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Ketil Bjornstad – A Passion for John Donne | ECM 3795985

Ketil Bjornstad – A Passion for John Donne

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Label: ECM

Cat No: 3795985

Barcode: 0602537959853

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th October 2014

Contents

Artists

Ketil Bjornstad (piano)
Hakon Kornstad (saxophone, flute, voice)
Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Chamber Choir

Conductor

Hakon Daniel Nystedt

Works

Bjornstad, Ketil

A Passion for John Donne

Artists

Ketil Bjornstad (piano)
Hakon Kornstad (saxophone, flute, voice)
Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Chamber Choir

Conductor

Hakon Daniel Nystedt

About

Ketil Bjørnstad’s passion for the English metaphysical poet John Donne (1572-1631) is a lifelong affair. The Norwegian pianist-composer’s settings of Donne’s verse have led to recordings including 'The Shadow', 'Grace', the ECM album 'The Light', and now this important disc.

After working with the texts of John Donne for more than twenty years, I still find new approaches to understanding what he wrote and I find music throughout. It is in the language, in the rhythm, in the silence between the sentences - a passionate quest for meaning and reconciliation. Donne’s dramatic life is reflected in the texts and everywhere in them you will find the passion, melodies and sounds”.

Bjørnstad wrote ‘A Passion for John Donne’ for the Oslo International Church Festival in the winter of 2011/2012 and the premiere performance - documented here - was at the Sofienberg Kirke in Oslo in March 2012. The Oslo Chamber Choir is sensitively directed by Håkon Daniel Nystedt, and passion is personified in the unique performance of Håkon Kornstad, who makes his ECM debut, as both tenor saxophonist and classical tenor singer.

Over the years, Bjørnstad has been a highly prolific creator, with more than 50 albums and 40 books to his name. The Oslo-born pianist, composer, improviser, novelist, poet and essayist, described by The Guardian as “a cultural prodigy”, has been an ECM recording artist since 1993, when his ‘Water Stories’ album was issued.

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