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Awake, O North Wind
Footprint Records

Awake, O North Wind

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Composer
GJEILO KVERNO PEDERSEN
Artist
Stureborg
Format
CD
Label
Footprint Records
Released
May 19, 2017
Catalog #
FRCD 088
UPC
7320470215258

About

Footprint is pleased to release a new recording from one of the most talented youth ensembles in Sweden, the Chamber Choir of the Stockholm Music Gymnasium. The school’s chamber choir is made up of 40 of the school’s hundreds of vocal specialists, and is led by Helene Stureborg, a sometime pupil of Eric Ericsson and Gustav Sjökvist. Awake O North Wind is a heartfelt and atmospheric journey through some of the finest unaccompanied Swedish and Norwegian choral works of the last two centuries, with an emphasis on music by living composers. The miniature masterpieces that are Sven-David Sansdström’s Four Songs of Love form the backbone of the programme and are spread among works by Wilhelm Stenhammar, Knut Nystedt, Trond Kverno, Karin Rehnqvist and others, with spine-tingling arrangements of Swedish and Norwegian folk songs included too. The Stockholm Music Gymnasium Chamber Choir has recorded for film soundtracks and appeared with artists including Andrea Bocelli. The ensemble’s full, rounded sound and intense clarity at high registers is revealed fully on its new recording, whose programme of repertoire members of the ensemble shaped under Stureborg’s guidance. ‘These young musicians have so much to give’, says the conductor. ‘They take responsibility, they are so focussed and they want so much from the music. I love to work with them!’ Awake O North Wind is a snapshot of both human awakening and burgeoning talent, with all the excitement inherent in both.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Ingångstrall 01:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ingångstrall
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Josefine Mindus
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  2. 2 Credo 04:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    Credo
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Einojuhani Rautavaara
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  3. 3 Sanger om karlek (Songs of Love): No. 1. Let Him Kiss Me 02:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sanger om karlek (Songs of Love): No. 1. Let Him Kiss Me
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  4. 4 3 Korvisor till dikter av J.P. Jacobsen: No. 2. I seraillets have (In the Seraglio Garden) 02:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    3 Korvisor till dikter av J.P. Jacobsen: No. 2. I seraillets have (In the Seraglio Garden)
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  5. 5 Stjärntändningen (The Stars Appearing) 02:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Stjärntändningen (The Stars Appearing)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Oskar Lindberg
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  6. 6 Bruremarsj 03:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Bruremarsj
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Jan Magne Førde
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  7. 7 Sanger om karlek (Songs of Love): No. 2. Until the Daybreak 02:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sanger om karlek (Songs of Love): No. 2. Until the Daybreak
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  8. 8 Psalm 100, "Jubilate Deo" 03:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    Psalm 100, "Jubilate Deo"
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Fredrik Sixten
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  9. 9 O crux, Op. 79 06:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    O crux, Op. 79
    Duration
    06:17
    Composer
    Knut Nystedt
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  10. 10 Ave Maris Stella 05:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    Ave Maris Stella
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Trond Kverno
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  11. 11 Sanger om karlek (Songs of Love): No. 3. Awake, o North Wind 02:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sanger om karlek (Songs of Love): No. 3. Awake, o North Wind
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  12. 12 Pilarna (The willows) 03:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    Pilarna (The willows)
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Ake Malmfors
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  13. 13 Northern Lights, "Pulchra es, amica mea" 05:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    Northern Lights, "Pulchra es, amica mea"
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Ola Gjeilo
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  14. 14 Sanger om karlek (Songs of Love): No. 4. His Left Hand 02:11
    Track
    14
    Title
    Sanger om karlek (Songs of Love): No. 4. His Left Hand
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Sven-David Sandström
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  15. 15 När natten skänker frid 03:37
    Track
    15
    Title
    När natten skänker frid
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Karin Rehnqvist
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  16. 16 3 Korvisor till dikter av J.P. Jacobsen: No. 1. September, "Alle de voksende Skygger" 02:17
    Track
    16
    Title
    3 Korvisor till dikter av J.P. Jacobsen: No. 1. September, "Alle de voksende Skygger"
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  17. 17 Snabbt jagar stormen våra år 02:45
    Track
    17
    Title
    Snabbt jagar stormen våra år
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Sven-Eric Johansson
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg
  18. 18 Bruremarsj fra Valsøyfjord (arr. G. Pedersen and H. Sommerro for choir) 03:05
    Track
    18
    Title
    Bruremarsj fra Valsøyfjord (arr. G. Pedersen and H. Sommerro for choir)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber Choir
    Conductor
    Helene Stureborg