MOIRAI - Blood treasure, woven fates - Trailer
This is a short video to introduce MOIRAI's latest concert project on the Old Norse poetic Edda. More information can be found here: <a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en" target="_blank">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a>
Hanna Marti
http://YouTube.com
Hanna Marti<br />published via YouTube.com
2017-01-10T21:57:08.000Z
Hanna Marti
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<a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en" target="_blank">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a>
YouTube Video
Old Norse
English
Moving Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryB8Oi2mW6k
Modern
Poster of 1998 production of Wagner's Götterdämmerung
Reception - opera
Götterdämmerung ('Twilight of the Gods' - a mistranslation of Ragnarök) is the final Opera of Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' based on the Old Norse myth cycle. This poster is from a 1998 production by the Hungarian State Opera (Magyar Állami Operaház).
Magyar Állami Operaház
The World-Tree Project
1998
TBirkett
(c) Magyar Állami Operaház. Photo, TBirkett. CC BY NC
http://www.opera.hu/
jpg
English
Still Image
England
Germany
Modern
Moirai Ensemble (website)
Performance
The website of Moirai, an ensemble founded in Reykjavik in 2015, which specializes in the music of the Early and High Middle Ages, and "focuses on the female figures in the Edda songs. The story of the cursed Rhinegold is told mostly from the perspective of Guðrun, Brynhild and other strong and powerful women." It is made up of Hanna Marti and Mara Winter. There are several clips on their website. For more information, see http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en
Hanna Marti
http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en
Hanna Marti
27 August 16
Admin
(c) Hanna Marti
http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en
website
English
Hyperlink
http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en
Modern
Iceland
Performers at the Tønsberg Viking Festival
Reenactment
Performers at the Tønsberg Viking festival perform for and engage with the crowd.
RDale
RDale
RDale
10/09/2016
RDale
RDale
http://vikingsaga.no/
jpg
No linguistic content
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2459
Modern, Norway, Norge, Tonsberg, Tønsberg
Royal Danish Theatre/Moesgaard Museum performance of Red Serpent (Røde Orm)
Theatre
"Royal Danish Theatre and Moesgaard Museum, Aarhus 2017 will present Red Serpent – a spectacular outdoor performance of a captivating tale of a hero from the Viking Age. The show is one of four MEGA events in the Capital of Culture year and will be performed on and around the amazing, grass-covered roof of Moesgaard Museum. " Red Serpent = novel Røde Orm by Frans G. Bengtsson.
Ciara Ní Riain
Royal Danish Theatre, Moesgaard Museum
Royal Danish Theatre, Moesgaard Museum
25/05/2017
01/07/2017
Ciara Ní Riain
Royal Danish Theatre, Moesgaard Museum
http://www.aarhus2017.dk/en/events/red-serpent/6978/
website
Dansk
Danish
Engelsk
English
Event
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2364
Modern, Aarhus, Denmark, Danmark, Århus
Viking extras sought for performance of novel Røde Orm (Red Serpent)
News story
”Are you a Viking? Be an extra in MoMu’s ’Red Serpent’ spectatular.”
Article in Danish regional newspaper Århus Stiftstidende (26/9/16) about Moesgaard Museum’s call for extras for a performance based on Frans G. Bengtsson’s novel Røde Orm (Red Serpent). It will be performed on the museum’s grass-covered roof in May-June 2017 as part of the Aarhus 2017 - European Cultural Capital celebrations.
”l, så vi har brug for hårdføre mænd og kvinder i alle aldre, der kan eller har lyst til at lære, hvordan man svinger et sværd og gør en vikingekamp troværdig.”
”We need hardy men and women of all ages who either can or are willing to learn how you swing a sword and who can make a Viking battle believable.”
Niki Ranch Neilsen
Århus Stifstidende
Århus Stifstidende
26/09/2016
Ciara Ní Riain
Århus Stifstidende
http://stiften.dk/
http://www.aarhus2017.dk/en/events/red-serpent/6978/
Hyperlink
Dansk
Danish
Hyperlink
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2363
Modern, Aarhus, Denmark, Danmark, Århus
Vikings Season 4 Episode 6 Song - performed by Einar Selvik
Performance - Old Norse Poetry
Song from History's Vikings series (Season 4 Episode 6) composed and performed by Einar Selvik. It combines lyrics from poems in <em>Ragnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans</em> and Egil Skallagrimsson's <em>Höfuðlausn</em> from <em>Egils saga</em>.<span>More information about the band and project can be found at </span><a href="http://wardruna.com/about/">http://wardruna.com/about/</a>
Einar Selvik
http://YouTube.com
AgeOf Epic<br />published via YouTube.com
2016-03-28T16:52:20.000Z
Einar Selvik
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http://wardruna.com/about/
YouTube Video
Moving Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbMc3mChwgc
Modern
Video: Vikings suite, Trevor Morris and Einar Selvik (FMF 2015: International TV Series Gala)
Adaptation of Old Norse Poetry
The song was composed for History's Vikings series, and was composed by Trevor Morris and Einar Selvik, who performs the piece here at the Krakow Film Music Festival. The lyrics are taken from the Eddic poem <em>Völuspá</em> and the skaldic poem <em>Darraðarljóð</em> from Njáls saga. Historical instruments that are used is Kravik-lyre and Taglharpa. For more information about the music of Wardrunar and the performer Einar Selvik, see <a href="http://wardruna.com/about/" target="_blank"><span>http://wardruna.com/about/</span></a><br /><br />"The performance of Trevor Morris’ Vikings Suite was one of the most electrifying moments of the International TV Series Gala at 8th Krakow Film Music Festival. The orchestra Sinfonietta Cracovia, Polish Radio Choir and extraordinary soloists were led by the composer himself."<br /><br /> www.facebook.com/festiwalmuzykifilmowej instagram/krakowfilmmusicfestival #FMF2015
Trevor Morris / Einar Selvik
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biurofestiwalowe<br />published via YouTube.com
2015-12-18T10:57:48.000Z
Einar Selvik
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http://wardruna.com/about/
YouTube Video
Old Norse
Moving Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhhlmz6gik
Modern
Poland
Vikings - Ragnar's funeral song (based on Hávamál)
Performance - Old Norse
Ragnar Lothbrok's funeral song (Series 3, Episode 10 of History's 'Vikings'). Music written and performed by the contributor Einar Selvik, with the lyrics based on Hávamál.
Einar Selvik / History
http://YouTube.com
Väldis Suηmøre<br />published via YouTube.com
2015-04-24T16:51:09.000Z
Einar Selvik
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YouTube Video
Old Norse
Moving Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knsh8SpaSnM
Modern
France
Audio: Extract of a Performance of 'Grípisspá' (Grípir's Prophecy) by Hanna Marti and Mara Winter
Performance - Old Norse Poetry
<span>Short clip of a performance of 'Grípisspá' (Grípir's Prophecy) by the ensemble Moirai (Hanna Marti vocals, and Mara Winter, flute and vocals). Moirai, founded in Reykjavik in 2015, </span><span>specializes in the music of the Early and High Middle Ages, and "</span><span>focuses on the female figures in the Edda songs. The story of the cursed Rhinegold is told mostly from the perspective of Guðrun, Brynhild and other strong and powerful women." </span><span>For more information, and to listen to a longer clip, see </span><a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a>
Hanna Marti and Mara Winter
Author
The World-Tree Project
2016
Hanna Marti
(c) Hanna Marti and Mara Winter
<a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a>
MP3
Old Norse
Audio
Modern
Iceland
Audio: Instrumental opening to Hanna Marti's Performance of 'Vǫluspá'
Performance - Old Norse Poetry
<span>Instrumental opening to a performance of the Eddic Poem 'Vǫluspá (Brynhild's Ride to Hel) by Hanna Marti of the ensemble Moirai (Hanna Marti vocals, and Mara Winter, flute and vocals). Moirai, founded in Reykjavik in 2015, <span>specializes in the music of the Early and High Middle Ages, and "</span><span>focuses on the female figures in the Edda songs. The story of the cursed Rhinegold is told mostly from the perspective of Guðrun, Brynhild and other strong and powerful women." </span>For more information, and to listen to a longer clip, see <a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a></span><a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/"><br /></a>
Hanna Marti
Author
The World-Tree Project
2016
Hanna Marti
(c) Hanna Marti and Mara Winter
<a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a>
MP3
Audio
Modern
Iceland
Audio: Hanna Marti and Mara Winter Performing the Eddic Poem 'Helreið Brynhildar'
Performance - Old Norse Poetry
A performance of the Eddic Poem 'Helreið Brynhildar' (Brynhild's Ride to Hel) by t<span>he ensemble Moirai (Hanna Marti vocals, and Mara Winter, flute and vocals). Moirai, founded in Reykjavik in 2015, </span><span>specializes in the music of the Early and High Middle Ages, and "</span><span>focuses on the female figures in the Edda songs. The story of the cursed Rhinegold is told mostly from the perspective of Guðrun, Brynhild and other strong and powerful women." </span><span>For more information, see </span><a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a>
Hanna Marti (vocals) and Mara Winter (vocals and flute)
Author
The World-Tree Project
2016
Hanna Marti
(c) Hanna Marti and Mara Winter
<a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a>
MP3
Old Norse
Audio
Modern
Demonstration of a reconstructed lyre and performance of skaldic poetry from 'Ragnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans' by Einar Selvik
Performance - music
<span><span>Clip of Einar Selvik performing skaldic poetry from Ragnars saga loðbrókar ok sona hans. T</span><span>his lyre is a replica of a lyre found in Kravik, Numedal in Norway dating to the 13th century. </span><br /><a href="http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2278" target="_blank">http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2278</a> Performed during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June 2016. Though fragments of stringed-instruments have been found from Viking-Age Scandinavia, most lyres are based on the well-preserved Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo find. More information about the band and project can be found at </span><a href="http://wardruna.com/about/" target="_blank">http://wardruna.com/about/</a>
Einar Selvik
ONPIP
The World-Tree Project
Friday 24 June 2016
Tom Birkett
(c) Einar Selvik
http://wardruna.com/about/
MP4
MP4
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2234
Modern
Norway
Demonstration of a reconstructed horse-hair fiddle (Taglharpa) by Einar Selvik in Somerville College
Performance - music
A demonstration of a reconstructed horse-hair fiddle by musician Einar Selvik (of Wardruna) during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June 2016. A fiddle-like instrument was discovered at Hedeby, but it was probably not a type common in Scandinavia. The <span>earliest depiction is from a statue from the 1200´s in the oldest part of the cathedral in Trondheim, Norway. This instrument was common in Scandinavia, especially Finland, up until the early 1900s.</span><br /><br />More information about the band and project can be found at <a href="http://wardruna.com/about/">http://wardruna.com/about/</a>
Einar Selvik
ONPIP
The World-Tree Project
Friday 24 June 2016
Tom Birkett
(c) Einar Selvik
http://wardruna.com/about/
MP4
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2233
Norway
Modern
Demonstration of the bukkehorn (goat horn) by Einar Selvik in Somerville College
Performance - music
<span>A demonstration of a reconstructed pipe made of goat-horn (bukkehorn) by musician Einar Selvik (of Wardruna) during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June 2016. As Einar Selvik points out, t<span>he oldest find of a horn-instrument like this is a cowhorn from the early Iron Age, found in a bog in Konsterud, Värmland, Sweden dated to ca 500 BC. Another find can be dated to 900 AD, also found in a bog in Västerby, Hedemora, Sweden.</span><br /><br />More information about the band and project can be found at </span><a href="http://wardruna.com/about/" target="_blank">http://wardruna.com/about/</a>
Einar Selvik
ONPIP
The World-Tree Project
Friday 24 June 2016
Tom Birkett
(c) Einar Selvik
http://wardruna.com/about/
MP4
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2232
Norway
Modern
Performance of 'Völuspá' by Einar Selvik (Opening Lines)
Performance - poetry
A performance of the opening lines of 'Völuspá' by musician Einar Selvik (of Wardruna) during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Oxford on Friday 24 June. A version of this song features in the 'Vikings' Series. More information about the band and their reworking of Eddic poetry can be found at <a href="http://wardruna.com/about/" target="_blank">http://wardruna.com/about/</a>
Einar Selvik
ONPIP
The World-Tree Project
24 June 2016
Tom Birkett
(c) Einar Selvik
<a href="http://wardruna.com/about/">http://wardruna.com/about/</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2230
Modern
Norway
Dramatic Reading of 'Skírnismál' (the curse)
Poetry - Performance
A performance of the Eddic poem 'Skírnismál' by postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Friday 24 June. This extract is from the curse (sts 24-28).
Postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford
The World-Tree Project
Friday 24 June
Tom Birkett
(c) ONPIP
<a href="http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme">http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2167
Oxford
Modern
Dramatic Reading of 'Skírnismál' (opening lines)
Poetry - Performance
A performance of the Eddic poem 'Skírnismál' by postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Friday 24 June. These are the opening lines.
Postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford
The World-Tree Project
Friday 24 June
Tom Birkett
(c) ONPIP
<a href="http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme">http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2166
Modern
Oxford
Performance of extract from Atlakviða by Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia
Eddic Poetry - Performance
<span>A short extract from a performance of the Eddic poem <em>Atlakviða </em>(sts. 15, 16 and 18)<em> </em></span><span>by Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia, at the 'Old Norse Poetry in Performance' Conference in Oxford, Friday, 24 June organised by </span><span>Annemari Ferreira and Brian John McMahon</span><span>. For more information about Sequentia, please visit the website at </span><a href="http://www.sequentia.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sequentia.org/</a>
Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby
Old Norse Poetry in Performance Conference
The World-Tree Project
June 2016
Tom Birkett
(c) Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby
<a href="http://www.sequentia.org/">http://www.sequentia.org/</a>
<a href="http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme">http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2154
Oxford
Modern
Performance of the opening strophe of 'Vǫluspá' by Hanna Marti
Eddic Poetry - Performance
The opening stanza of a performance of the Eddic poem <em>Vǫluspá</em> by Hanna Marti of Sequentia, at the 'Old Norse Poetry in Performance' Conference in Oxford, Friday, 24 June organised by <span>Annemari Ferreira and Brian John McMahon</span>. For more information about Sequentia, please visit the website at <a href="http://www.sequentia.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sequentia.org/</a>
Hanna Marti
Old Norse Poetry in Performance Conference
The World-Tree Project
June 2016
Tom Birkett
(c) Hanna Marti
<a href="http://www.sequentia.org/">http://www.sequentia.org/</a>
<a href="http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme">http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2153
Oxford
Modern