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Nordic music / night / folk songs
Nordic Night
Contemporary compositions, Purcell and folk songs
Sounds of the ice, the nighttime, and Nordic landscapes.
Contemporary compositions and arias by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell open the first part of the concert.
Ola Gjeilo evokes the Northern lights; Meredi lets the ice sing in Crystallized. Ēriks Ešenvalds' Stars frames Sara Teasdale's words with tuned glasses.
From the allegorical figures of The Fairy Queen, Sjaella draws an arc towards mysterious beings of Nordic mythology.