Amulets

Featuring

Kai Grinde Myrann
Berit Norbakken Solset
Nordic Voices
NoXaS
Ørjan Matre
Jon Øivind Ness

Karin Rehnqvist

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Compositional Technique

Karin Rehnqvist's piece Ock av törnen (And also Thorns) incorporates 'kulning', an archaic Swedish folk singing technique traditionally used outdoors to call animals or communicate over long distances.

Performer Biography

Nordic Voices, a six-voice a cappella group formed in 1996, consists of classically trained singers who explore extended vocal techniques and have premiered over 70 new works.

Composer's Artistic Vision

In Six Orphic Amulets, composer Ørjan Matre uses texts from ancient Greek and Roman gold foil tablets to find musical objects and phrases that seem to have existed for thousands of years.

Performer Biography

Berit Norbakken, one of Scandinavia's leading sopranos, has a versatile voice that allows her to master repertoire from Baroque to contemporary music, including folk music.

Performer Biography

NoXaS Saxophone Quartet, established in 2007, aims to perform the best repertoire for their ensemble format and build new repertoire by collaborating with composers.