New version of SEASONS for two-part treble choir, piano and optional flute. Performed by the sopranos and altos of the Missouri State University Chamber Choir & Cameron LaBarr, cond.

Seasons (SA Choir Version)

Newly published by Walton Music (US)/Edition Peters (UK), this piece for SATB choir a cappella is partly derived from my first Ubi Caritas from 2001 and is a setting of another stanza of the Ubi text.

Performed by CWU Chamber Choir/Gary Weidenaar, cond.

Score published by Walton Music/Edition Peters:

USA - sheetmusicplus.com/title/Ubi-Caritas-II-Through-Infinite-Ages/19858487

EUROPE - musicroom.com/se/id_no/01071550/details.html

Sheet music

Ubi Caritas II: Through Infinite Ages

Performed by Tallgrass Chamber Choir (Jacob Narverud, cond.)

The original version of "Agnus Dei", called "Agnus Dei: Phoenix", was written for the Phoenix Chorale in 2010. After a few years, the piece had evolved into something more condensed and introspective that felt like the essence of the piece, bookended by the peaceful opening theme. That turned into this final edition, which is simply named "Agnus Dei" to help differentiate it from the original.

Tallgrass Chamber Choir: AGNUS DEI

New work of mine for choir, oboe and piano, the 2nd part of a commission from Singapore's ACJC Alumni Choir (first part was "Lux Beata Trinitas", which you'll also find on my SoundCloud profile).

ACJC Alumni Choir: IAM SOL RECEDIT

DAWN

New Moon

Origin

Shine

Chronicles

First Light

Once in Royal David's City (Arr. Gjeilo)

Winter

Winter (Ambient Mix)

Gjeilo: The North

The North

Away in a Manger (Arr. Gjeilo)

For women's choir, piano and string orchestra 
Lyrics: Walt Whitman
Performed by Nidaros Cathedral Girls' Choir & the Trondheim Soloists.

Sheet music by Walton Music.

Song Of The Universal (Nidaros Cathedral Girls' Choir)

Still

Still (Ambient Mix)

Arrangement for SSAA choir a cappella
Performed by Elektra Women's Choir/Morna Edmundson, cond.

From 'Still' album (2015): goo.gl/NTJl5S

Sheet music: 
USA - goo.gl/pBSkPX
EUROPE - goo.gl/KMdUaT

Northern Lights (Elektra Women's Choir)

Performed by World Youth Choir/Grete Pedersen, cond.

Score published by Walton Music:

USA - goo.gl/A6b058
EUROPE - goo.gl/XfqoJb


Unicornis Captivatur (World Youth Choir)

For SSA choir, piano and optional flute. 
Lyrics by Charles Anthony Silvestri.
Performed by the National Children's Festival Chorus/Henry Leck, cond.

Score published by Walton Music:

USA - goo.gl/69IvMU
EUROPE - goo.gl/CmKMoS


Seasons (National Children's Festival Chorus)

Version for a cappella men's choir
Performed by Taipei Male Choir

Score published by Walton Music:

USA - goo.gl/Mf2F0J
EUROPE - goo.gl/SpLwwX


千縷清風

Ubi Caritas (Taipei Male Choir)

Free improv over "Ubi Caritas", from YouTube video
Performed by Ola Gjeilo, piano/CWU Chamber Choir/Gary Weidenaar, cond.

Score published by Walton Music:

USA - goo.gl/e8d2Fx
EUROPE - goo.gl/NEAblz


Ubi Caritas with Piano Improvisation

My a cappella setting of the well-known "A Spotless Rose" text, here in Norwegian (also available in English).

Performers: Sofia Vokalensemble/Bengt Ollén, cond.

A Spotless Rose - Nordic Christmas

Spotless Rose (Sofia Vokalensemble)

Performed by Manhattan Chorale/Craig Arnold, cond.

Dreamweaver: PARADISE (Manhattan Chorale)

Dreamweaver: THE BRIDGE (Manhattan Chorale)

Dreamweaver: DREAMSONG (Manhattan Chorale)

Dreamweaver: EPILOGUE (Manhattan Chorale)

For SATB choir a cappella
Recorded by Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy, cond.


This is one of seven Christmas carol arrangements published in 2012, divided into CHRISTMAS CAROLS, VOL. 1 and CHRISTMAS CAROLS, VOL. 2

(The Holly and the Ivy and Away in a Manger are the only two arrangements also published as individual octavos)

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (arr.)

For SATB choir a cappella
Recorded by Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy, cond.


This is one of seven Christmas carol arrangements published in 2012, divided into CHRISTMAS CAROLS, VOL. 1 and CHRISTMAS CAROLS, VOL. 2


(The Holly and the Ivy and Away in a Manger are the only two arrangements also published as individual octavos)

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr.)

For women's choir & orchestra, performed by St. Olaf Manitou Singers/St. Olaf Orchestra (Sigrid Johnson, cond.).

St. Olaf Manitou Singers: FESTIVAL GLORIA

11:30 min. piece for women's choir, piano & string orchestra (Whitman lyrics)
Performed by the Women of Westminster Symphonic Choir/Ola Gjeilo, piano/Amanda Quist, cond.

* 'Song of the Universal' sheet music by Walton Music: www.jwpepper.com/Song-of-the-Universal/10445667.item#.U1qCmMfPbA0

Song of the Universal (Women of Westminster Symphonic Choir)

Piano Improvisations

Ubi Caritas

Seasons

Summer

New SATB version performed by Kantorei (Joel Rinsema, cond.)

The lyrics for Tundra were written by my frequent collaborator, poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. I asked Tony to write a text based on the title and photos of a part of my native Norway that is very dear to me, the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. It’s pretty close to where my father grew up, in the mountains between Oslo and Bergen. Hardangervidda is quite barren and intensely beautiful—it is easy to feel that you are treading on sacred land, which Tony describes so evocatively in his text:

Wide, worn and weathered, 
Sacred expanse
Of green and white and granite grey; 
Snowy patches strewn, 
Anchored to the craggy earth, 
Unmoving;
While clouds dance
Across the vast, eternal sky.

Kantorei Denver: TUNDRA

Here's a new work of mine, commissioned and recorded by Singapore's ACJC Alumni Choir.

ACJC Alumni Choir: LUX BEATA TRINITAS

Ola Gjeilo was born in Norway in 1978 and moved to the United States in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the Juilliard School in New York City. He currently lives in Laguna Beach, California.

 

Ola is an exclusive Decca Classics artist, and his Decca choral albums include “Ola Gjeilo”, “Winter Songs” & “Dreamweaver”, featuring Tenebrae, Voces8 and the Choir of Royal Holloway, as well as the solo piano albums “Night” & “Dawn”. His global streams have now surpassed 230 million.

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