Notes and Editorial Reviews
This title includes the poem "Nur ein Weniges noch" by Giorgos Sefiris, read by Bruno Ganz.
This is the long awaited third album from one of the most touching and magical sound combinations today: Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek with Britain's premier vocal group The Hilliard Ensemble. The inspired combination of Garbarek and the Hilliards has resulted in consistently inventive music making since 1993. The unprecedented Officium album, with Garbarek's saxophone as a free-ranging "fifth voice" with the Ensemble, gave the first indications of the musical scope and emotional power of this combination.
Officium Novum finds the collective at the crossroads of East and West, with a central focus on Read more Alan: The Hilliard/Garbarek track I first heard (on Raleigh's "The Classical Station") was the Byzantine chant below --- "Svjete tihij."
Works on This Recording
1.Ov zarmanali "Hymn of the Baptism of Christ" by Komitas Vardapet Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
2.Svjete tihij by Anonymous Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
3.Allting finns by Jan Garbarek Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
4.Great Litany by Nikolai Kedrov Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: Russia
5.Surb, Surb by Komitas Vardapet Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
6.Most Holy Mother of God by Arvo Pärt Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
7.Tres morillas m'enamoran by Anonymous Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: 15th Century; Spain
8.Sirt im sasani "Hymn for Maundy Thursday" by Komitas Vardapet Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
9.Hays hark nviranats ukhti by Komitas Vardapet Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
10.Alleluia nativitas by Pérotin Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
Period: Medieval
Written: circa 1200; France
11.We Are the Stars by Jan Garbarek Performer: Jan Garbarek (Saxophone)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble
