Release Date: 05 July 2010
Label: Ecm Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602527170978
Release Date: 05 July 2010
Label: Ecm Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602527170978
Description
Norwegian folk musician Sinikka Langeland, singer and player of the kantele (the Finnish table harp) is a distinctly non-traditional traditionalist, redefining "folk" in successive projects. 'Maria's Song' finds her in the company of two distinguished classical musicians - organist Kare Nordstoga and "giant of the Nordic viola" Lars Anders Tomter - and on a mission to restore Marian texts to sacred music, weaving folk melodies in between the timeless strains of J S Bach.
Langeland made a lot of friends with her sparkling ECM debut Starflowers: "There are jewels everywhere on this arresting example of ego-free music-making. One of the albums of this or any other year" raved the Irish Times. Where Starflowers brought Langeland into the orbit of jazz improvisers, Maria's Song is a meeting and cross referencing of folk and 'classical' energies, and also a righting of historical 'injustice': Religious folk songs are amongst the most distinctive elements of the Norwegian folk tradition, yet the Virgin Mary rarely appears in them. Once a much-worshipped figure in the Far North she was, as Sinikka puts it, "reformed" away in 1537, so this album brings Maria back into the music. It was recorded in the beautiful Nidaros Cathedral of Trondheim, famous for its Baroque organ heard here.
Personnel: Sinikka Langeland (voice, kantele), Kåre Nordstoga (organ), Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
Tracklisting
John Surman
Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joe Lovano
Sebastian Rochford
Elina Duni, Rob Luft, Fred Thomas & Matthieu Michel
Keith Jarrett
Mette Henriette
Keith Jarrett
Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen & Jorge Rossy
Sinikka Langeland
Sinikka Langeland
Sinikka Langeland, Lars Anders Tomter, Kare Nordstoga
Sinikka Langeland, Arve Henriksen & Trio Mediaeval
Sinikka Langeland
The Wire
Sinikka Langeland