What Is Life? / works by Whitacre, Holten, Gjeilo and Soderqvist / Voces Nordicae

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Album Summary

Conductor

• Larsen, Lone

Ensemble

• Voces Nordicae

Composers

• Bo Holten (Composer/Conductor) (1948 - )
• Sara Niklasson
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - )
• Ola Gjeilo (1978 - )
• Olle Lindberg (1967 - )
• Eric Whitacre (1970 - )
• Gunnar Eriksson (Choral Conductor)
• Ann-Sofi Söderqvist

Notes & Reviews:

The bulk of the material on this, the third Voces Nordicae CD, is choral music specifically dedicated to the ensemble. Open minded towards new timbres, Voces Nordicae combines a pleasant light blend with surprising and ventured sounds. The choir was invited to sing at the World Symposium of Choral Music in Puerto Madryn, Argentina, in August 2011.

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
English translations of the texts are included, along with so-so notes that are intermittently helpful. An interesting program, most capably done and anchored by nine elegant and eloquent minutes of Rautavaara.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009).

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Works Details

Whitacre, Eric : Leonardo dreams of his flying machine

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 8 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2001

Holten, Bo : Regn og rusk og rosenbusk (Rain and Rush and Rosebush), for 12 solo voices or 4 soloists & 8 part ch

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 11 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1991

Gjeilo, Ola : Ubi caritas, for chorus

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2010

Gjeilo, Ola : Deus in adiutorium, for chorus

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Ann-Sofi Söderqvist : What is Life?, for chorus

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 6 min. 54 sec.

Niklasson, Sara : Frame and Content, for chorus

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.

Lindberg, Olle : Missa Nordica :: Sanctus

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral

Lindberg, Olle : Missa Nordica :: Agnus Dei

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral

Eriksson, Gunnar : Till sist, for chorus

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 7 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Die erste Elegie (First Elegy), for chorus

• Conductor: Lone Larsen
• Ensemble: Voces Nordicae
• Notes: Hjorthagskyrkan, Stockholm (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)
• Running Time: 9 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1993