Wikipedia

Entry March of the Boyars (Norwegian: Bojarenes Inntogsmarsj) is an orchestral composition, written in 1893 from the pen of the Norwegian Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935). It is one of the most popular works of the composer, and quickly became an international success.

The piece has an occupational inspiration behind it. Halvorsen was offered a post at Bucharest Conservatory but he declined. He became however interested in the city and read about it and the entry of the Romanian boyars into Bucharest in the 18th century. The scene almost "forced" him to compose music out of it. The music was first used as stage music at the Bergen theatre where he worked as the director of music. Two years later Halvorsen published an arrangement of the piece for a symphony orchestra.

The melody has been used as a signature tune for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's weekly radio program Ønskekonserten since its start in 1950. It is used as incidental music in the play by August Strindberg, The Dance of Death, in which Edgar asks Alice to play it for him on the piano.

Show more...

Continue reading at Wikipedia... Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Relationships

composer:Johan Halvorsen (Norwegian composer) (in 1895)
Wikidata:Q3352627 [info]
later versions:Bojarenes inntogsmarsj, EG 183 (for piano, Grieg)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1966-12-07Entry March of the BoyarsThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy4:25
1987-09-14 – 1987-09-15Entry March of the BoyarsCincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel4:26
1989-04 – 1989-06Entry of the BoyarsSlovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hayman4:48
1989-07-02Entry March of the Boyareslive“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band5:29
1997-07-24 – 1997-07-25The Entry of the BoyarsNew London Orchestra, Ronald Corp4:44
2002-06-18 – 2002-06-28Entry of the BoyarsSinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands, Bjarte Engeset4:34
2002-06Entry March of the Boyars (Bojarenes inntogsmarsj)Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi4:32
2009-08-24 – 2009-09-02Bojarernes IndtogsmarschBergen filharmoniske orkester, Neeme Järvi4:37
Bojarenes InntogsmarsjJohan Halvorsen4:28
Entry March of the BoyarsJohan Halvorsen5:05
Entry March of the BoyarsSlovenská filharmónia, Kenneth Jean5:02
Entry March of the BoyarsThe Band of the Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford4:53
Entry March of the BoyarsDallas Winds, Frederick Fennell4:46
Entry March of the BoyarsSlovenská filharmónia, Kenneth Jean5:04
Entry of the BoyardsLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras4:37
Entry of the Boyars, MarchBergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Karsten Andersen4:08
March of the BoyarsThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy4:23