Hymn

Name: Hymn
Brand: Unni Lovlid
SKU: HCD7315
Price: 10.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Cat No: HCD7315

Release Date: 26 January 2018

Label: Heilo

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 7033662073153

Description

Folk music is still at the core of Unni's fifth album, Hymn, this time combining the Japanese gagaku tradition and the distinctive musical personality of the individual performers, bringing together contemporary and traditional music from Japan and Norway.

Unni, together with fellow musicians Hakon Thelin, Remi Miura and Kaizan Harago, have taken existing compositions such as Lars Petter Hagen's "Hymn", overlaying it with the folk melody "Kvilesteinen". Texts by Jon Fosse and Olav H Hauge are set to old tunes; the musicians have collectively created new music, new forms of expression. Hikari furu Oto, a piece by the renowned gagaku composer Hideki togi has been fused with words by Olina Nygard from Honindal and a folk tune from Sykkylven. Unni has worked on this project since 2014, finding inspiration in Norwegian exponents of japonism such as Frida Hansen and Nikolai Astrup. Unni draws on familiar, traditional folk songs including "Den svalande vind", "Jeg lagde meg sa silde" and "Jeg gar i tusind tanker", playing with our perception of how familiar things changes according to context.
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