
Stories for Ocean Shells
Chamber Landscapes
Classical Music /
Chamber Landscapes / Curated by Genevieve Lacey
Music of unearthly purity from Iceland to the Mediterranean, via the coasts of Scandinavia and England. Beguiling melodies and close harmonies, sung with the vocal blend that has given Trio Mediaeval an international cult following. Twelfth-century songs for the Icelandic St Thorlak, mesmerising 14th-century polyphony, new music written for and by Trio Mediaeval, performed by the legendary Scandinavian vocal trio.
Program
Anon. (Gregorian Chant): Salve regina
Anon. (13th-century England): Salve mater misericordiae
Anon. (12th-century Italy) arr. A.M. Friman (b. 1972) & L.A. Fuglseth (b. 1969): Fammi cantar
Office of St. Thorlak (14th-century Iceland): Vespers responsory
Anders Jormin (b. 1957): Ama (2014)
Anon. (15th-century England): Ave rex angelorum—Ecce quod natura—Alleluia a newe werk
Office of St. Thorlak (14th-century Iceland): Vespers antiphon and psalms I, II, III
Anon. (14th-century Berkeley Castle, England): Benedicta es caelorum regina
Interval
Trad. (Norway) arr. A.M. Friman & L.A. Fuglseth: Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro
Anon. (12th-Centnury Italy) arr. A.M. Friman & L.A. Fuglseth: Benedicti e llaudati
Trad. (Norway) arr. L.A. Fuglseth: Fryd dig du Kristi brud
Andrew Smith (b. 1971): Iosef fili David (2006)—Ave Regina Caelorum (2005)—Ave Maris Stella (2004)
Office of St. Thorlak (14th-century Iceland): Special antiphon—Vespers antiphon and psalms IV, V
William Brooks (b. 1943) Vale dulcis amice (2006)