Album
   
Album title
LUX
Performer

Nidarosdomens jentekor
TrondheimSolistene 
Trygve Seim, saxophones
Ståle Storløkken, organ
Petra Bjørkhaug, organ
Anita Brevik, conductor

Catalogue #
2L-150-SABD
EAN13
7041888524229
ISRC-code
NOMPP1806010-110

Disc 1
Hybrid SACD
MCH 5.1 DSD
Stereo DSD
RedBook PCM: MQA CD
Disc 2

Pure Audio Blu-ray
2.0 LPCM 192/24
5.1 DTS HDMA 192/24
7.1.4 Auro-3D 96kHz
7.1.4 Dolby Atmos 48kHz
mShuttle: MQA + FLAC + MP3
Region: ABC - worldwide


Release date
January 2019
Recording date

October 2017
January and May 2018

Location
Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway
Original source
DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
 

LUX

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. 

LUX is the conceptual sequel to MAGNIFICAT (nominated Best Surround Sound Album to the 58th GRAMMY Awards)

Recording sessions: Facebook Photo Album

Immersive Audio is a sonic sculpture that you can literally move around and relate to spatially; surrounded by music you can move about in the aural space and choose angles, vantage points and positions. Dolby Atmos and the Auro-3D on this Pure Audio Blu-ray delivers a new standard in immersion, fully enveloping the audience in a cocoon of life-like audio. Recorded in discrete 7.1.4 at DXD resolution.


Jentekoret handler om å samle skatter til livets krukke, om livsmestring i en utfordrende og skjør fase i livet, om tro og tvil, om å høre til, kjenne seg sett og inkludert, erfare fellesskap og knytte vennskap for livet.

Requiem i Andrew Smiths versjon, et bestillingsverk til jentekoret, er løst basert på den tradisjonelle katolske dødsmessen. Flere av tekstene i denne versjonen er byttet ut med bibelske referanser til barn: Rakels fortvilelse når barna i Rama føres bort av babylonerne, kong Herodes' utslettelse av de unge guttene etter Jesu fødsel, og Maria som gråter ved korset. Valget av disse tekstene gjenspeiler dagens altfor hyppige konflikter hvor barn og unge er uskyldige ofre. Det musikalske materialet i Requiem henter inspirasjon fra gregoriansk sang. Bruddstykker av den gamle rekviemmessens melodier høres i bakgrunnen. Trygve Seims improviserende saxofoner utgjør en integrert del av helheten, men lever samtidig sitt eget liv i samspill med sangerne og Ståle Storløkken på orgelet.

Klangpaletten utvides med TrondheimSolistene i Ståle Kleibergs Hymn to Love og The Light (med Petra Bjørkhaug, orgel). Tekstene som Kleiberg så mesterlig har satt musikk til, fungerer som et slags ekko til Requiem, og bringer inn viktige dimensjoner som tro, håp og kjærlighet. Og lys også, når alt kjennes som mørkest. I livet finnes utfordringer som må mestres, men det byr også på rike skatter. Sagt med Helge Torvund: «Lyset du treng finst.»

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