The album's program includes contemporary works and arrangements of Baroque vocal pieces, all dealing with cyclical phenomena or appearing as part of the album's overarching cycle.
Composition History
The album "Origins" was conceived during the first lockdown of the Corona pandemic, a period of forced inaction that sparked the ensemble's most significant creative process.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The fundamental idea behind "Origins" is that humans and all life are surrounded by cycles, both large and small.
Composition History
David Lang's "evening morning day" captures the creation story using only the most important words from the first chapter of Genesis, influenced by 1960s minimal music.
Performer Biography
Sjaella is a German vocal ensemble of six young women who have been performing together for over 15 years.
Composition History
Paola Prestini's "A Triptych for Our Time" was a commissioned work dedicated to the finite nature of earthly things, incorporating apocalyptic headlines and verses from religious texts.
Composition History
Meredi's "Crystallized" was written specifically for Sjaella in a pure minimalist style, based on images of water transforming into ice and the contemplation of a nucleus.
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