Description
If Heaven Never Was Promised to Me – a mostly instrumental effort – is the solo debut album by the Norwegian keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Finn Pedersen of Good News fame, released on the Norwegian gospel label Rex Forlag in October 1993. (When the music label Klango merged with Filadelfiaforlaget, the new entity was entitled Rex Forlag.) The album was produced, arranged, and recorded by Finn Pedersen between November 1992 and August 1993 at West-Coast Studio.
Featuring Finn Pedersen on acoustic piano and various keyboards, with vocals provided by Hilde Kjeldsen and Marian Lisland. As well featuring Eivind Aarset on guitars, Annbjørg Lien on keyed fiddle (nyckelharpa), and Per Brochmann on recorder.
Featuring Finn Pedersen’s reading of a handful hymns/trad. tunes, as well as his take on a few pop tunes like “Sang i mørketid”, a song written by Hans-Inge Fagervik and originally recorded on his 1983 album Hei, her e’ æ; “Trylle bittelitt”, a song written by Solveig Leithaug and originally recorded on her 1985 album Askepott (both albums produced by Finn Pedersen), “Gammal drøm”, a song written by Bjørn Eidsvåg and originally recorded on his 1985 album Bjørns beste; as well as “If Heaven Never Was Promised To Me”, a song written by Andraé Crouch and originally recorded on his 1972 album Just Andraé.
Disse melodiene har vidt forskjellig bakgrunn, fra folketonene som har levd sitt liv gjennom århundrer, til melodier som ble skapt for få år siden. For meg har de imidlertid ett fellestrekk. De er som gamle venner – når man har vært fra hverandre en stund er det godt å møtes igjen. [Album liner notes]
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CD tracklist:
01. Sang i mørketid – 4:30
02. If Heaven Never Was Promised To Me – 4:30
03. Bred dina vida vingar – 4:40
04. Trylle bittelitt – 3:48
05. Å bli hos meg – 5:49
06. Navnet Jesus – 3:30
07. Gammal drøm – 1:40
08. Jeg løfter mine øyne – 4:45
09. Herre Gud, ditt dyre navn og ære – 2:57
10. Å at jeg kunne min Jesus prise – 2:10
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