Norse Fiddle: CDs & Music Book

Here are the stories, fiddle tunes and songs audiences want to remember from concerts by Karen Solgard. “As intriguing and interesting as the music is, the frame created by the stories and history are every bit as valuable.” – Concert attendee

Wedding music takes a Norwegian theme with favorite Norwegian bridal marches, prelude, recessional, and reception music on Hardanger fiddle. With Arna Rennan, vocals and Langeleik; Tora Meyer, vocals.

25 tunes include traditional Norwegian bridal marches, prelude, ceremony, recessional tunes and wedding waltzes, seven tunes with vocal music, arrangements of favorite wedding music such as Lohengrin’s Bridal March and Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring/Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee. Sample music page and contents page sent upon request.

Folk and classical combine in exotic rhythms and rich harmonies of Hardanger fiddle, accompanied by voices and bass, to evoke enchanting mountains and valleys of Norway. Includes traditional tunes, Morning by Grieg, Musette by Bach, The Norwegian-American Waltz, Kentucky Babe Lullaby. Bradley Greenwald and Carol Sersland, vocals; Dave Berg, bass; and Sigrid Solgård, cow bells.