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The Finnish-American composer Alex Freeman has been described as being ‘as comfortable in the realm of the pop ballad as in that of the concert hall’ and yet his songs ‘are imbued with the craftsmanship and care one would expect of a composer of his formidable academic training, just as his concert works carry the emotional immediacy of popular music.’ Himself a choral singer, Alex Freeman has written a number of works for choir: music that aims to be sonorous and melodic, but is carefully crafted to avoid the clichés that can burden conventional tonality.
Freeman’s requiem Under the arching heavens was commissioned by Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Finnish civil war. Structured around the Latin liturgy of the mass for the dead, the work has a duration of more than an hour and also incorporates poems in Finnish, Swedish and English, reflecting both the specific reason for the commission and the universality of human suffering caused by war. In the non-liturgical texts chosen by Freeman, birds are a recurring image, as is that of a mother and child. The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War; lines described by the composer as ‘some of the most comforting poetry in the English language’.
Also included on the disc is A Wilderness of Sea, another recent choral piece which draws on works by Shakespeare, and the poet’s images of the sea, and of mankind’s relationship with it. © BIS Records
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Under the Arching Heavens (Alex Freeman)
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer - Mirjam Solomon, MainArtist - Juha-Pekka Mitjonen, MainArtist - Jukka Jokitalo, MainArtist - Martti Anttila, MainArtist - Júlia Heéger, MainArtist - Varvara Merras-Häyrynen, MainArtist - Emma Suszko, MainArtist
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Aleksis Kivi, Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Markku Veijonsuo, Producer, SoundEngineer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer - Mirjam Solomon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juha-Pekka Mitjonen, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Kipfer, Producer, SoundEngineer - Sirkku Rintamäki, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hackston, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2021 BIS 2021 (P) BIS
Chronique
The Finnish-American composer Alex Freeman has been described as being ‘as comfortable in the realm of the pop ballad as in that of the concert hall’ and yet his songs ‘are imbued with the craftsmanship and care one would expect of a composer of his formidable academic training, just as his concert works carry the emotional immediacy of popular music.’ Himself a choral singer, Alex Freeman has written a number of works for choir: music that aims to be sonorous and melodic, but is carefully crafted to avoid the clichés that can burden conventional tonality.
Freeman’s requiem Under the arching heavens was commissioned by Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Finnish civil war. Structured around the Latin liturgy of the mass for the dead, the work has a duration of more than an hour and also incorporates poems in Finnish, Swedish and English, reflecting both the specific reason for the commission and the universality of human suffering caused by war. In the non-liturgical texts chosen by Freeman, birds are a recurring image, as is that of a mother and child. The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War; lines described by the composer as ‘some of the most comforting poetry in the English language’.
Also included on the disc is A Wilderness of Sea, another recent choral piece which draws on works by Shakespeare, and the poet’s images of the sea, and of mankind’s relationship with it. © BIS Records
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 12 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:21:24
- 1 Livret Numérique
- Artistes principaux : Helsinki Chamber Choir Nils Schweckendiek
- Compositeur : Alex Freeman
- Label : BIS
- Genre : Classique Musique vocale (profane et sacrée) Musique chorale (pour chœur)
2021 BIS 2021 BIS
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