Johan Halvorsen, violinist, conductor and composer, continued the nationalist Norwegian traditions established by Grieg, serving for 30 years as conductor of the Christiania National Theatre.

Orchestral Music

There is a place in popular repertoire for Halvorsen’s Danses norvégiennes, for violin and orchestra, and for his Entry March of the Boyars. Less often heard are his three symphonies and his two rhapsodies on Norwegian folk-tunes.

Chamber Music

Halvorsen is regarded with gratitude by viola players for his arrangements of a Sarabande and a Passacaglia by Handel for violin and viola, transcriptions that call for a measure of virtuosity from both players.


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BRAHMS, J.: Double Concerto, Op. 102 / Symphony No. 4 (Verbier Festival, 2012) (G. and R. Capucon, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Dutoit, Leconte)
BRAHMS, J.: Double Concerto, Op. 102 / Symphony No. 4 (Verbier Festival, 2012) (G. and R. Capucon, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Dutoit, Leconte)
Composers: Brahms, Johannes -- Halvorsen, Johan
Artists: Capucon, Gautier -- Capucon, Renaud -- Dutoit, Charles -- Verbier Festival Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 60TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 60TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Brahms, Johannes -- Halvorsen, Johan -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Vivaldi, Antonio -- Weber, Carl Maria von
Artists: Barenboim, Daniel -- Breuer, Menahem -- Israel Philharmonic Orchestra -- Mehta, Zubin -- Mintz, Shlomo -- Perlman, Itzhak -- Shaham, Gil -- Shamai, Ariel -- Stern, Isaac -- Vengerov, Maxim -- Zukerman, Pinchas
Label/Producer: EuroArts
PERLMAN AND ZUKERMAN IN LONDON
PERLMAN AND ZUKERMAN IN LONDON
Composers: Halvorsen, Johan -- Leclair, Jean-Marie -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Spohr, Louis -- Wieniawski, Henryk
Artists: Perlman, Itzhak -- Zukerman, Pinchas
Label/Producer: Christopher Nupen Film
Violin and Viola Recital: Rysanov, Maxim / Sitkovetsky, Alexander - MOZART, W.A. / HALVORSEN, J.
Violin and Viola Recital: Rysanov, Maxim / Sitkovetsky, Alexander - MOZART, W.A. / HALVORSEN, J.
Composers: Halvorsen, Johan -- Handel, George Frideric -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Artists: Rysanov, Maxim -- Sitkovetsky, Alexander
Label/Producer: DakApp
YOUNG TALENTS' CONCERT ACADEMIE PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY
YOUNG TALENTS' CONCERT ACADEMIE PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Bizet, Georges -- Brahms, Johannes -- Chausson, Anne -- Grieg, Edvard -- Halvorsen, Johan -- Liszt, Franz -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Saint-Saens, Camille -- Schubert, Franz -- Schumann, Robert -- Shostakovich, Dmitry -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Bensaid, Celia Oneto -- Bistritcaia, Lucia -- Bombardier, Marine -- Dalles, Clarisse -- Fouquart, Helene -- Garbarg, Jeremy -- Germont, Clara -- Heyman, Paul -- Ispir, Luka -- Jegou-Sageman, Sarah -- Journaux, Juliette -- Khassenova, Anara -- Klein, Mathilde -- Lamaison, Manon -- Lavignere, Louis de -- Loget-Raymond, Evann -- Moutongo-Black, Julie-Anne -- Mussat, Vincent -- Pensel, Leo -- Salzenstein, Hanna -- Shelton, William -- Simon, Antoine -- Simon, Antoine -- Strauss, Lisa -- Sypniewski, Caroline -- Theveneau, Camille -- Vourch, Brieuc
Label/Producer: DakApp