Sissel Kyrkjebø performing "Dagen gryr" ("The Day is Dawning") with Kurt Samuelsen on the piano. This is from the memory concert of the Norwegian singer/songwriter Trygve Hoff in Tromsø, Norway in February 1988. Click on CC for English subtitles.
Trygve Hoff wrote this song and several of the songs on Sissels debutalbum, Sissel from 1986. Trygve Hoff died in December 1987.
Sissel, the international singing sensation from Norway, is widely regarded as one of the finest and most talented sopranos in the world. Her crystalclear voice has made Sissel a national institution in Norway. Sissel has sung all over the world, selling over ten million solo albums. She contributed the haunting vocal tracks for the soundtrack to Titanic. She has been doing great duets with singers like Placido Domingo, Charles Aznavour, Bryn Terfel, Jose Carreras, Russell Watson, Neil Sedaka and Josh Groban. A remarkable voice you only hear once in your lifetime.