Harald Sæther
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Harald Sæther is a Norwegian
composer
with a diploma
(MA) from Grieg Academy (2008) . He is member of the Norwegian Society of Composers and New Music Composers Group (NMK) where he was chairman from 2009 to 2011.
group in Oppdal
, Norway
The Spiritual Man Group. This group disbanded in 1966 and in 1967, he and four other boys formed the hard rock
band Hapax Legomenon which was disbanded in the summer of 1970.
In 1971 he started his musical education at the Veitvet Music Conservatory in Oslo with the violin as his main instrument. After three years at this institution he continued his studies up to the musician / music teacher at Trondheim Conservatory of Music in Trondheim until the spring of 1977.
(MA) in composition in 2008, with Morten Eide Pedersen as a supervisor.
Sæther has had performances by Oslo Sinfonietta
and Oslo Soloists Ensemble in Oslo
, FMKV (Military Brass Band Orchestra) and the Grieg Academy Sinfonietta in Bergen
, Trondheim Sinfonietta in Trondheim
, Kristiansund Symphony in Kristiansund
and several smaller groups and ensembles in both Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansund. In 2008 he had performances in the ULTIMA Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and the 30 year anniversary of New Music Composers' Group, in 2010 at Numusic Festival
in Stavanger and in 2011 at the Borealis Festival in Bergen.
Sæther is full-time free-lance composer and have his edited works deposited with MIC (Music Information Centre in Norway).
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
with a diploma
Diploma
A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to...
(MA) from Grieg Academy (2008) . He is member of the Norwegian Society of Composers and New Music Composers Group (NMK) where he was chairman from 2009 to 2011.
Education
Sæther is basically self-taught musician from the early 60 - century, with guitar - later electric bass as main instrument. In 1963 he, along with three other boys formed first rock and rollRock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
group in Oppdal
Oppdal
is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Lønset, Vognillan, Fagerhaug, and Holan...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
The Spiritual Man Group. This group disbanded in 1966 and in 1967, he and four other boys formed the hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Hapax Legomenon which was disbanded in the summer of 1970.
In 1971 he started his musical education at the Veitvet Music Conservatory in Oslo with the violin as his main instrument. After three years at this institution he continued his studies up to the musician / music teacher at Trondheim Conservatory of Music in Trondheim until the spring of 1977.
Career
After 25 years as a musician / music teacher, in 2001, he was badly injured in a serious traffic accident and had to interrupt musician career. This led him to The Grieg Academy in Bergen, where he earned master's degreeMaster's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
(MA) in composition in 2008, with Morten Eide Pedersen as a supervisor.
Sæther has had performances by Oslo Sinfonietta
Oslo Sinfonietta
The Oslo Sinfonietta is a Norwegian contemporary classical orchestra.The Oslo Sinfonietta grew out of contemporary music circles at the Norwegian Academy of Music...
and Oslo Soloists Ensemble in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, FMKV (Military Brass Band Orchestra) and the Grieg Academy Sinfonietta in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Trondheim Sinfonietta in Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Kristiansund Symphony in Kristiansund
Kristiansund
Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Kristiansund...
and several smaller groups and ensembles in both Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansund. In 2008 he had performances in the ULTIMA Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and the 30 year anniversary of New Music Composers' Group, in 2010 at Numusic Festival
Numusic
Numusic is Norway's largest festival dedicated to the advancement of Electronic music and Art. The festival features record label showcases, club/dj events, live concerts, workshops, discussions, installations, exhibitions and artistic showcases.The festival is an annual event established in 2000...
in Stavanger and in 2011 at the Borealis Festival in Bergen.
Sæther is full-time free-lance composer and have his edited works deposited with MIC (Music Information Centre in Norway).
Orchestra
- Blomen på Dovrefjell (for soprano and orchestra) 1996, lyrics by Ola Setrom. Written to the 100 anniversary of the author's birth.
- På Sygelejet (for soprano and orchestra) 1997/1998, lyrics by Henrik WergelandHenrik WergelandHenrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...
. - Når du vert gamal (for soprano and orchestra) 1997 1998, lyrics by Jacob Sande.
- Tableaux I, Images Cosmiques (for symphonic band) 2006. Written to The Military Brass Band in Bergen FMKV, Durata 3'45 ".
Sinfonietta
- Tableaux II, Images l'Air (for sinfonietta) 2008. Written for the Oslo SinfoniettaOslo SinfoniettaThe Oslo Sinfonietta is a Norwegian contemporary classical orchestra.The Oslo Sinfonietta grew out of contemporary music circles at the Norwegian Academy of Music...
to the 30 years anniversary for NMK, Durata 3'40 ". - Resonance Magnetico di Scansione (for sinfonietta) 2010. Written for the Cikada commissioned by NMK, Durata 8'30 ".
- Palimpsest (for sinfonietta) 2011. Written to the Borealis Festival in Bergen Bit20 comissioned by NMK, Durata ca. 4'00 ".
Vocals
- 2000 song (for children's choir and rock band) 1999 text by Astrid Volden, commissioned by Oppdal Musikkråd to mark the millennium
- Bøn frå Jord (for mixed choir) 2003/07, text and melody by Arne Hagen, Durata 3'20.
- Reise i verk (for soprano and piano) 2005/06, song cycle to texts by Margunn Hageberg, Durata ca. 30 '.
- Frie tanker(for soprano and classical guitar) 2006, song cycle to poems by Irene Paulsen, Durata ca. 22'.
- Obstupescit venti Cinque (for baritone and bassoon) 2007. Cantata to words by Nanni CagnoneNanni CagnoneNanni Cagnone is an Italian poet, novelist, essayist and playwright. He debuted as a poet in 1954, and since then has written several books, mostly poetry but also plays and novels, theoretical essays and aphorisms, from The Disabled Youth to The Oslo Lecture...
, Italy Durata 16'40" - A ' in altre parole B (for three vocal quartets) 2010, to text by Nanni Cagnone. Written Oslo Soloist Ensemble commissioned by the NMK, Durata 11.40"
Smaller ensembles/Solistic works
- Brass Quintet, three movements, 2005, Durata 21'40".
- Guerre Extreme song cycle with texts by Esther Tellermann, France (soprano, trumpet, guitar and piano) 2006, Durata ca. 13'.
- Fanfaria(Fanfare for four trumpets). Commissioned for the opening of the Oppdal Culture House, 17 March 2007, Durata ca 3'30"
- Das Mädchen oder Der Tod by the Lied Der Tod und Das Mädchen Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
(for soprano, bass, violin, mandolin and tuba) 2007, Durata ca. 12'. - Eight bats 2007, eight miniatures for solo double bass, written for the Polish Double Basiss player Natalia Radzik, Durata ca 12'
- Index vacuus (for bandoneon, soprano, percussion and bass clarinet) song cycle with texts by Nanni Cagnone Durata about 19'30 ". Commissioned for the bandoneonist Kåre Jostein SimonsenKåre Jostein SimonsenKåre Jostein Simonsen is a Norwegian bandoneonist. He has been a regular member of the Tango Concertino and Trio Troika in Trondheim, and now plays in ensembles Quinteto Nidaros and Cholo tango duet/trio.- Education :Simonsen is basically self taught musician from the early 60 - century...
. - Waves (for bandoneon, percussion and bass clarinet) Durata about 15 '. Commissioned for the bandoneonist Kåre Jostein Simonsen.
- Pastorale (for marimba and tape) 2008. Written for the Ultima Festival in Oslo for Wendy Greenberg (Australia) on order from NMK, Durata 8'15".
- Jimi Hendrix in memoriam (for viola and tape) 2008. Written for the Serbian violist Rastko Popovic, Durata 3'35"
- Tableaux III, Images l'Eau (for harpsichord, electric guitar and tape) 2010. Written to NuMusic festival in Stavanger for Jane Chapman commissioned for NMK, Durata 5'40".