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Do the best classical works have anything to gain from transcription to the organ? What new dimensions can be explored? Nils Henrik Asheim attempts to answer these questions and more by transferring both Edvard Grieg's InchBalladeInch and Geirr Tveitt's InchHundrad HardintonarInch to the concert organ's color palette. This project has become one that should garner considerable interest! The InchBalladeInch is Grieg's greatest work for solo piano. Through a magnificent, epic range of variations over a Norwegian folk song, he wrote away his grief over the loss of his parents, his marital problems, and his artistic stagnation. Asheim's organ edition closely follows these restless mood changes, from the lyrical to the triumphant. Geir Tveitt hit a gold mine when he combined folk tunes from Hardanger with his unique sense of harmony and orchestration. Asheim took inspiration from the rich spectrum of colors of the Hundrad Hardingtonar version for orchestra and pulled out the organ's entire stock of creative sound combinations for the task. This selection counts 18 tunes, from the poignant InchVelkomne med AeraInch to the hypnotic InchHardingolInch to the mystical InchFolgafodne fortel ingjenting.Inch After five years, Asheim believes that the instrument of the house is ripe for it's first . The 65-stop concert organ from Ryde and Berg in Fredrikstad has been praised for it's organic, warm sound, and is frequently used by performers from home and abroad.
