Also she performed during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 in Bergen, opening act of the winter Olympic games in 1994 at Lillehammer, voice to the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish version of “the little mermaid, Sung on the Titanic album (‘My heart will go on’ was originally written to her), Royal Variety show in London 1995, Preformed at annual Christmas concert in Vienna, 2000 Nobel peace price concert with Josh Groban singing “the prayer”, toured with The Lord of the Rings Symphony Tour in 2004 and her latest achievement is a number one on the Billboard classical charts with the christmas album “Spirit of the Season - with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Sissel”
Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals. Her work on the soundtrack to Titanic has led to comparisons with Irish singer Enya.
Sissel's combined solo record sales (not including soundtracks and other albums to which she contributed) amount to over 9 million albums sold, most of them in Norway -- a country with only 4.5 million people.
She’s released over 14 studio albums, her Christmas album from 1986 is the best selling album in Norway ever with almost one mill copies sold! She’s featured on several soundtracks and sold well over nine million albums world wide and her popularity continues to grow!
She truly is a northern star!
Here are the lyrics to her song "Ready to go home":
On this street below these walls
Where I used to walk now I can barely crawl
All this darkness rise and tall
Lord shine a light for me I’m ready to be caught
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
Take this river to the sea
Where the delta flows
The tide is washing over me
Guide this soul to heavens door
Show me where tomorrow lays
I’m waiting to be born
I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home
So time I’ll lay down with these memories
Breathe the shallow deep inside of me
If time has run its course with me
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
When the evening shadows fall
When the time has come
I let defences fall
To surrenders to survive
I will give up everything to those I leave behind
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home, again
Going home again
Våren
Sissel Lyrics
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for Våren å røma;
Heggen med Tre som der blomar var på,
eg atter såg bløma.
Enno ein Gong fekk eg Isen å sjå
frå Landet å fljota,
Snjoen å bråna og Fossen i Å
å fyssa og brjota.
fekk skoda med Blomar;
enno eg høyrde at Vårfuglen song
mot Sol og mot Sumar.
Eingong eg sjølv i den vårlege Eim,
som mettar mit Auga,
eingong eg der vil meg finna ein Heim
og symjande lauga.
Alt det, som Våren imøte meg bar
og Blomen, eg plukka,
Federnes Ånder eg trudde det var,
som dansa og sukka.
Derfor eg fann millom Bjørkar og Bar
i Våren ei Gåta;
derfor det Ljod i den Fløyta eg skar,
meg tyktes å gråta.
The lyrics to Sissel's song Våren describe the singer's experience of seeing the transition from winter to spring. The first stanza describes the initial sighting of winter and the eager anticipation of spring to arrive. The second stanza describes the singer's observations of the physical changes happening around them - the melting ice, the snow and the flowing waterfalls. The third stanza describes the singer's appreciation of the green grass and blooming flowers, as well as the sounds of birds singing in the springtime. The fourth and final stanza describes the singer's desire to find a home in this springtime world, and their sense of wonder towards the beauty of the natural world.
Line by Line Meaning
Enno ein Gong fekk eg Vetren å sjå
I once saw Winter again
for Våren å røma;
and it made me want to escape towards Spring
Heggen med Tre som der blomar var på,
I saw the blooming trees of the hedge again
eg atter såg bløma.
and they were blooming once more
Enno ein Gong fekk eg Isen å sjå
I saw the ice once again
frå Landet å fljota,
flowing from the land
Snjoen å bråna og Fossen i Å
I saw the snow melt and the waterfall in the river
å fyssa og brjota.
splash and break
Graset det grøne eg enno ein Gong
Once again I saw the green grass
fekk skoda med Blomar;
with flowers scattered over it
enno eg høyrde at Vårfuglen song
I still heard the Spring bird sing
mot Sol og mot Sumar.
towards the Sun and Summer
Eingong eg sjølv i den vårlege Eim,
Once I found myself in the Spring mist
som mettar mit Auga,
which filled my eyes
eingong eg der vil meg finna ein Heim
I wanted to find a home there
og symjande lauga.
and swim in its waters
Alt det, som Våren imøte meg bar
All that the Spring brought to me
og Blomen, eg plukka,
and the flowers that I picked
Federnes Ånder eg trudde det var,
I thought it was the spirits of my ancestors
som dansa og sukka.
dancing and sighing
Derfor eg fann millom Bjørkar og Bar
That's why I found among the birches and barren areas
i Våren ei Gåta;
a mystery in Spring
derfor det Ljod i den Fløyta eg skar,
That's why I heard the sound in the flute I made
meg tyktes å gråta.
that seemed to be crying.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Aasmund Vinje, EDVARD GRIEG (DP), Ingunn Kyrkjeboe, Robin Smith
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@hjd832
Here are some of the words........
Winter is over, the snow melts away
Sweet Spring comes with gladness.
Sunshine falls warm on the young hawthorn spray;
I walk with my sadness.
Waters once frozen are flowing to the sea,
The rivers are roaring.
All that I love for the last time comes to me,
My dear larks are soaring.
Though I must pass yet the clear voice of a bird
Welcomes a newcomer.
He will rejoice in the songs that I have heard
Of sunlight and summer.
@TLChrist
Once more I got to behold winter
Fleeing before the spring;
Hackberry with trees covered by blossoms,
I once more saw blooming.
Once more I got to behold the ice
Flowing from land,
The snow softening, and waterfall into river
Buzzing and bursting.
The green grass I once again got
To behold with blooms.
Still I heard the spring fowl sing,
To sun and to summer.
Once more I received the blessing,
Of hearing the cuckoo.
Once more I wandered the field
Where they drove the plow.
Once more I beheld and was warmed
By the wind and the meadow;
To behold the earth like with longing chest,
Sighing in bed.
Spring cloud drifting there to and fro,
And cloud banks billowing.
Then thunder struck from the clouds,
And cracked and rolled.
I had yet to see heat shimmers
Dance upon the hills.
Butterflies fluttering and flying off
Where blooms stood gathered.
All this spring life I once more beheld,
Which later I lost.
But I am melancholy and ask myself must:
Might it be the last?
Let It so be: I had much beauty,
To enjoy in life.
More I received than I had deserved,
And all things must end.
Sometime I will in the springtime haze,
Which sates my eye.
Sometime I there will find me a home,
And swim and bathe.
Everything that the spring greeted me with,
and the bloom I plucked.
I thought It was the spirits of the forefathers,
That danced and sighed.
Therefore I found between birches and bark,
A riddle in spring.
Therefore the sound from the flute I carved,
Seemed to be weeping.
@sisselfan
Check out fantastic video by Sissel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ZHvw4Lfdw
@oleflogger6828
Her voice is crystal clear and beautiful to hear. I first heard this when I was a boy in 1950 in Brooklyn, New York. It was the closing theme to the live TV show I Remember Mama, starring Peggy Wood. Decades later, I saw the movie with Irene Dunne and fell in love again.
But, it was several decades before I learned that Våren was written by Edvard Grieg! Now, I play it on my own instruments (Mark VI Tenor sax, Kessler Model 2 Bass Clarinet, and Buffet-Crampon R-13 Clarinet. It's beautiful no matter which instrument is used. Whenever a fellow musician hears me "warm up" with Våren, I get compliments.
@eneto7785
I just regret for lost so many years before know Sissel, her divine voice and her amazing beauty.
@user-wf6qb3gi7n
This is what I called class real class beautiful I love to singing this nothing else❤❤❤😊
@kasha1932
SISSEL'S VOICE IS PERFECT FOR GRIEG'S MUSIC...KIND OF MOURNFUL, YET VERY VERY SWEET.I FIRST HEARD HER SING AT THE OPENING OF THE WINTER GAMES IN L(?). I WONDERED...'WHO IS THIS BEAUTIFUL SINGER?' LATER A NORWEGIAN FRIEND TOLD ME AND I THOUGHT THAT THE WORLD SHOULD HEAR HER.
@tonylim2480
Your beautiful voice moves me and I cannot help listening to most of your songs. God bless you, Sissel
@windstorm1000
If you didn't cry after listening to this, you've either got a stone heart or a glass eye. She's a fabulous singer--perfect diction, breath control, phrasing--and HEART. Norway should be very proud of her--and this beautiful work that touches hearts.
@tenorschofield
Such a lovely voice; this is a soprano with the talent and look for been one of the most important ones!!!.I like her very much. She touches my soul...Bravooo!!!!
@juanimoreno6872
HEAVEN SENT !! BOTH, GRIEG AND SISSEL !!
@kurtsvensson4416
Våren av Grieg och sjungen av Sissel är för mig friskhet och förväntan😍