Ros - Songs of Christmas / Pedersen, Norwegian Soloists’ Choir

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Label
BIS
Release Date
November 19, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PRAETORIUS TRADITIONAL BINGE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Grete Pedersen, Berit Opheim, Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 19, 2013
    • UPC
      7318599920290
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2029
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. Det hev ei rose sprunge (Behold, a Rose is Springing)

      Composer: Michael Praetorius

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    2. Old Marian Song (arr. R. Lislevand for violin and lute)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand

    3. No koma Guds englar (The Angels of God) (arr. J.A. Lie and G. Pedersen for voice, chorus, violin, lute and double bass)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Performer: Berit Opheim, Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn Kjellemyr

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    4. Ricercata segunda (improvisation by G. Larsen, R. Lislevand and B. Kjellemyr)

      Composer: Diego Ortiz

      Performer: Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn Kjellemyr

    5. O vis eternitatis: O vis aeternitatis - Et sic indumenta ipsius (arr. G. Pedersen for chorus, violin and double bass)

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Performer: Ingeborg Dalheim, Gjermund Larsen, Bjorn Kjellemyr

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    6. O frondens virga (O leafy branch) (arr. G. Pedersen for chorus and lute)

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Performer: Ingeborg Dalheim, Rolf Lislevand

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    7. Et barn er fodt i Betlehem (A Child is Born in Bethlehem) (arr. O. Matre for chorus, violin, lute and double bass)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Performer: Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn Kjellemyr

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    8. Ave generosa

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    9. I denne sote juletid (In this Blessed Christmas Time) (arr. O. Matre for chorus)

      Composer: Ola O. Fagerheim

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Performer: Berit Opheim

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    10. Den fagraste rosa (The Fairest of Roses) (arr. R. Lislevand for voice and lute)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Berit Opheim, Rolf Lislevand

    11. Maria, hun er en jomfru ren (Mary is a Virgin Pure) (arr. R. Lislevand for violin, lute and double bass)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn Kjellemyr

    12. Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (My Heart Forever Dwells) (arr. O. Matre for chorus)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Performer: Berit Opheim

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    13. O vis eternitatis (arr. G. Pedersen for chorus, violin and double bass)

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Performer: Ingeborg Dalheim, Runa Hestad Jenssen, Gjermund Larsen, Bjorn Kjellemyr

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    14. Julens glaede (Himmelfalden)

      Composer: Per Nørgård

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Performer: Ditte Marie Bræin

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen

    15. Tarantella (arr. R. Lislevand for chorus, violin, lute and double bass)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn Kjellemyr

    16. Jolevers (Et lite barn sa lystelig) (arr. R. Lislevand and O. Matre for voice, violin, lute and double bass)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Berit Opheim, Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn Kjellemyr

    17. Jul, jul, stralande jul (Yule, Yule, Radiant Yule)

      Composer: Gustaf Nordquist

      Ensemble: The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

      Conductor: Grete Pedersen


n Christian symbolism, the rose is closely associated with the Mystery of the Nativity, and therefore with both Jesus Christ and Mary. The idea of the perfect flower, springing forth from a thorny stem, has - like the Nativity itself - captured the imagination of poets and musicians throughout the ages and from all stations of life. With this original and wide-ranging Christmas collection, Grete Pedersen - the artistic director of the Norwegian Soloists' Choir - has created what might be compared to a rosary, combining 12th-century hymns by Hildegard of Bingen with a carol by the Danish 20th-century composer Per Nørgård, as well as traditional Christmas psalms, in many cases sung to Norwegian folk tunes following age-old usages. Grete Pedersen and the choir have reached a wide international audience through four previous discs on BIS, ranging from collections of Grieg, or of Brahms and Schubert, to the folk-inspired White Night and, most recently, Refractions: the unexpected combination of three 20th-century giants - Berg, Webern and Messiaen - with their Norwegian contemporary Fartein Valen. On the present disc, the team is once again joined by the singer Berit Opheim and the violinist Gjermund Larsen - both with a background in folk music - as well as by Rolf Lislevand, internationally acclaimed lutenist, and the highly respected jazz bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr.