Ars Nova Copenhagen & Paul Hillier - Crossing Borders (2017)

Tracklist
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01. 3 Motets, Op. 55, FS 139: No. 1. Afflictus sum
02. 3 Motets, Op. 55, FS 139: No. 2. Dominus regit me
03. 3 Motets, Op. 55, FS 139: No. 3. Benedictus dominus
04. Som markens blomst henvisner fage (Just like the flower in the field fades)
05. 3 korvisor: No. 1. September, "Alle de voksende Skygger"
06. 3 korvisor: No. 2. I seraillets have (In the Seraglio Garden)
07. 3 korvisor: No. 3. Havde jeg, o havde jeg en datterson, o ja! (If Only I Had a Grandson, Oh!)
08. 2 Border Ballads, Op. 110: No. 1. The Wee Wee Man
09. 2 Border Ballads, Op. 110: No. 2. A Lyke-Wake Dirge
10. Vox Reportage: No. 1. Wind
11. Vox Reportage: No. 2. Manning
12. Vox Reportage: No. 3. Crowd Crystals
13. Vox Reportage: No. 4. Religions of Lament
14. Vox Reportage: No. 5. The Fear of Being Touched
15. Vox Reportage: No. 6. Rivers


Paul Hillier and ArsNova Copenhagen continue their exploration of Danish vocal music. The main work here, Line Tjørnhøj’sVoxReportage, was composed in close cooperation with the artists, and weaves various sources together –including 1981 Nobel laureate Elias Canetti, Chelsea Manning, and Rabi’ahal Adawiyya(8th-century Iraq) –to create a ‘reportage’ on the nature of humanity over the past thousand years. In Carl Nielsen’s Three Motets, Renaissance polyphony and the composer’s more personal style are molded into something fresh and powerful; the Swedish Romantic composer Stenhammarsets Danish texts, while Holmboesets British border ballads. Everything about this album crosses borders of one kind or another!

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