Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas / Baadsvik, Cantus Women's Choir

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BIS
Release Date
November 1, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ADAM, ADOLPHE BAADSVIK, ANNA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Torodd, Oystein, Wigum, Baadsvik
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 2011
    • UPC
      7318590018859
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-CD-1885
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Film And TV Music
    Works ⌄

    1. Adeste fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) (arr. T. Vaago)

      Composer: John Francis Wade

      Ensemble: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    2. Pinocchio: When You Wish Upon A Star

      Composer: Leigh Harline

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    3. Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" (arr. O. Baadsvik)

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    4. Ding Dong Merrily on High (arr. A. Baadsvik)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    5. Eatnemen vueli (after Silesian Tune)

      Composer: Frode Fjellheim

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

    6. Betlehems stjarna (Star of Bethlehem) (arr. A. Baadsvik)

      Composer: Alice Tegnér

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    7. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr. A. Hogstedt)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    8. O Helga natt (Cantique de Noël, O Holy Night) (arr. O. Baadsvik)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    9. Jul, jul stralande jul (Christmas, Radiant Christmas) (arr. O. Baadsvik)

      Composer: Gustaf Nordqvist

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    10. Snofnugg (Snowflakes)

      Composer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    11. Fantasi over Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker (Fantasia on My Heart Forever Roams)

      Composer: Anna Baadsvik

      Ensemble: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    12. Mary's Boy Child (arr. O. Baadsvik)

      Composer: Jester Hairston

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    13. Nar det lider mot jul (Christmas draws nigh) (arr. A. Hogstedt)

      Composer: Ruben Liljefors

      Ensemble: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    14. St. Stephen's Holiday

      Composer: Staffan Lunden-Welden

      Ensemble: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    15. Silent Night (arr. T. Vaago)

      Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum

    16. Deilig er jorden (Fairest Lord Jesus) (arr. T. Vaago)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Øystein Baadsvik

      Conductor: Torodd Wigum


On five previous discs the astonishing tuba player Øystein Baadsvik has demonstrated his incredible versatility as a musician, while at the same time establishing that ‘anything a violin can do, a tuba can do too’, to quote a review in the Daily Telegraph of his first disc on BIS, Tuba Carnival. As Baadsvik writes in his own liner notes to the present disc: 'Every tuba player soon learns to live with people’s “oompah-oompah” prejudices, but rarely have these been challenged more boldly than here. Never before has there been a Christmas record with symphony orchestra, women’s choir and tuba!' The programme consists of lavish arrangements of Baadsvik’s own international and Nordic Christmas favourites. As befits the season, the offering contains a few surprises as well – such as Eatnemen Vuelie, inspired by joik, the traditional singing of the Sami people, and a snowy version of Baadsvik’s own piece Fnugg (‘flakes’), with elements of beat-boxing as well as the sound of the Australian didgeridoo. With the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra lending the music all the variety and uplift that only a large orchestra can provide, and the glittering voices of the Cantus choir adding a festive glow, Baadsvik's tuba carries the day - atmospheric and joyous, tuneful and meditative by turns.