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"Melangell - Honey Angel"
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Welsh actor Lauralee Nicole
recorded the story teller's recitals with the group and performed live with us during the release concerts in DK in Oct 2012
Agnethe Christensen, contralto & kantele;
Bente Vist, soprano, Christian Berg, tenor
Teit Kanstrup, bass baritone
Kuno Kjærbye, violin
Ida
Bach Jensen, double bass
Hanne Tofte Jespersen, piano, alto, composer
Anders Hvidberg-Hansen, percussion
In 2012 we have worked with the Swedish choreographer
SARA EKMAN
Sara has created a Melangell choreography based on
Hanne Tofte Jespersen's music,
Mike Harris' text and
Alison Michell's installation.
SPONSORS 2012
Danish Musicians Union has supported the ensemble's work with choreographer in 2012 and the October concerts
The CD is published with support from Dansk Actors Union,
The Soloists' Association of 1921 and DJBFA.
25 Oct supported by
Roskilde District, KODA/ SPIL DANSK, DMF Roskilde
28 Oct supported by DJBFA and Danish Musicians Union
NEW CD:
on MERIDIAN RECORDS
"ORIGINAL AND VISIONARY MUSIC"
The Daily Paper
first performed during the Schubertiade 2011
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PHOTO PAGE from first performances...(pdf)
Melangell as total art in Musicon Hall 9, Aug '11
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25 Oct '12 in Gl. Vor Frue Kirke Roskilde
"Melangell - Honey Angel"
7.30 pm INTRODUCTION:
Melangell - female saint, mystic, myth
8 pm : CONCERT
9.10-9.30 pm: Artist talk.
Interviewer: Bent-Erik Rasmussen
We collaborated with Roskilde Cathedral and
Franz Schubert Society of DK about the concert
on the day of the cd release
Music for the Mysteries recorded Hanne Tofte Jespersen's Melangell-music 22-25.June 2012:
Meridian Records' chief sound engineer Richard Hughes created wonderful 'natural sound'.
The
65 minutes recorded music is edited by
Susanne Stanzeleit.
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Bent-Erik Rasmussen, general secretary of the Schubertiade and former radio producer, served as our very good executive producer.
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earlier CD "THE SEVEN NATURES" listen...
read of recording session...
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Composer and leader of the group Hanne Tofte Jespersen tells:
”I discovered that small tunes and themes emerge when I meditate
on texts from the mystery traditions.
So afterwards I quickly write down the motives and later compose on the basis of them. In a way a kind of archeological work of the mind which for me has proved a way to composing."
Listen to music by Hanne:
"A Time before Fear"
"The Seven Natures"
"Vision of Enoch 3rd movement"
Composer and leader of the group Hanne Tofte Jespersen tells:
”I discovered that small tunes and themes emerge when I meditate
on texts from the mystery traditions.
So afterwards I quickly write down the motives and later compose on the basis of them. In a way a kind of archeological work of the mind which for me has proved a way to composing."
Listen to music by Hanne:
"A Time before Fear"
"The Seven Natures"
"Vision of Enoch 3rd movement"
“Our remote ancestor Enoch rose in Vision into the Inner worlds of Creation, and their Mysteries were revealed to him. In the noise and haste of our modern world it is not so easy to reach into those worlds. But this haunting and evocative music will lift you up, support with sound and rhythm, and carry you on an imaginative journey where you can experience their wonder and mystery for yourself.” - WENDY BERG, UK
“Our remote ancestor Enoch rose in Vision into the Inner worlds of Creation, and their Mysteries were revealed to him. In the noise and haste of our modern world it is not so easy to reach into those worlds. But this haunting and evocative music will lift you up, support with sound and rhythm, and carry you on an imaginative journey where you can experience their wonder and mystery for yourself.” - WENDY BERG, UK
MUSIC FOR THE MYSTERIES recorded in the fine music hall at Kongegården in Korsør.
Read more about the session....
Pitch & Time Production/ Thomas Li & Niels Høg were in charge of technicalities.
Niels Høg was our sound engineer during the recordings in Kongegården.
Afterwards Hanne Tofte Jespersen went to Wales to have author Mike Harris to do the recited texts,
incl. his own lyrics for The Seven Natures.
Thomas Li mixed the recordings in MyRoomStudio in Copenhagen.
Mike came over for the release concert and did the recitals.
The CD is released on the Faroese label TUTL
