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Parapraxis
Stephen Frost

Sigyn Birkeland

Parapraxis

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212025826
Catnr: SIGCD 258
Release date: 01 June 2011
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212025826
Catalogue number
SIGCD 258
Release date
01 June 2011
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About the album

A seductive and fascinating disc for fans of contemporary music, this collection of works for Bassoon with choir and orchestra feature works by British composer Stephen Frost and Norwegian composer Kjell Mørk Karlsen. The album's title work Parapraxis, for solo bassoon and choir, melds together a mix of sacred latin text and secular English poetry, pushing and playing with the illusory ‘boundary’ that seems to exist between the two. The other two works – Frost’s Bassoon Concerto and Karlsen’s Serenata – are beguiling and stimulating pieces that show off the talents of Norwegian bassoonist Sigyn Birkeland and the Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra. In demand as a soloist, Sigyn Birkeland has been Principal Bassoon in the Norwegian Radio Orchestra since 1992. She continues to champion the instrument by commissioning, performing and recording new works for the instrument in a variety of unique ensembles and settings.

Nieuwe muziek voor fagot en koor
Een verleidelijk en fascinerend album voor fans van hedendaagse muziek. Het bevat werken voor fagot en koor van de Britse componist Stephen Frost en orkestwerken van de Noorse componist Kjell Mørk Karlsen. In hun werken vermengen ze heilige Latijnse teksten met wereldlijke Engelse muziek waarbij er wordt gespeeld met de denkbeeldige grens tussen deze twee. De andere twee werken, Frosts Fagot Concerto en Karlsens Serenata zijn lyrische stukken die de talenten van de Noorse fagotspeelster Sigyn Birkeland en het Wit-Russische Staats Kamerorkest goed laten zien.

Sigyn Birkeland is hoofdfagottist in het Noorse Radio Orkest sinds 1992. Ze blijft een meester op haar instrument door de uiteenlopende opdrachten die ze aanneemt en door het uitvoeren en opnemen van nieuwe werken samen met verschillende ensembles en in unieke settings.

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Sigyn Birkeland

Sigyn Birkeland was principle bassoonist of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra 1992 - 2008, having previously been a member of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. She is an active soloist and chamber musician, with a particular interest in creating new repertoire for her instrument. Several composers have dedicated new works to her. Of these, she made the world premiere recordings of Stephen Frost’s concerto for bassoon and orchestra with the Bournemouth symphony orchestra, and of Egil Hovland’s “Agnus Dei” for bassoon and mixed choir with the Oslo Cathedral Choir.
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Sigyn Birkeland was principle bassoonist of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra 1992 - 2008, having previously been a member of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. She is an active soloist and chamber musician, with a particular interest in creating new repertoire for her instrument. Several composers have dedicated new works to her. Of these, she made the world premiere recordings of Stephen Frost’s concerto for bassoon and orchestra with the Bournemouth symphony orchestra, and of Egil Hovland’s “Agnus Dei” for bassoon and mixed choir with the Oslo Cathedral Choir.

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Øystein Fevang (conductor)

Ingo Ernst Reihl (conductor)

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