Under namnet Kvedarkvintetten opptredde me for fyrste gong på ein festival i Estland i 2007. Musikken vår består av songar og låttar frå den vokale songtradisjonen i Hallingdal, frå starten arrangert av Gunnlaug og i seinare år også oss sjølve. Repertoaret vårt har vakse seg ganske stort gjennom åra og det er difor svært moro å endeleg få spelt inn noko av dette på ei plate.
Dette er ei blanding av songar som har fylgt oss lenge og songar som har kome til oss i seinare tid. Me håpar plata kan vere til glede. God lytting!
/ Kvedarkvintetten
Silje Risdal Liahagen: vokal
Tonje Risdal Liahagen: vokal
Helga Myhr: vokal, hardingfele
Sina Myhr: vokal, langeleik, hardingfele (spor 6)
Margit Myhr: vokal, lyre, hardingfele (spor 6)
The oldest among us was nine and the youngest was three
The oldest among us was nine and the youngest was three when we met
each other for the first time in Gunnlaug Lien Myhr’s folk song lessons in
Torpo. In the lessons we learned amusing nursery rhymes, stev and låttestev,
captivating ballads, and sad love songs, which was a very exciting
world for us children to enter into. And we have sung together since.
We gave our first performance at a festival in Estonia in 2007 under
the name Kvedarkvintetten. Our music consists of songs and tunes from
the folk song tradition in Hallingdal. To start with, our music was arranged
by Gunnlaug, and in later years we have also made our own arrangements.
Our repertoire has grown quite large over the years, so it is very
satisfying to finally record some of this material on a CD. The present
album is a collection of songs that have been with us for a long time, as
well as songs that have come to us more recently. We hope you will enjoy
the album!
– Kvedarkvintetten –
For additional information about the songs on this album, or to delve deeper into the vocal material
from Hallingdal, consult the book Folkesong i Hallingdal (Gunnlaug Lien Myhr, 2015).
