Nordsending: Works for String Trio & Duo

Featuring

Szymon Krzeszowiec
Alexander Øllgaard
Jakob Kullberg
Trio Aristos
Bent Sørensen
Per Nørgård

Kaija Saariaho
Henrik Hellstenius

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Album & Artwork

The album title, Nordsending, refers to a term used in late Medieval and Early Modern Southern Norway for magical attacks from the sub-Arctic and Arctic regions.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Kaija Saariaho, one of the featured composers, believes that music shares an 'inexplicability' with magic, suggesting that understanding is not always necessary to recognize its power.

Interpretation

Jakob Kullberg, the cellist of Trio Aristos, is known for an energetic approach to interpretation that often leads to collaboration with composers.

Compositional Technique

In Per Nørgård's 'Strings', the first movement uses the Fibonacci sequence to create a 'Golden Rhythm', making traditional divisions of three and four irrelevant.

Composer Biography

Per Nørgård composed the lyrical 'Pastorale' from 'Babette's Feast' in a single night after the film's director, Gabriel Axel, found his initial music too dominant.

Compositional Technique

Per Nørgård's 'Tjampuan - Where the Rivers meet' uses the medieval compositional technique of hocket, where individual notes are shared between violin and cello, making it hard to distinguish who plays what.

Performer Biography

Trio Aristos, the ensemble performing on this album, was founded in 2005 and won the Eighth Danish Radio Chamber Music Competition and the Fourth Max Reger Chamber Music Competition.