Solhov in Geilo Cultural Church

Christmas songs, hymns and folk tunes in a minor key, this is a Christmas concert not to be missed. December 4 at 19:00 in Geilo Cultural Church.

The Christmas album Solhov was released in December 2023 to very good news. Ballade.no call the edition "Norwegian Christmas record of the year", Dagsavisen gave the dice a roll of 5, and Dag og Tid's report the alleged album was "unbelievably executed".

Solhov is another word for winter sunshine. The songs on this album have winter, Christmas and the polar night as their theme, and include both hymns, religious folk tunes and other folk songs related to the Christmas season. Solhov contained traditional music and religious folk tunes linked to winter and Christmas celebrations, and highlights little use and less familiar songs and melodies, in new formats. Some of the traditional material is from Hallingdal, but also from other places in the country such as Telemark, Valdres, Western Norway.
The album was recorded in January 2023 in Hallibakken record production at Nesbyen with Tuva Syvertsen as producer.

Solfrid Nestegard Gjeldokk – vocals
Espen Wensaas – cittern, guitars
Lars Inge Tverberg – wooden organ
Johan Hedin – nyckelharp, octave nyckelharpa

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