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Meditatio - Hvild
Composers
Ešenvalds, Ēriks
Gudmundsson, Hugi
Ingi, Hreidar
Lauridsen, Morten
Leifs, Jón
MacMillan, James
Pärt, Arvo
Saevarsson, Sigurdur
Sigurbjörnsson, Thorkell
Tavener, John
Thorvaldsdóttir, Anna
Whitacre, Eric
Áskelsson, Hördur
Performers
Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis
Periods
Contemporary
Conductors
Askelsson, Hordur
Label
BIS
Catalogue number
BIS-2200 SACD
Release date
2016-08-10
Discs
1
Orig. sample rate
96000Hz
Total time
58:03
Growing out of concerts given by Schola cantorum Reykjavicensis and Hörður Áskelsson on All Soul’s Day, Meditatio presents a programme of expressive choral works which interpret grief and bereavement in the light of hope and comfort. Apart from Jón Leifs’ singularly serene Requiem, the composer’s response to the death of his daughter in 1947, all the pieces date from the past 35 years – from The Lamb by John Tavener from 1982 to Nunc dimittis (2015) by Sigurður Sævarsson, Icelandic composer as well as member of Schola cantorum. The ‘Canticle of Simeon’, as this song of praise from the Bible is also called, appears in two other settings on the disc – by Arvo Pärt and by Hreiðar Ingi who, like Sævarsson, sings bass in the choir. Four other Icelandic composers are represented on the disc, including the choir’s conductor Hörður Áskelsson and Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, whose Heyr, himna smiður (Hear, Heaven’s creator) – a setting of a 13th-century hymn – has gained recognition far beyond Iceland. Otherwise the choir performs music by the Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds, the Scotsman James MacMillan – his A Child’s Prayer commemorates the victims of the school massacre in the Scottish town of Dunblane in March 1996 – and by Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre, both from the U.S.A. Schola cantorum Reykjavicensis was founded in 1996 by Hörður Áskelsson, who remains its artistic director, and has appeared on a number of BIS recordings with music by Jón Leifs. The choir performs regularly in Reykjavík’s famous Hallgrímskirkja where the present recording took place.
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Composer: MacMillan, James
01
A Child’s Prayer
03:23
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Composer: Tavener, John
02
The Lamb
03:42
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Composer: Gudmundsson, Hugi
03
Hvild
03:32
$ 0.85
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Composer: Leifs, Jón
04
Requiem
04:38
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Composer: Lauridsen, Morten
05
O Nata Lux
04:31
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Composer: Whitacre, Eric
06
Lux aurumque
03:51
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Composer: Sigurbjörnsson, Thorkell
07
Nú hverfur sól í haf
03:14
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Composer: Saevarsson, Sigurdur
08
Nunc dimittis
04:46
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Composer: Ešenvalds, Ēriks
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O salutaris hostia
03:26
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Composer: Thorvaldsdottir, Anna
10
Heyr þú oss himnum á
04:16
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Composer: Sigurbjörnsson, Thorkell
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Heyr himna smiður
03:12
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Composer: Áskelsson, Hördur
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Hvild
04:38
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Composer: Ingi, Hreidar
13
Nunc dimittis
03:18
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Composer: Pärt, Arvo
14
Nunc dimittis
05:50
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Album total
58:03
Composer
Ešenvalds, Ēriks
Gudmundsson, Hugi
Ingi, Hreidar
Lauridsen, Morten
Leifs, Jón
MacMillan, James
Pärt, Arvo
Saevarsson, Sigurdur
Sigurbjörnsson, Thorkell
Tavener, John
Thorvaldsdottir, Anna
Whitacre, Eric
Áskelsson, Hördur
Conductor
Áskelsson, Hördur
Performer
Schola Cantorum Reykjavik
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