YULE Trio Mediæval

• 1 Det hev ei rosa sprunge 02:50
• 2 Josefines julesalme 05:25
• 3 Nowell, nowell 02:38
• 4 Lussinatti lange 04:10
• 5 I denne søte juletid (instrumental) 02:01
• 6 Bereden väg för Herran 03:41
• 7 Coventry Carol 03:25
• 8 En stjärna gick på himlen fram 03:36
• 9 Lux 05:01
• 10 Lullay, lullay: As I lay 04:59
• 11 In dulci jubilo 02:08
• 12 Det kimer nu til julefest (instrumental) 03:28
• 13 Veni redemptor gentium - Världens frälsare kom här 03:45
• 14 Frå Betlehem eit gjetord gjeng 03:09
• 15 There is No Rose 03:18
• 16 Gläns över sjö och strand 03:55
• 17 En jungfru födde ett barn idag 03:43
• 18 Hodie Christus natus est 03:56
• Total Runtime 01:05:08

Info for YULE

The celebration of YULE in Northern Europe harks back to a transition from ancient Pagan Germanic culture to the more formal spirituality of the newer Christian rite. Christmas, as we mostly now call it, gave us hymns, processions and chants, and in between, silence in church. Yule meant a vibrant pre-Christian secularity, with feasting and dancing, the noise of instruments and decorating the house with holly, ivy and mistletoe as a tribute to the gods of earth and air. Much of the music on this album dates from an earlier time when in a throwback to Yule churches were decorated with Christmas greenery, and at home there would be carols sung round a burning Yule log, the two traditions side by side. But the songs on this album are contemporary performances, a matrix where acappella voices meet improvising instruments in a synthesis of secular and sacred.

Hailed as a "fascinating journey with music of timeless beauty", Trio Mediæval's acclaimed first disc "Words of the Angel" in 2001 launched the group into the elite circles of early music ensembles and introduced them to a broad international audience. Formed in 1997, the Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble consists of founder members Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Anna Maria Friman, and Jorunn Lovise Husan, who joined the group in 2018.

Trio Mediæval
Sinikka Langeland, kantele
Vegar Vårdal, hardanger fiddle and fiddle
Arve Henriksen, trumpet and organ
Anders Jormin, double bass
Helge Andreas Norbakken, percussion

Recorded in Sofienberg Church, Norway, March 2024
Engineered, mixed, mastered by Morten Lindberg
Produced by Arve Henriksen

Trio Mediæval
Hailed as a “fascinating journey with music of timeless beauty”, Trio Mediæval’s highly acclaimed first album “Words of the Angel” (2001) launched the group into the elite circles of early music ensembles and introduced them to a broad international audience. Formed in 1997, the Grammy nominated vocal ensemble consists of founder members Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Anna Maria Friman, and Jorunn Lovise Husan who joined the group in 2018.

A typical Trio Mediæval programme combines their many varied strands of musical exploration: medieval sacred music, Nordic folk music (adapted and arranged by members of the group), contemporary Nordic jazz, specially commissioned works and improvisation with or without instruments. Attracted by the trio’s unique sound, composers and performers have stood in line to work with the group, resulting in premieres of works by Helena Tulve, Tõnu Kõrvits, Anders Jormin, Tord Gustavsen, Mats Eilertsen, Trygve Seim, Anna Clyne, Gavin Bryars, Ivan Moody, Sungji Hong and Andrew Smith, among many others. A 2005 collaboration with Ensemble Musikfabrik in Cologne featured the work Shelter by Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon and David Lang of the New York-based Bang on a Can composers’ collective. More recently the trio has collaborated with musicians and orchestras such as Arve Henriksen, John Potter, Sinikka Langeland Ensemble, Mats Eilertsen Trio, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.

Trio Mediæval has toured extensively in Europe and USA, and has visited Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, and most recently, Australia. The trio has been invited to appear on the most prestigious stages in the world, including Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vienna Konzerthaus, Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center. Trio Mediæval has recorded eight albums for ECM Records. Solacium is their first release with the Norwegian label 2L.

Booklet for YULE