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Origins
Fuga Libera

Origins

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Sjaella
Format
CD
Label
Fuga Libera
Released
Oct 08, 2021
Catalog #
FUG784
UPC
5400439007840

About

Sjaella is the vocal ensemble of the moment to discover! Six talented and effervescent female singers who are not afraid of anything and demonstrate as much in a program entitled Origins, ranging from seventieth-century repertory to contemporary pieces. Out of the ether, into existence. The initial point. The beginning. The ever-recurring origin. Between minimalism and picturesque arias arise light, time, and all life. In Origins, the female vocal ensemble Sjaella focuses on natural cycles that have surrounded us since the dawn of time. In every era, people have experienced the changes in the seasons, the gentle rhythm of day and night, the individual flow of the body, and the transience of rebirth. All of these themes are presented as a unit, which forms a cycle of key concepts from the origin of life to a post-apocalyptic vacuum. The music contrasts and combines new arrangements of English songs of the seventeenth century, some of them from Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, with contemporary pieces, including those in the American Minimalist style, such as David Lang’s Evening, Morning, Day. By including mainly commissioned works, the album shows Sjaella’s close collaboration with renowned international composers such as Paola Prestini, singer-songwriter Shara Nova and former King’s Singers member Philip Lawson.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Evening morning day 08:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Evening morning day
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  2. 2 Ayres and Dialogues, Book 3: Have you e'er seen the morning sun? (arr. P. Lawson for vocal ensemble) 02:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    Ayres and Dialogues, Book 3: Have you e'er seen the morning sun? (arr. P. Lawson for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Henry Lawes
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  3. 3 Act IV: Thus the ever grateful Spring 02:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act IV: Thus the ever grateful Spring
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  4. 4 Act IV: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay 03:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act IV: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  5. 5 Act IV: See my many coloured fields 02:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act IV: See my many coloured fields
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  6. 6 Act IV: Next Winter comes slowly, pale 02:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act IV: Next Winter comes slowly, pale
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  7. 7 Crystallized 10:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    Crystallized
    Duration
    10:03
    Composer
    Meredi
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  8. 8 Hypophysis 08:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    Hypophysis
    Duration
    08:53
    Composer
    Susanne Blache, Marie Fenske, Franziska Eberhardt, Marie Charlotte Seidel, Felicitas Erben, Helene Erben
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  9. 9 Have you seen the bright lily grow? (arr. S. Blache for vocal ensemble) 02:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    Have you seen the bright lily grow? (arr. S. Blache for vocal ensemble)
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Robert Johnson
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  10. 10 Act II: See, even Night herself is here 03:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: See, even Night herself is here
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  11. 11 Act II: I am come to lock all fast 01:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: I am come to lock all fast
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  12. 12 Act II: One charming night 02:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: One charming night
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  13. 13 Act II: Hush, no more, be silent all 03:21
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Hush, no more, be silent all
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  14. 14 Stars 03:45
    Track
    14
    Title
    Stars
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Ēriks Ešenvalds
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  15. 15 No. 1. Apocalypse? 04:00
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. Apocalypse?
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Paola Prestini
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  16. 16 No. 2. Dead Soul 04:20
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Dead Soul
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Paola Prestini
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  17. 17 No. 3. Ascending Stairways 02:08
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Ascending Stairways
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Paola Prestini
    Ensemble
    Sjaella
  18. 18 Vacuum 07:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    Vacuum
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Viola Blache, Marie Fenske, Franziska Eberhardt, Marie Charlotte Seidel, Felicitas Erben, Helene Erben
    Ensemble
    Sjaella