SISSEL KYRKJEBØ - Blant alle Guder (Among all the Gods) - 1991 TV Concert - HQ video with Subtitles

SISSEL performed this song "Blant alle Guder" ("Among all the Gods" - the song is from an Hymn written in 1699 by the poet and Lutheran clergyman Petter Dass), at the occasion of a TV CONCERT filmed in the FAROE Islands and released in 1991. Sissel was already a well-known singer at that time, especially in Norway and in BERGEN, her hometown. The orchestra is directed by Per Egil HOVLAND.

The whole TV program, produced by Stageway, lasted about 70 minutes and was made of two parts. The first one, called "Med Sissel til Kirkjubø*", was filmed partially outdoors in various places of interest of the Faroe Islands (mainly Kirkjubø and Vestmann areas), and partially indoors, in the concert hall of the Nordic House of Tórshavn (Streymoy island). The second part, which includes the posted song, was called "Sissel i Christianskirkjuni" and was filmed in "King Christian's Church" in Klaksvik (Borðoy island). * Kirkjubø is the old cultural and spiritual center of the Faroes located a few kilometers south of Tórshavn.

Sissel performance was never released in any album or DVD later on, and to my knowledge, only very few recordings of the concert still exist today

I already posted in 2007 several videos of this TV concert, including one of this song (see on Youtube: Sissel Kyrkjebo, 1991, Blant alle Guder). The new version includes the Lyrics and is of a much better quality.

Many thanks to MIKAEL, from Denmark, who kindly sent me the original version of the Lyrics, in Danish, that I used for the video. The English translation (see below) is also part of his valuable contribution.

I hope you will ENJOY IT.

Plo94 - July 2012


TECHNICAL information:
The TV Concert was recorded in 1991 in Bergen by one of my friends from Norway. The "old" VHS tape (more than 20 years old now ) was digitized this time using the "Terratec G3" device. The resulting .avi file was then filtered with "Virtualdub" to clean the images (the "NeatVideo" denoise filter performed very well) and colors were adjusted. Finally, the video was edited and lyrics added using the PowerDirector10 movie software.

LYRICS (see also REFERENCE** below):
BLANT ALLE GUDER
melodi: traditionel færøsk, meddelt af Marie Eide Pedersen 1967
tekst: Petter Dass (1647-1707)
[kommentar]: fra Petter Dass' "Herrens Bøn, Fader vor forfatted i ni Sange", 1699. Dette er første sang, som udlægger første linie i fadevor: Fader vor du som est i Himmelen

Blant alle Guder er udi sær
Ey nogen Gud saa stor, saasom vor;
Vor Fader kaldis hand af hver Mand,
Thi hand det Navn og bær med Gavn,
Hand, som en Fader bør, mod os giør.

Adskillig deylig Fisk fersk og frisk
Det vaade salte Hav ofte gav,
Velsignet blev vor Krog, naar vi drog,
Vor nøgen krop fra Taa til Top
Er klæd med Uld og Liin grov og fin.

Til andre Guder maa andre gaa,
At sætte Kiød og Tarm til sim Arm,
Det tienner dog saa lit til Profit;
Kiød-Guder er kun Avn og Vær,
Som inden nogle Aar slet forgaar.

Gak til Guld-klumpen hen Mammons Ven,
Og giem din stakkels Gud i en Klud,
Men jeg vil hælde mig fast til dig
GUD Zebaoth, min Skiold, mit Slot,
Ved dig jeg sikker staar, hvor det gaar.

Vilt du nu vide grant, vist og sandt,
Hvor at det Stæd og Land findis kand,
Hvor vores GUD iboer? Spør du hvor?
Løft Øyet hen til Himmelen,
Der er hands Sædes Platz og Pallatz.

LYRICS (English version)
Among all the gods no one is as great as our. Everyone calls him "Our father" and rightfully so because he treats us like a father should.

Lots of wonderful fresh fishes come from the salty sea, our fishing hook is blessed, our naked body is dressed in wool and linen, coarse and fine.

Other people turn to more mortal gods but to no avail. These gods of flesh and blood are like chaffs and within a few years they will vanish.

If you love the filthy lucre you will turn toward the gold and try to hide your poor god in a cloth; by I will stick to my God Zebaoth, he is my shield and my castle no matter what happens.

If you want to know for sure the dwelling place and land of our God then look to the heaven, there he is seated, there is his palace.



**REFERENCE (to access a digital version of the original 1788 book where the whole song can be found, pages 143 to 146):
http://www.nb.no/utlevering/contentvi...