Bjørnstad: A Passion for John Donne

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Release Date: 27th Oct 2014
Catalogue No: 3795985
Label: ECM
Length: 72 minutes

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Bjørnstad: Introitus - A Passion For John Donne

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Thou Hast Made Me

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: A Fever

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Death, Be Not Proud

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Interlude No. 1

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: The Legacy

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Batter My Heart, Three Personed God

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy's Day

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Farewell To Love

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Interlude No. 2

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Since She Whom I Loved Hath Paid Her Last Debt

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: A Valediction, Forbidden Mourn

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Oh, To Vex Me, Contraries Meet In

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Interlude No. 3

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

Bjørnstad: There We Leave You

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Birger Mistereggen (percussion)
Oslo Kammerkor
Håkon Daniel Nystedt
Recorded: 2012-03
Recording Venue: Sofienberg Kerke, Oslo

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Ketil Bjørnstad’s passion for the English metaphysical poet John Donne (1572-1631) is a lifelong affair. The Norwegian pianist-composer’s settings of Donne’s verse have led to recordings including 'The Shadow', 'Grace', the ECM album 'The Light', and now this important disc.

“After working with the texts of John Donne for more than twenty years, I still find new approaches to understanding what he wrote and I find music throughout. It is in the language, in the rhythm, in the silence between the sentences - a passionate quest for meaning and reconciliation. Donne’s dramatic life is reflected in the texts and everywhere in them you will find the passion, melodies and sounds”.

Bjørnstad wrote ‘A Passion for John Donne’ for the Oslo International Church Festival in the winter of 2011/2012 and the premiere performance - documented here - was at the Sofienberg Kirke in Oslo in March 2012. The Oslo Chamber Choir is sensitively directed by Håkon Daniel Nystedt, and passion is personified in the unique performance of Håkon Kornstad, who makes his ECM debut, as both tenor saxophonist and classical tenor singer.

Over the years, Bjørnstad has been a highly prolific creator, with more than 50 albums and 40 books to his name. The Oslo-born pianist, composer, improviser, novelist, poet and essayist, described by The Guardian as “a cultural prodigy”, has been an ECM recording artist since 1993, when his ‘Water Stories’ album was issued.

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