Read more about the Phoenix Chorale’s new CD: Northern Lights: Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo. Read more about northern lights in Norway – and see more images – on National Geographic or. Northern Norway is one of the areas where aurora borealis is easiest to spot, thanks to the warming effects of the Gulf Stream, which makes the area habitable. At you can find incredible pictures of the aurora borealis phenomenon, pictures that also greatly inspired this piece.” Looking out from the attic window that Christmas in Oslo, over a wintery lake under the stars, I was thinking about how this ‘terrible’ beauty is so profoundly reflected in the northern lights, or aurora borealis, which, having grown up in the southern part of the country, I have only seen once or twice in my life. It is one of the most beautiful natural phenomena I’ve ever witnessed, and has such a powerful, electric quality that must have been both mesmerizing and terrifying to people in the past, when no one knew what it was and when much superstition was attached to these experiences. About a ‘terrible’, powerful beauty, although the music is quite serene on the surface: Set to the Latin Pulchra Es text from Song of Solomon, the music is also inspired by the. influence Gjeilos compositional techniques, and the musical interpretations of conductor Charles Bruffy in his preparation for The Phoenix Chorales recording Northern Lights: Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo. Most of all, this piece and its text is about beauty. SATB A Cappella Lyrics: Pulchra Es Language: Latin Duration: 4:15. is my home now, so I guess my work has been increasingly reflecting my love for American music, writing and scenery. “ Northern Lights is my most Norwegian production in years composed in an attic outside of Oslo at Christmas time in 2007, it’s one of the few works I have written in Norway since I moved to New York in 2001. So, here are Ola’s own words recounting his experience witnessing the northern lights and how this inspiring event moved him to write the piece of the same name: Leggi il testo Northern Lights (Pulchra es, amica mea) di Ola Gjeilo tratto dallalbum Northern Lights. I thought, wow, how serendipitous that the Phoenix Chorale has released our newest recording (featuring Ola’s music and titled Northern Lights) at the same time these amazing images are coming from Norway. He also talked about the piece he’d written of the same name, “Northern Lights.” Northern Lights Ola Gjeilo comments: Northern Lights is my most Norwegian production in years composed in an attic outside of Oslo at Christmas time in 2007, it’s one of the few works I have written in Norway since I moved to New York in 2001.
I know this because I was having lunch with Ola Gjeilo recently and he mentioned the northern lights were happening. German translations included First recording CHANDOS CHSA 5100 59:43 Ola Gjeilo (pronounced Yay-lo) is a Norwegian composer, who moved to New York in 2001 to study at the Juilliard School. The northern lights are happening right now in Norway and are reported to be the most intense display of this fantastic phenomenon the country has seen in decades. Northern Lights The Ground (Pleni sunt caeli) (2010) 3:37.
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