Tak for musik til digte af Simon Grotrian. Various artists
I flammesne

Simon Grotrian Tribute

Silky Xmas mix II

JOHN FRANDSEN Requiem - Hymn "Denne verden ..."

From "Sortner du Sky" 1995 (Av-Art). Music: Hasse Poulsen, poem Simon Grotrian. Vocal: Nina Björk Elíasson, guitar: Hasse Poulsen, cello: Maria Bisgaard, percussion: Martin Bregnhøi 

Nytår / New Year

Solkantate XI (tekst Simon Grotrian)
Vor Frelsers Kirkes Kor, Esbjerg
Anders Steen Sørensen, orgel
Mikkel Andreassen, korledelse

Solkantate og andet

Og da skriver vi på gulvet

Mikkel Andreassen
Solkantate XII (tekst Simon Grotrian)

Vor Frelsers Kirkes Kor, Esbjerg
Anders Steen Sørensen, orgel

Koncertoptagelse 6. november 2016

Sildesparket gennem en hukommelse af glæde
haler vores hjertepakke ind på denne slæde
altret er den Arktislette sol, der kravler
brudeglad mod kirkeskibes honningnavler
sneen fra Vorherres store skæg har fugle
hvirvlende fra himmelstrå, de sommergule
korforkortet standser vi på motorgaden
der er også liv imellem dåb og spaden.

Solkantate - Sildesparket gennem en hukommelse af glæde

Mikkel Andreassen
Solkantate X (tekst Simon Grotrian

Vor Frelsers Kirkes Kor
Anders Steen Sørensen, orgel
Mikkel Andreassen, korledelse

Koncertoptagelse 6. november 2016

Jeg er ydmyg som en kejser
når han vugger over stemmer
og spaghettisneen rejser
mig en dragt af skjorteklemmer
det vil tø, som var vi bølger
mellem istidsfjerne ure
og en junidrøm, der følger
efter dødens stroppeture.

Solkantate - Jeg er ydmyg som en kejser

Cover #24 from the series "Songs I Love" by Piers Faccini

The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s musical arrangement of the poem ”My Heart's in the Highlands" by Scottish poet Robert Burns for countertenor, organ and bagpipes is without doubt, one of the most haunting songs I’ve ever heard. I was utterly spellbound the first time I heard the version recorded by the organist Stephen Layton and countertenor David James in 2003. Even without the music, the poem with its vivid picture of the Scottish highlands is majestic enough but with Pärt’s masterful composition, it becomes the song of a universal longing to return home and seems to speak to all of us, whether we come from the mountain, the desert or the sea. I’ve recently been collaborating with guitarist and oud player Gregory Dargent and chatting one day about what we could play together, we realised we were both unconditional Arvo Pärt fans. Being mostly for choir or orchestra, there’s not much of Pärt’s music that could work with just a voice and guitar but ”My Heart's in the Highlands" seemed a perfect piece to try and paint as if it were a timeless, traditional folk song. 

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
2: 
Farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow,
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,
Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
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SONGS I LOVE #24

Piers Faccini - My Heart Is In The Highlands ft. Gregory Dargent (Songs I Love #24)

Everything She Wants (Unplugged ´96)

He has the beard of a freedom fighter and the battlefield is our hearts. Even since long before his debut album Celebrating Life was released in 2008, Borko has been one of the most influential stalwarts in Reykjavík's boiling music scene. He has been a key member of many Icelandic bands (Rúnk, FM Belfast, Skakkamanage, to name a few) but it is in his own music that he really emerges from the undercurrent with his distinctively personal brand of expressive pop music. 

The nature of this particular beast lies in Borko's keen sense of melodic sensibility, but what set's it apart from the pack is the infectious charm, which is something anyone who has ever seen him play live can attest to. Borko has toured the world with both múm and Seabear and is known for his warm hearted and downright neighborly stage presence. 

His newest handiwork is Born to be Free, an LP which is released by Kimi Records and Sound of a Handshake on the 16th of October, offers everything we could ask of Borko. This album manages to be both calm and complex at the same time with out having to tread any thin line. And the flora is colorful. Songs like the title song and The Final Round are an energetic comment on urban life, while the final song Sing to the World is a universal anthem. There is a sense of charismatic vibrancy which juxtaposes perfectly with the intricate nature of Borko's carefully crafted music. Simply by putting the needle to this album the battle is already half won.


Two Lights

Folk, jazz and experimental in Icelandic, English and Danish. 

The group was founded by singer and composer Nina Björk Eliasson and guitarist and composer Hasse Poulsen in 1994. The two were joined to begin with by cellist Maria Bisgaard and drums and percussionist Lars Juul. Later came Martin percussionist Martin Bregnhøi and several others have played with the group throughout the years, like the guitarist Morten Steen, base players Olav Gudnasson and Henrik Simonsen, violinist Jørgen Dickmeiss, organ player Iver Kleive, percussionist and vibraphonistThomas Sandberg and fagotist Aida Nadeem.     

Together they made the 3 albums: 'Sortner du sky' (1995, Av-Art), 'Í kjól úr vatni' (1999, Tutl) and 'Lemon River' (2001, Tutl), featuring and composed over texts by Nina Björk Árnadóttir, Simon Grotian, Lene Henningsen, Steinunn Sigurdardóttir, Sjón, Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir, Sigurdur Pálsson, and Chinese folk poetry. 

Klakki played concerts all over Denmark and in Germany and Sweden. On this profile you can listen to previously unreleased concert recordings by Klakki as well as tracks from their studio albums. 

Klakki have not been playing together since 2006. 

Nytår / New Year

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