Episode 5
Donald Macleod separates fact from fiction in Bull's life story, weighing up the composer's contribution to the blossoming of Norway's musical culture.
Posterity has seen Bull's life story packed with every imaginable adventure and escapade. But how much of it can actually be believed? Donald Macleod looks behind the bar fights, extravagant parties and royal dalliances in attempt to discover the real Ole Bull, and with biographer Harrald Herresthal weighs up the composer's real contribution to the blossoming of Norway's musical culture.
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Thommessen
Bull's Eye (excerpt)
Performer: Peter Herresthal (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rolf Gupta (conductor)
- BIS SACD 1512.
- 4.
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Ole Bull
La Verbena de San Juan
Performer: Annar Follesø (violin), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)
- 2L 067 SABD.
- 9.
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Edvard Grieg
Olav Trygvason (scene 1)
Performer: Håkan Hagegård (baritone), Randi Stene (mezzo-soprano), Gothenburg Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor)
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 523-2.
- 2.
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Ole Bull
Concerto Fantastico (1841)
Performer: Annar Follesø (violin), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)
- 2L 067 SABD.
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Ole Bull
Andante maestoso (from Agiaco Cubano)
Performer: Arve Tellefsen (violin)
- SIMAX PSC 1261.
- 11.
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