Two Christmas Tunes from Hardanger by Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981) was commissioned by The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and their conductor Oivind Bergh. It is, like Tveitt´s main work A Hundred Hardanger Tunes, based on Norwegian traditional music from western Norway, and used modal harmony and bitonality. Geirr Tveitt was in the period 1947 and untill his death, one of the greatest Norwegian concert pianists and composers, and regurlarly toured Europe´s greatest orchestras with his own music. In addition to his famous Hardanger Tunes suite, he wrote ballets, operas and other large scale orchestral works. Duration: 3.00
