Lessons Jonas Nordberg

• John Dowland (1563 - 1626): Prelude, P. 98:
• 1 Dowland: Prelude, P. 98 01:27
• A Fancy, P. 73:
• 2 Dowland: A Fancy, P. 73 03:07
• The Frog Galliard, P. 23a:
• 3 Dowland: The Frog Galliard, P. 23a 02:00
• Farewell, P. 4 "In nomine":
• 4 Dowland: Farewell, P. 4 "In nomine" 03:56
• A Fancy, P. 6:
• 5 Dowland: A Fancy, P. 6 02:42
• The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard, P. 41:
• 6 Dowland: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard, P. 41 01:15
• Forlorn Hope, P. 2:
• 7 Dowland: Forlorn Hope, P. 2 03:41
• The Earl of Derby's Galliard, P. 44a:
• 8 Dowland: The Earl of Derby's Galliard, P. 44a 02:17
• Loth to Depart, P. 69:
• 9 Dowland: Loth to Depart, P. 69 06:10
• Can She Excuse, P. 42:
• 10 Dowland: Can She Excuse, P. 42 01:38
• Solus cum sola, P. 10:
• 11 Dowland: Solus cum sola, P. 10 04:46
• Sir John Smith, His Almain, P. 47:
• 12 Dowland: Sir John Smith, His Almain, P. 47 02:37
• Orlando Sleepeth, P. 61:
• 13 Dowland: Orlando Sleepeth, P. 61 03:16
• Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P. 54:
• 14 Dowland: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P. 54 01:40
• Semper Dowland semper dolens, P. 9:
• 15 Dowland: Semper Dowland semper dolens, P. 9 08:03
• The Most High and Mighty Christianus the Fourth, King of Denmark, His Galliard, P. 40:
• 16 Dowland: The Most High and Mighty Christianus the Fourth, King of Denmark, His Galliard, P. 40 03:00
• A Fantasie, P. 1a:
• 17 Dowland: A Fantasie, P. 1a 04:10
• Piper's Pavan, P. 8:
• 18 Dowland: Piper's Pavan, P. 8 05:24
• A Fancy, P. 5:
• 19 Dowland: A Fancy, P. 5 02:22
• Lachrimae, P. 15:
• 20 Dowland: Lachrimae, P. 15 05:24
• Galliard to Lachrimae, P. 46:
• 21 Dowland: Galliard to Lachrimae, P. 46 02:49
• Total Runtime 01:11:44

Info for Lessons

In englischen Musiksammlungen der Renaissance wird der Begriff "lessons" oft zur Beschreibung von Instrumentalstücken verwendet, obwohl es sich nicht um pädagogische Übungen im eigentlichen Sinne handelt. Aber wie Jonas Nordberg in der Einleitung zu seinem neuen Album schreibt, "gibt es in ihnen noch viel zu studieren". John Dowland ist einer der Komponisten, dessen Musik schon zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts eine treibende Kraft des Revivals der Alten Musik war. Er hat auch eine zentrale Rolle bei der Wiederentdeckung der Laute selbst gespielt, ein Prozess, der vor mehr als hundert Jahren begann.

Wie viele andere Musiker erforscht Jonas Nordberg ständig die enge Beziehung zwischen einer Partitur und dem Instrument, für das sie geschrieben wurde: Die Stücke von Dowland auf diesem Album enthalten ein ganzes musikalisches Universum, in dem ich viele Jahre verbracht habe, um neue Bedeutungsebenen zu entdecken. Auf diese Weise sind diese Lektionen - in Kombination mit dem Instrument, auf dem ich sie spiele - auch meine Lehrer gewesen. Es ist mir daher eine große Freude, Sie einzuladen, sie mit mir zu teilen und die reiche Kombination aus Melancholie, Freude und Schönheit, die in diesen Werken zu finden ist, selbst zu erkunden.

Jonas Nordberg, Laute

Jonas Nordberg
Swedish lutenist and guitarist Jonas Nordberg belongs to the new generation of exciting musicians in the field of plucked instruments. A graduate of the Mozarteum University Salzburg (MA Summa cum Laude 2011), he has an active schedule as a performing artist on lutes and guitars. Thereby his repertoire ranges from early renaissance lute music to contemporary soundscape explorations. In between we find solo repertoire for baroque lute, baroque guitar, early 19th century guitar and theorbo.

He has an extensive collaboration with choreographer Kenneth Kvarnström, resulting in several large scale stage works in recent years. The meeting between baroque music and contemporary dance gives the music a new dimension, a visual chamber music partner for the solo pieces and a way to communicate through physical gestures and impulses. In 2013 Nordberg and Kvarnström teamed up for a critically acclaimed duet, sofa(r), combining elements of dance, baroque music for lute and theorbo, electronic music and speech in a dark work exploring death. This also marked his debut as a dancer.

Nordberg has a strong interest in collaborating with singers and past colleagues include Susanne Rydén, Olle Persson, Ruby Hughes, Elin Rombo, Christina Larsson Malmberg, Lena-Susanne Norin and Christina Högman. He also works together with Operabyrån, co-creating the cutting edge stage work Love and the Courtesan (2013) together with Christina Larsson Malmberg (soprano), Catalina Langborn (baroque violin) and Karin Modigh (dance). It is a piece based on a libretto on the life of Barbara Strozzi including music by her and other female 17th century composers.

Venues and festivals the past seasons include Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus, Greenwich Early Music Festival, Stockholm Early Music Festival, Movimentos festwochen Wolfsburg, Herculessaal Residenz München, Mozarteum Salzburg, Malmö Opera, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Helsingfors Stadsteater, Salzburger Landestheater, Palladium Malmö, Concertgebouw Brügge, Theater Bonn Opernhaus, Grand Théatre Luxembourg, Vadstena Gamla Teater and Norrlandsoperan amongst several other concert halls and churches around Sweden and Europe.

He has recorded three albums for BIS Records with recorder player Dan Laurin, two of them to be released later this year. October 5th marks the release of his solo debut album for Eudora Records. His work has also been seen and heard on Swedish state television (SVT), BBC Radio, Sveriges Radio & Deutschlandfunk.

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