New release: Grader av hvitt / Degrees of white
Grader av hvitt (Degrees of white), a monodrama for speaking voice and orchestra, by Johan Harstad (text) and Nils Henrik Asheim (music). Laila Goody / Petronella Barker, The Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra / Christian Eggen. Electronic sounds by Lasse Marhaug. Double CD (Norwegian & English version). LAWO classics LWC 1206.
LYDKILDER - ny bok
Pelikanen forlag har utgitt boka "Lydkilder - tekster omkring Nils Henrik Asheims musikalske praksis".
Den kan bestilles her: https://pelikanen.no/boker/lydkilder
Hild Borchgrevink har redigert boka, hvor et knippe kunstnere og teoretikere skriver om temaer som knytter seg til Nils Henrik Asheims mangfoldige virke. I tillegg skriver Asheim om sitt eget arbeid og tar oss med inn i musikalske prøver, plateinnspillinger, skriveprosesser og planlegging av konserter.
Excellent reviews for Muohta on CD Lament
The critics are praising the new album LAMENT by Det Norske Solistkor, featuring Nils Henrik Asheim's Muohta.
"Asheim manages to make his responses obvious, lucid and evocative [...] it’s a remarkable achievement on many levels, not least that of the bigger picture formed from these small mosaics."
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/lament-works-by-hagen-asheim-and-nordheim
"...dette verket er så vesentlig at det burde stå i platehyllen til enhver musikkelsker."
"...this is such an important piece of music that it should be found in every music lover's shelf"
https://www.musikkritikk.no/solistkoret-lament/
"...det skal godt gjøres å sette sammen en mer levende representativ trio for å vise frem det beste i norsk kor-komposisjon."
"...it's hard to put together a more representative trio of composers to display the best in Norwegian choral music"
https://www.klassiskmusikk.com/cd-anmeldelser/lament/
"Muohta er eit vellukka verk, underfundig og skifterikt".
"Muohta succeeds completely as a musical work, subtle and rich on transformations"
https://www.dagogtid.no/musikk/-truger-i-skare-6.3.16968.3ad199685e
"Noen ganger sitter man igjen med en følelse av å ha tilbrakt en time som et senter for en uimotståelig formidling av den absolutte velklang"
"There are times when you are left with the impression of having spent an hour in a hotspot for irresistible sonic beauty"
https://klassiskcd.blogspot.com/2020/08/den-magiske-stemmen.html
Why Muohta - Why Snow? by Inger Marie Gaup Eira
In this article, Inger Marie Gaup Eira, associate professor at Sámi University of Applied Sciences, elaborates on the origin and practices around snow-related terminology in the Sámi language, with a view to the vocabulary used in Nils Henrik Asheim's Muohta.
"Snow is in Sámi knowledge, in Sámi practice and in the Sámi language. It is found as a theme in Sámi art, Sámi poetry, Sámi literature, and in the yoik [...] From reindeer herders’ perspective, snow is a prerequisite for their nomadic lifestyle and herding."
Read the article here
photo: Inger Marie Gaup Eira
Muohta available on new BIS-release "Lament"
Nordic Council Music Prize 2018, "MUOHTA - Language of Snow" is now out on this album.
Performers: Det Norske Solistkor / Ensemble Allegria / Grete Pedersen.
Muohta - live from Nordic Music Days, Bodø
Watch Arctic Philharmonic and Vocal Art perform MUOHTA, the work that won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 2018. Interview (in Norwegian) with Kristin Kverndokk of the Norwegian Broadcasting here.
New release - Asheim: Høgsongen / Tchaikovsky: Serenade
LAWO Classics just released an album with the wonderful Ensemble Allegria. It features Nils Henrik Asheim's piece Høgsongen (the Song of Songs) and Serenade by P.I.Tchaikovsky. Høgsongen is narrated by Petronella Barker. The CD can be purchased physically on lawostore.no and can be found digitally on various platforms.
Norwegian Critics' Prize for "Messiaen Complete"
Nils Henrik Asheim received the Norwegian Music Critics' Prize for the 9 hour long, immersive concert of Olivier Messiaen's complete organ music that took place on nov 17,. 2018 in Stavanger Concert Hall. Read more on Stavanger Aftenblad. The performers were Jennifer Bate (UK), Thomas Ospital (FR), Lidia Książkiewicz (PL/FR), Kåre Nordstoga (NO), Thomas Lacôte (FR) Nils Henrik Asheim (NO), James McVinnie (UK) og Colin Mark Andrews (UK/USA). Visual design by Boya Bøckman.