Name: Fields of Light / Various: Fields of Light
Brand: Fields of Light / Various
SKU: 40396798
Price: 18.99 USD
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Fields of Light / Various: Fields of Light

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Title: Fields of Light
Artist: Fields of Light / Various
Label: Footprint
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 7320470236727
Genre: Pop

Composer Matthew Peterson, nyckelharpist Josefina Paulson and the Uppsala Vocal Ensemble invite you deep into Swedish nature, literally and figuratively. Footprint Records is proud to present Fields of Light - an exploration of Sweden's folk traditions, it's distinctive light from dawn to dusk and the strain of melancholy that lies underneath it's national songs and dances. Peterson's mystical settings of verses by the Finnish poet Edith Södergran (1892-1923) range from nuanced, minor-key nocturnes to frolicking dances, all of them woven with the plaintive, resonant thread of Josefina Paulson's nyckelharpa - the 'keyed fiddle' that is Sweden's national folk instrument. In between, Paulson's instrument leads renditions of Swedish folk songs for all seasons, sung in evocative arrangements. Peterson is an award-winning Swedish-American composer known for his work on both sides of the Atlantic. He describes Södergran's poems as 'lyrical and free, rich in color and detail,' an apt description of his own atmospheric and deeply absorbing choral music, which uses much more than the vocal chords to evoke it's broad, luminous landscapes. His works are sung here by a radiant, precise and beautifully blended Uppsala Vocal Ensemble under musical director and principal conductor since 2011, Sofia Ågren. In Josefina Paulson, the choir collaborates with one of the most respected exponents of the nyckelharpa and 2016's World NYCkelharpa Champion. She joined the singers and Ågren in the warm acoustic of Bäringe Church to create a recording that combines atmosphere, resonance and perfection to magical effect.

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