I actually just did a performance of this same piece today with a school choir, gjeilo is an amazing composer. Northern lights choral works by ola gjeilo choir chandos. Ola gjeilo, an album of ethereal choral music inspired by his nordic roots. Olas albums include ola gjeilo on the decca classics label, a portrait of his choral and piano works featuring tenebrae and voces8. Find ola gjeilo data corrections on allmusic allmusic. Manhattan concert productions presents ola gjeilos exquisite sunrise mass with the professional manhattan chorale, symphonic chorus and string orchestra, led by conductor craig arnold at worldrenowned carnegie hall on sunday, may 18 at 8. The familiar melody is introduced by a soprano solo, sung by either adult or child. Sunrise mass ola gjeilo bel canto choir vilnius bel canto choir vilnius. O magnum mysterium, o magnum mysterium, magnum magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent dominum natum, dominum beata. Given a piece of music, it is interesting to count how many times each of the individual twelve musical notes is played, and understand their relative weight, or importance, in the piece. The four movements bring us on a metaphysical journey from the heavens to the earth, from the echo of the spheres kyrie t. The spheres from my sunrise mass, performed by choras bel canto, sofia vokalensemble, the lithuanian chamber orchestra, and egidijus kaveckas. Het isbn nummer van dit product is 884088650643 onder uitgavenummer hl08501827. Reviews for ola gjeilos sunrise mass in new york, ny at goldstar.
Ola gjeilo was born on may 5, 1978, to inge and annemay gjeilo, and grew up in skui, norway. This spiritual, extended work uses the liturgical latin text. Ola gjeilo the spheres from my sunrise mass, performed. His debut recording as a composer and pianist, the lyrical crossover album stone rose, was followed by its 2012 sequel piano improvisations, both on the 2l label. Ola gjeilo wintertide is an arrangement of one of my. The selftitled album contains rich vocal textures sung by voces8, enhanced by radiant instrumentation. Sunrise mass vocal score by ola gjeilo vocal score. Bent u opzoek naar sunrise mass ssaattbb van ola gjeilo. He has also studied f ilm composition and scoring at the university of southern california. The reason i used english titles, seemingly unrelated to the mostly latin texts, for the movements in this setting of the mass has mainly to do with the initial idea behind sunrise mass. Sunrise mass ola gjeilo bel canto choir vilnius youtube.
Live by bel canto choir vilnius and lithuanian chamber orchestra. My silent night piano improvisation is available for pdf sheet music download from walton music. I wanted the musical development of the work to evolve from the most transparent and spacey, to something completely earthy and. Ola gjeilo pronounced yaylo was born in norway in 1978, and moved to america in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the juilliard school in new york city. The ground is different from any other part of the sunrise mass.
Link to the full sunrise mass with string orchestra sheet music. Northern lights choral works by ola gjeilo show recording details. Presently a fulltime composer and pianist based in the us. His recent and rapid meteoric rise has left a lacuna in literature regarding the composer and his masterwork for double satb chorus and string orchestra, the sunrise mass. Shop and buy sunrise mass full score and instrumental parts sheet music. Ola gjeilo prelude the spheres days of beauty the rose eric whitacre goodnight moon animal crackers ii. Sunrise mass full score and instrumental parts by ola. The reason i used english titles, seemingly unrelated to the. Ola gjeilo was born in norway in 1978 and moved to the united states in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the juilliard school in new york city, where. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your. Bach he culminates the mass with what he labels the chorale. Neither expressly sacred nor secular, this is an exquisite work for advanced high school level and beyond.
Gjeilo studied classical composition with wolfgang plagge. This work is an a cappella arrangement of the first movement from my mass for satb and string orchestra called sunrise. Tenor the spheres choir i, tenor i the spheres choir i, tenor ii the spheres choir ii, tenor i the spheres choir ii, tenor ii sunrise. Luminous night of the soul charles anthony silvestri. The set will also include gjeilos well known work, the ground from his sunrise mass. He is a new composer to me and one that i have been mesmerized by as i delve into his repertoire. Sunrise mass kira rugen paper musical compositions. Dictionary collections challenges community contribute. Sunrise mass is a magical recording that includes compelling music by ola gjeilo along with several complementary selections by durufle, mendelssohn, and mocnik. Sunrise mass kira rugen paper free download as pdf file. Pagination has been modified to be similar to that of the peters edition so that choral singers with that edition can easily use it. He writes choral music, and has written for piano and wind symphony, publishing through.
Gjeilo is inspired by the visual arts as well as other musicians. The title was chosen to hopefully represent the journey of each listener to hear new worlds of colors in each of the selections. His father, inge gjeilo, is an amateur saxophone player and music aficionado who filled the house. He began playing piano and composing when he was five years old and learned to read music when he was seven years old. Gjeilos sunrise mass heralds aprils abundance details written by brian chang category. Pronunciation of ola gjeilo with 1 audio pronunciation and more for ola gjeilo. This is a lovely disc of lyrical short original compositions, performed primarily by the composerpianist.
Sunrise mass is a magical recording that includes compelling music by ola gjeilo along with several complementary selections by durufle, mendelssohn, and. Mainly in a jazz or jazzpopular idiom, this sacd can be confidently recommended to fans of jazz, popular, folk and new age music. If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to gramophone please click here for further information. Allmusic expands with each day as we add new content. The setting uses the traditional latin kyrie eleison text. Gjeilo defines it with the terms resolution, and release. Ola gjeilos dark night of the soul performed by the usc thornton chamber singers usc thornton school of music official page. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. The music of norwegian composer ola gjeilo conducted by dciny associate artistic director james meaders will include the new york premiere of gjeilos dark night of the soul and luminous night of the soul. While my first piano album on the 2l record label, stone rose 2007, was all precomposed or outlined, i wanted this 2012 sequel to be completely spontaneous. I present here the text i created to fit the melodic material the composer shared with me. Manhattan chorale will also perform the world premiere of dreamweaver, by composer ola gjeilo.
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