MUSIC FOR THE MYSTERIES is dedicated to perform
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC to SCRIPTS and LYRICS
from WESTERN MYSTERY TRADITIONS:
Hanne Tofte Jespersen is
a Danish composer,
singer
and pianist.
She taps into the handed down mystery traditions and
successfully derives
a music which displays
an original beauty,
yet clearly contemporary.
In June 2010 the group first-performed
"Music for Melangell" (30 min)
The Celtic / early Christian female saint Melangell lived around 500 AD.
Her name means "Honey Angel". She is associated with a sacred valley in Northern Wales.
Mike Harris (UK) wrote a beautiful script on her story in 1989. Hanne currently works together with Mike Harris on setting the entire script to music.
The first extract - six movements for solo alto, recital, choir, violin, contrabass, piano and percussion - is part of Music for the Mysteries' current concerts.
Listen to the first performance of:
4. A TIME BEFORE FEAR - 5. THE DREAMTIME BEFORE TIME - 6. THE DANCING STONE
OTHER CURRENT WORKS:
"The Seven Natures" combines music from 2007 to a chapter of the Creation Myth
according to Enoch
with a Celtic manus by Mike Harris (UK)
LISTEN...
read lyrics...
"Vision of Enoch" - scroll text of Essene origin, that is more than two thousand years old, yet so modern in its poetic clarity, is set into a music which bridges past-present-future. It includes 2 balaphones, that is Ghanaian xylophones, which Hanne has combined with a lyric theme for contrabass and scordatura violin
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The programme also includes two works by Anders Hvidberg-Hansen, Danish composer and percussionist.
His transparent music reflects years of world music inspiration paired with a deep interest in ancient rhythms and what could be termed “Nordic tone”.
LISTEN to iINSTRUMENTAL MUSIC by Anders
LISTEN to VOCAL MUSIC by Anders
The programme also includes two works by Anders Hvidberg-Hansen, Danish composer and percussionist.
His transparent music reflects years of world music inspiration paired with a deep interest in ancient rhythms and what could be termed “Nordic tone”.
LISTEN to iINSTRUMENTAL MUSIC by Anders
LISTEN to VOCAL MUSIC by Anders
Swedish born singer Agnethe Christensen adds medieval songs which she performs solo with cantele.
These include liturgical angelic songs from 12th century.
The group has also
arranged medieval magical ballads of folkloric origin -
some for two voices, cantele, violin and others for the whole group.
photo from performance of the group's version of "Tam Lin" at Malergården, Odsherred's Art Museum