MOR (Mother)

Sjoerd Staal — Thu, 02 May 2024 22:00:35 +0000

MOR (Mother) is a word that evokes associations, memories and emotions. Which mother do you think of? A loving mother with a newborn baby in her arms. Intimacy. A despairing mother in deep grief over a lost life. Emptiness. Through words and music our lives are woven together with Mary’s life and perhaps we sense that a mother’s pain and sorrow, a mother’s strength and endurance, a mother’s warmth and love are the same now as they were two thousand years ago.

MOR features Petra Bjørkhaug and Ragnhild Jepsen’s Sarmerkt interleaved with Domenico Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater.

Nidaros Domkor (Nidaros Cathedral Choir)
Karen Haugom Olsen, Conductor
Ditte Marie Bræin, Soprano
Martin Vanberg, Tenor
Anna Carlsen, Cello
Petra Bjørkhaug, Organ

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Lux

Sjoerd Staal — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Lux is the conceptual sequel to the 2L release Magnificat, nominated for Best Surround Sound Album in the 58th GRAMMY Awards.

Acquiring life skills during a challenging, fragile phase of life — learning to belong, to feel seen and included, learning to build friendships — all of this lies at the core of the Nidaros Cathedral Girls’ Choir’s mission.

The Requiem in Andrew Smith’s version, commissioned by the choir and its conductor Anita Brevik, is loosely based on the Roman Catholic mass for the dead. Several of the texts of the traditional Requiem Mass have been replaced, however, with biblical references to the tragic fate of children, reflecting the all-too-frequent conflicts of today in which the young are innocent victims. The musical material in the Requiem takes its inspiration from Gregorian chant. Melodic fragments of the ancient requiem mass can be heard in the background. Trygve Seim’s improvising saxophone makes up an integral part of the whole, yet lives a life of its own in close companionship with the singers and Ståle Storløkken on organ.

The palette is expanded with the glorious strings of TrondheimSolistene in Ståle Kleiberg’s Hymn to Love and The Light (with Petra Bjørkhaug, organ). These works add dimensions of faith, hope and love. And light too, when all seems dark. In life there are moments to treasure, and challenges to overcome. In the words of Helge Torvund: The light you need exists.

Nidaros Cathedral Girl’s Choir (Nidarosdomens jentekor)
Trondheim Soloists (TrondheimSolistene)
Trygve Seim – Saxophone
Ståle Storlokken – Organ
Petra Bjorkhaug – Organ
Anita Brevik – Conductor

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