A Prairie Home Companion for August 4, 2007 from American Public Media

August 4, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, as our wobbly legs continue to recover from the effects of the North Sea, we offer a very special summertime compilation show featuring all things Norwegian. Special guests include, modern masters of the polska, Frigg. A pair of singing brothers, Trond and Knut Moe from the Norwegian National Opera. Pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen performing Ragtime, and sibling classical duo Mari and Håkon Samuelsen perform a tribute to their homeland, "Mountain Vision." In Lake Wobegon, Clarence Bunsen's old college pal, Pastor Cliff, resigns to write the great Norwegian-American novel.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 APM Logo Open

00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues

00:00:55 GK Open

00:04:03 "Norwegian Rag #1" and "Fingerbreaker," Morten Gunnar Larsen

00:11:11 GK Intro Syttende Mai script and National Opera singers

00:11:44 Syttende Mai script

00:17:40 GK talks with Norwegian National Opera singers, plus songs

00:27:28 GK Intro Powdermilk break

00:27:53 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

00:29:03 GK Outro Powdermilk Biscuit break, plus intro Norse script and Samuelsens

Segment 2

00:29:36 Norse script

00:34:40 GK Intro Mari and Hakon Samuelsen

00:35:09 "Mountain Vision," Mari and Hakon Samuelsen

00:39:59 "Passacaglia," Mari and Hakon Samuelsen

00:45:02 GK Intros Frigg

00:45:25 "Danny and I"/ "Cross Country," Frigg

00:50:13 GK talks with Frigg

00:52:09 "Polka Internationale," Frigg

Segment 3

00:55:26 GK Intermission Credits ("Exactly Like You" )

00:57:16 NETCUE

00:59:00 GK Welcome Back, plus intro St. Olaf strings/ Grieg music

00:59:25 "Varen," St. Olaf Orchestra string section

01:05:01 St Olaf Travelogue script

01:08:28 GK talks about Olaf Christenson

01:10:14 "Beautiful Savior," St. Olaf Choir

01:14:15 Guy Noir script

01:23:40 GK Intro Morten Gunnar Larsen, plus mono

01:24:22 "Don’t You Leave Me Here," Morten Gunnar Larsen

Segment 4

01:28:44 The News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:43:18 "Praise You Our God," St. Olaf Choir

01:45:52 Norwegenetics script

01:48:34 GK Intro Grieg script

01:49:08 Grieg/Married Couple script

01:55:13 GK credits

01:56:26 "Jalla Jalla," Frigg

01:58:54 APM Logo

01:58:59 OUT

Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Melissa Christensen, Andrea McAvey, and Russ Ringsak)


Stephanie Davis		Jorja Fleezanis


VocalEssence		Finnish fiddler group, Frigg, performs "Polka Internationale."


Norwegian siblings Mari and Håkon Samuelsen.		Vocalist Prudence Johnson.


Bluegrass greats Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver.		GK with orchestra and choir


Doyle Lawson		Folk and blues singer Odetta.