ættesyn (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with some of her own compositions and traditional folk music from Nordland
2000: Vals Til Den Røde Fela (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions
2004: Forunderlig Ferd (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions as well as some traditional works
2006: Nattevåk (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions
2011: Mot (Courage) (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions as well as the contemporary works "Imella" by Rolf Wallin
2014: Et steg ut (A Step Out) (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), solo violin and string quartet (The Engegård Quartet)
2015: 111 Nordlandsslåtter, hilsen Susanne Lundeng (Havella Records)
2018: Det va nære på (Havella Records)
Collaborations
1994: Sweet Sunny North: Henry Kaiser And David Lindley In Norway (Shanachie)
1996: Sweet Sunny North, Vol. 2 (Shanachie)
1996: Norske Turdansar II, frå Agder og Nord-Norge (Heilo), with Ånon-Egeland
2004: Aejlies Gaaltije (Vuelie), with Frode Fjellheim
2011: Rolf Wallin: Wire and String (Simax Classics)
2013: Flåte (Norway Music), with Hammer & Hersk (Arild Hammero & Daniel Herskedal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne_Lundeng

Susanne Lundeng – Mot (Courage)
Visionary and fascinating new CD with Susanne Lundeng On her new CD “Mot” (Courage) the artist, violin player and composer Susanne Lundeng takes a new turn on her fearless journey through her cosmopolitan musical universe.
Susanne Lundeng is a musical sensation in Norway, and KKV is proud to have accompanied her on a journey where she has broken down many boundaries and found her very own path in the borderlands between folk and contemporary music. We have previously compared her to the Argentinean Astor Piazzolla and seen Susanne’s works as a Norwegian parallel to what he did with the tango. This new record “Mot” makes this comparison even more valid. Through her six compositions and one by Rolf Wallin she delves deeper into the expressive register of the violin, and in her cooperation with Wallin, Håvard Lund and Bugge Wesseltoft, and playing with Bodø Sinfonietta, the MIN ensemble and Bjørn Andor Drage, she explores the interface between traditional music and contemporary music, with jazz elements as a suggestive undertone or attitude. This is what Susanne Lundeng has to say about the production: “Now in 2011, it is 20 years since I released my first CD, Havella, folk tunes from Nordland on solo violin. I have always loved the Nordland pols dance, and this is the foundation of several of the folk tunes on Mot, and also the contemporary music piece Imella. On this CD I want to highlight and explore free and improvisational violin music juxtaposed with the fixed framework of traditional music.” The composer Rolf Wallin has the following to say about the work “Imella” which plays for 21 of the total 52 minutes’ playing time on the CD: “When Bodø Sinfonietta commissioned a violin concerto for Susanne Lundeng it made one of my long-standing dreams come true: To combine the power and direct expression of folk music with the way art music can take the listener on a journey in grand and fluctuating soundscapes. Most important, the special logic found in the melodies and tonality in much Norwegian violin music has always seemed to be so close to my own ways of composing music. It has been so inspirational to work with Susanne in exploring “the territory between the violin and the fiddle”, and between two ways of thinking within the sphere of the same instrument.” With Bugge Wesseltoft on grand piano and harmonium and Bjørn Andor Drage on piano. Lundeng also sings in addition to playing the violin, which is the prominent instrument on the entire album. The MIN Ensemble features six strings and clarinet. Bodø Sinfonietta is conducted by Christian Eggen. The recordings were made by Are B. Simonsen and Håvard Christensen and are produced by Susanne Lundeng and Rolf Wallin.
http://kkv.no/en/musikk/utgivelser/2010-2016/2011/2011-2/

Violin, Vocals – Susanne Lundeng
Grand Piano, Harmonium – Bugge Wesseltoft (tracks: 3, 4)
Piano – Bjørn Andor Drage (track: 1)
Cello – Hans-Urban Andersson (tracks: 1, 3)
Clarinet – Ole Kristoffersen (tracks: 1, 3)
Contrabass – Ingvild Pettersen (tracks: 1, 3)
Viola – Patrycja Woloch (tracks: 1, 3)
Violin – Arne Johnsen (tracks: 1, 3), Øivind Nussle (tracks: 1, 3)
Ensemble – Min Ensemblet (tracks: 1, 3)
Orchestra – Bodø Sinfonietta (track: 6)
Conductor – Christian Eggen
Violin, Concertmaster – Sveinung Lillebjerka
Bassoon – Knut Thorbjørnsen
Cello – Kristin Alsos Strand
Clarinet – Martin Andersson (5)
Contrabass – Steinar Haugerud
Flute – Elisabeth K. Eide
Horn – Heidi Sivertsen
Oboe – Turid Hjortdahl
Percussion – Eirik Raude
Piano – Marie Stokke (2)
Trombone – Rasmus Henriksen (2)
Trumpet – Øystein Felberg
Viola – Kristin Jæger
Violin – Øyvind Mehus
Composed By – Susanne Lundeng (tracks: 1 to 5, 7)
Composed By – Rolf Wallin (track: 6)
Arranged By – Håvard Lund (track: 1)
Arranged By [Vært Med På Utformingen Av] – Bugge Wesseltoft (track: 4)
Producer, Liner Notes, Mixed By – Susanne Lundeng (tracks: 1 to 5, 7)
Producer, Liner Notes – Rolf Wallin (track: 6)
Technician, Mixed By – Are B. Simonsen (tracks: 1 to 5, 7)
Technician, Mixed By – Håvard Christensen (track: 6)