Ellen Andrea Wang, Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening, Marit Tondel Bodsberg Weyde, Hanna Paulsberg
Release Date: 17 November 2023
Label: Lawo
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090020182889
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
The Women's Choral Society of the University of Oslo (KSS) under the direction of conductor Marit Tondel Bodsberg Weyde has established itself over the course of many years as one of the country's leading female choirs. On this release the choir takes a new direction in its collaboration with two of Norway's most trendsetting jazz musicians.
Magnificat is a choral work written and composed by double bassist Ellen Andrea Wang. With it Wang makes her debut as choir composer, appearing on the album both as vocalist and bassist. The texts are taken from the Gospel of Luke and Catholic Church liturgy and describe Mary's powerful feelings knowing she will give birth to a child.
Wang writes: "In the course of music history there has been a long line of composers who have set the Song of Mary to music. But remarkably few female composers have written music to this text, despite its portraying the experiences of a woman." The work was written and premiered in connection with the 2021 Molde Jazz Festival, with performers including double bassist, female choir (KSS), saxophonist and vocalist. The songs were arranged for choir by Ellen Andrea Wang and Kjetil Bjerkestrand (track 2, 7 and 9).
Also contributing to this album is saxophonist Hanna Paulsberg, who is, among other things, initiator and songwriter of the trio GURLS, together with Wang. The group won Spellemannprisen (Norway's Grammy) in 2018 and 2022.
Magnificat is the choir's sixth release on the LAWO Classics label.
Tracklisting
Tine Thing Helseth, tenThing Brass Ensemble
Marianne Beate Kielland, Halvor Festervoll Melien, Nils Anders Mortensen
Jan Martin Smordal
Daniel Saether, Ensemble C4
POING
NoXaS Saxophone Quartet, Berit Norbakken, Nordic Voices
Sanae Yoshida
Christiania Mannskor, Marius Skjolaas
Ostrava New Orchestra, Owen Underhill, Ostravska Banda, Petr Kotik, Elision Ensemble, Arditti Quartet, Switch~ Ensemble, Jason Thorpe Buchanan
Gavin Bryars
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Hashtag Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
Joel-Francois Durand
Elisabeth Harnik
