Nordic Noir
Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards) and Vera Vitali (Bonus Family) read from the darker side of Nordic literature, haunted by the music of Sibelius, Nielsen, Bjork and Johannsson.
The actors Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards, The Killing, Borgen and Ride upon the Storm) and Vera Vitali (star of the mega-hit series Bonus Family) read from the misdemeanour, magic and poetry of Scandinivian gloom and Nordic Noir - the term given to a genre of crime writing established in the Martin Beck series of novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. Other crime writing featured in the programme includes Jo Nesbø, Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, along with the philosophising of Søren Kierkegaard and prose by William Heinesen that straddles the spirit-world and imagination. As ever, music shapes and charges the atmosphere even further. Sibelius, Nielsen, Hildur Guðnadóttir, µþÂáö°ù°ì and Gyða Valtýsdóttir all feature.
You might be interested that tomorrow night Radio 3 broadcasts a documentary about the Immortal North in which Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough dives into a frozen Norwegian lake on her journey exploring ideas about ageing and mortality.
Image courtesy of Robin Skjoldborg.
Producer: Paul Frankl
Readings:
Jo Nesbo - The Snowman
Stieg Larsson - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
William Heinesen - The Tower At The Edge of the World
Per Petterson - Echoland
Tomas Transtromer - Alcaic
William Heinesen - The Tower At The End of the World
Dorthe Nors - Karate Chop
Lars Gustafsson - Snow
Arnaldur Indridason - The Shadow District
Sjowall & Wahloo - The Locked Room
Henning Mankell - The Fifth Woman
Soren Kierkegaard - The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Jo Nesbo
The Snowman, read by Lars Mikkelsen
00:02Frans Bak
The Killing
Performer: Frans Bak.- DR.
Stieg Larsson
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, read by Vera Vitali
00:07Jean Sibelius
Kuolema (extract)
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.- BIS CD915.
William Heinesen
The Tower At The Edge of the World, read by Lars Mikkelsen
00:17Edvard Grieg
AnitraÂ’s Dance (Peer Gynt)
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- DECCA 425857 2.
Per Petterson
Echoland, read by Vera Vitali
00:20Dustin O’Halloran
An Empty Space
Performer: Gyða Valtýsdóttir.- 1631 Recordings MDCBLP001.
Tomas Transtromer
Alcaic, read by Lars Mikkelsen
00:25Riccardo Drigo
Les Millions d'Arlequin
Performer: Emanuel Feuermann. Performer: Gerald Moore.- HERITAGE HGGCD401.
William Heinesen
The Tower At The End of the World, read by Vera Vitali
00:27Carl Nielsen
Saga Drom
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- DG.
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Dorthe Nors
Karate Chop, read by Lars Mikkelsen
00:38µþÂáö°ù°ì
Hunter
Performer: µþÂáö°ù°ì.- One Little Indian 222TP7CD.
Lars Gustafsson
Snow, read by Vera Vitali
00:43Jóhann Jóhannsson
virdulegu Forsetar
Ensemble: The Caput Ensemble. Performer: Guðni Franzson.- TOUCH TO:64.
Arnaldur Indridason
The Shadow District, read by Lars Mikkelsen
00:46Jannis Noya Makrigiannis
Hollow Talk
Performer: Choir of Young Believers.- Tigerspring TIGER-004.
Sjowall and Wahloo
The Locked Room, read by Vera Vitali
00:54Hildur Guðnadóttir
Folk Faer Andlit
Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir.- DG 3864519.
00:59Adam Nordén
KurtÂ’s Theme
Performer: Adam Nordén.- Kritzerland KR 20023 2.
Henning Mankell
The Fifth Woman, read by Lars Mikkelsen
01:02Jonsi
Ti Ki
Performer: Sigur Rós.- EMI 5496912.
Soren Kierkegaard
The Sickness Unto Death:A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening, read by Lars Mikkelsen
01:09DanÃel Bjarnason
Bow to String, pt.2 “Air to Breath”
Performer: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir.- Bedroom Community HVALUR7CD.
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Broadcasts
- Sun 1 Mar 2020 17:30±«Óãtv Radio 3
- Wed 30 Dec 2020 18:15±«Óãtv Radio 3