• A Simple Blue Chair

  • Jan 29 2023
  • Length: 21 mins
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A Simple Blue Chair

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  • On the 28th of July this year, it will be exactly 100 years since an extraordinary event took place in the tiny mountain village of Lesjaskog. In the cultural history of modern Norway – well, there’s nothing quite like it. On a simple, blue kitchen chair, one of Europe’s greatest artists was carried to the top of a nearby mountain. A round trip of nearly 8 hours. After 20 summers in Norway, it would be his last view of the mountains for the ailing composer. It was a huge feat of endurance – and of love – by those closest to him to get him to the top and down again. Today, I tell the story of how that Englishman came to love the Norwegian mountain landscape, and how he let if fill his music. For his friends, it was important to let him see the mountains one last time, before his eyesight failed. 


    EPISODE PHOTO

    This simple blue chair made possible an extraordinary event. 


    CONTACT

    Twitter: (a)northbynorway

    Email: northbynorway(a)gmail(.)com

    webpage: andrewjboyle(.)com


    THANKS

    to Sonja Nyegaard for her vocal contribution



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