Oslo Domkor: Klinge skal et jubelkor

Muzyka Sakralna / Christmas Music
premiera polska: 2024-02-02
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The annual Christmas concert series at Oslo Cathedral, ‘Klinge skal et jubelkor’, has long been a highlight of the pre-Christmas period in Norway’s capital city. Once every year, all of the choirs associated with the cathedral come together to perform a programme of Christmas music, from the youngest fledglings in the boys’ choir to the veteran choristers who have sung at the cathedral their whole lives. Together with brass, timpani, harp, and two organs, the choirs perform Christmas carols central to the traditions of the Church of Norway.

For more than a century, Oslo Cathedral has been an important centre for choral music, and some of the greatest works in the history of Norwegian church music were given their first performance here. The architect behind the cathedral’s rich offering of choirs was Terje Kvam, who became Cantor (choirmaster) at the cathedral in 1982. With tireless passion and ambition for sacred choral music, Kvam founded the adult Cathedral Choir, the Youth Choir, the Boys’ Choir, the Girls’ Choir, and the Consortium Vocale, which performs medieval plainchant. Ever since, the cathedral has been a flourishing centre for the performance of choral music, where all age groups are represented.

Considering this, it made perfect sense to bring all of the choirs together for an annual Christmas concert. Over time, the concert series generated its own traditions by utilising all areas of the cathedral’s cruciform design (the form of the Holy Cross). In the first half of the concert, the choirs stand separately in the four wings of the cathedral (the nave, north and south parts of the transept, and the chancel) recalling the multi-choir sound of great Italian churches circa 1600. Later in the programme, all of the choirs process towards the chancel, where they sing the most famous Christmas carols, culminating in the much-loved Norwegian carol ‘Deilig er Jorden’ (‘Pleasant is the Earth’). Composer Trond H.F. Kverno reworked several carols to be used in the annual Christmas programme, including powerful settings of the medieval carol ‘Resonet in Laudibus’ to the Norwegian text ‘Klinge skal et jubelkor’ and the Norwegian folk tune ‘I denne søte juletid’—these arrangements have always formed part of the programme. The inclusion of Widor’s famous Toccata for organ also became inextricable from the yearly concerts.

This recording of Oslo Cathedral’s Christmas programme demonstrates that the cathedral continues to thrum with its rich musical tradition. Vivianne Sydnes, who succeeded Kvam as Choirmaster in 2015, has brought the quality of the cathedral’s choral music to new heights. While maintaining a strong sense of tradition, Sydnes has invigorated and developed the musical activities of the cathedral.

The album begins with ‘Veni, redemptor gentium’ (‘Come, Saviour of mankind’), an ancient church hymn for Advent and Christmastide. Bringing new generations together to sing these ancient melodies is one of the finest and most meaningful things a church can do. The concert culminates triumphantly with the last verse of ‘Deilig er jorden’, where the choirs sing of the Angels’ wish for peace from Bethlehem: ‘Fred over jorden, menneske, fryd deg! Oss er en evig Frelser født’ (‘Peace on Earth, men, rejoice! Unto us a Saviour is born’).
by Kåre Nordstoga, Organist at Oslo Cathedral

muzycy:
Sidsel Walstad, Gry Aubert Bang, Marie Nøkleby Hanssen, Joar Lemme, Teodor Berg, Tormod Åsgård, Kåre Nordstoga, Inga Byrkjeland, Marcus André Berg, Frida Aamodt Feiring, Gina Sæbbe, Ingrid Heline Skøre Solberg, Lina-Viktoria Hovden Standal, Silje Haugan, Guro Asheim, Vivian Ellefsen, Camilla Øfsthus

Consortium Vocale Oslo, Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor, Trefoldighet Jentekor, Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor, Oslo Domkor, David Maiwald, Edle Stray-Pedersen, Vivianne Sydnes, Sindre Hugo Bjerkestrand

utwory:
01. Veni redemptor gentium 00:55 (Trad.)
Consortium Vocale Oslo

02. Folkefrelsar til oss kom 03:37 (Trad.)
Kåre Nordstoga, Sidsel Walstad, Tormod Åsgård, Gry Aubert Bang, Marie Nøkleby Hanssen, Joar Lemme, Teodor Berg, Oslo Domkor, Vivianne Sydnes, Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor, Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor, Trefoldighet Jentekor, Consortium Vocale Oslo

03. Mitt hjerte alltid vanker 04:27 (Trad.)
Kåre Nordstoga, Vivianne Sydnes, Oslo Domkor, Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor, Consortium Vocale Oslo, Trefoldighet Jentekor, Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor

04. Et lite barn så lystelig 02:43 (Trad.)
Inga Byrkjeland, Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor, Vivianne Sydnes, Trefoldighet Jentekor, Sidsel Walstad

05. There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue 03:41 (Andrew Smith)
Vivianne Sydnes, Oslo Domkor

06. Å kom, å kom, Immanuel 03:44 (Trad.)
Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor, Marcus André Berg, Oslo Domkor, Vivianne Sydnes

07. The Holly and the Ivy 03:03 (Trad.)
Ingrid Heline Skøre Solberg, Gina Sæbbe, Frida Aamodt Feiring, Lina-Viktoria Hovden Standal, Sindre Hugo Bjerkestrand, Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor

08. Å, kom nå med lovsang 04:54
Joar Lemme, Marie Nøkleby Hanssen, Kåre Nordstoga, Gry Aubert Bang, Tormod Åsgård, Teodor Berg, Oslo Domkor, Vivianne Sydnes, Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor, Consortium Vocale Oslo, Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor, Trefoldighet Jentekor

09. Ave Maria (offert.) 02:09 (Trad.)
Consortium Vocale Oslo

10. Maria Wiegenlied, Op. 76 No. 52 02:05 (Max Reger)
Silje Haugan, Inga Byrkjeland, Guro Asheim, Trefoldighet Jentekor, Edle Stray-Pedersen

11. Klinge skal et jubelkor 05:07 (Joseph Klug)
Marie Nøkleby Hanssen, Gry Aubert Bang, Inga Byrkjeland, Vivian Ellefsen, Kåre Nordstoga, Tormod Åsgård, Joar Lemme, Teodor Berg, Oslo Domkor, Vivianne Sydnes, Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor, Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor, Trefoldighet Jentekor, Consortium Vocale Oslo

12. I denne søde juletid 02:21 (Trad.)
Oslo Domkor, Vivianne Sydnes, Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor

13. Kling no, klokka! 03:17 (Trad.)
Oslo Domkor, Vivianne Sydnes

14. Her kommer dine arme små 03:58 (J.A.P. Schulz)
Oslo Domkor, Vivianne Sydnes, Kåre Nordstoga

15. Det lyser i stille grender 02:46 (Lars Sørås)
Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor, David Maiwald, Sidsel Walstad

16. Fra fjord og fjære 03:11 (H.O.C. Zinck)
Tormod Åsgård, Kåre Nordstoga, Vivian Ellefsen, Camilla Øfsthus, Gry Aubert Bang, Marie Nøkleby Hanssen, Joar Lemme, Teodor Berg, Vivianne Sydnes, Oslo Domkor, Consortium Vocale Oslo, Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor, Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor, Trefoldighet Jentekor

17. Deilig er jorden 03:18 (Trad.)
Oslo Domkor, Vivianne Sydnes, Teodor Berg, Joar Lemme, Marie Nøkleby Hanssen, Tormod Åsgård, Kåre Nordstoga, Gry Aubert Bang, Vivian Ellefsen, Trefoldighet Jentekor, Consortium Vocale Oslo, Oslo Domkirkes Guttekor

18. Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42 No. 1 06:18 (Charles-Marie Widor)
Kåre Nordstoga

wydano: 17th Nov 2023
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