Hoff / Kielland - Terra Nova - New Songs From Norway - Import CD

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Hoff / Kielland

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One of the mainstays of Lawo Classics, Norwegian singer Marianne Beate Kjelland, known for her work with Masaaki Suzuki & the Bach Collegium Japan, will perform her new album "Terra Nova" with jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff, who is also one of Lawo Classics' main artists. In "Terra Nova," Keelandt and jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff collaborate on a "new sound world" that transcends genres in an attempt to create "our universe. The title track of the album "Fly North," of which Hoff is the leader, from the jazz band and choir's "Meditation on the Mass," "Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy on us)......Dona nobis pacem (Give us peace)." and three songs composed by Hoff on poems by William Blake. The "Jerusalem," composed by Hubert Parry on a poem by Blake and widely sung in England, is arranged by Hoff. Harfdan Syvetsen, who composed "Nordafors Spring Song," is a singer-songwriter active in the Norwegian trad music scene. Tokyo M-Plus