The Beauty that Still Remains Det Norske Jentekor & Anne Karin Sundal-Ask

• Marcus Paus: The Beauty That Still Remains (2015) text by Anne Frank 40/44:
• 1 The Beauty that Still Remains: Prologue: Dearest Kitty 06:06
• 2 The Beauty that Still Remains: The World Transformed I 01:33
• 3 The Beauty that Still Remains: Cadenza I 03:44
• 4 The Beauty that Still Remains: Empty Days 03:14
• 5 The Beauty that Still Remains: Cadenza II 02:58
• 6 The Beauty that Still Remains: Prescription for Gunfire Jitters 02:30
• 7 The Beauty that Still Remains: A Portrait of Anne 02:22
• 8 The Beauty that Still Remains: Intimations of Love 03:20
• 9 The Beauty that Still Remains: Cadenza III 03:24
• 10 The Beauty that Still Remains: The World Transformed II 04:09
• 11 The Beauty that Still Remains: Epilogue: The Beauty that Still Remains 07:29
• Maja S.K. Ratkje: Asylos (2013) text by Aasne Linnestå and Simone Weil 31/31:
• 12 Asylos: Et hvert menneske 02:04
• 13 Asylos: Menneskesøyle 02:37
• 14 Asylos: Ly - Kjærligheten er sjelens blikk 03:26
• 15 Asylos: Ista est speciosa 02:29
• 16 Asylos: Stolleken 01:19
• 17 Asylos: Bønn 02:59
• 18 Asylos: Den vanskelige forståelsen 00:50
• 19 Asylos: Sover bjørnen? 01:49
• 20 Asylos: Ring - Aureola 11:08
• 21 Asylos: Like fra den tidlige barndom 02:56
• Total Runtime 01:12:26

Info zu The Beauty that Still Remains

"I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures," is a quote from Anne Frank's diary, the book on which The Beauty That Still Remains is based. These are thoughts we must all take heed of, confronting injustice that does not strike directly at ourselves. This recording represents a deep musical engagement with such universal values as empathy and faith in the good that is in every person. Asylos deals with the contradictions of inclusion and exclusion, and points up the connection between the pilgrims of the past and the asylum seekers of our time. The Norwegian Girls Choir addresses the theme of the inviolability of human dignity. The music by Marcus Paus and Maja S.K. Ratkje frames, in contrasting ways, the power that humanity and hope carry with them even amid the most intense horror, and through testimonies of the past these works tell us how relevant these topics still are.

Det Norske Jentekor
Anne Karin Sundal-Ask, conductor
Frode Haltli, accordion
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano
Nora Aleksandra Lindeman Katla, soprano
Schola Sanctae Sunnivae, gregorian chant
Anne Kleivset, gregorian choir master

Det Norske Jentekor
The Norwegian Girls Choir is a choir with proud traditions as an independent continuation of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s girl choir, which was established in 1947. In addition to singing the core repertoire for equal voices, the choir has always specialized in contemporary music and folk music. Several of Norway’s foremost composers have created music for it, and few other choirs get to premier so many pieces. The choir also shows its strong social and global engagement through its repertoire and choice of locations, and it is also initiating many genre-eliminating musical encounters. It has released 5 albums and its recording Folketoner from 2018 was Grammy-nominated for Best Immersive Album.

The Norwegian Girls Choir has always been, and still is, an important institution in Norwegian cultural life, and has fostered a large number of professional singers and artists, many of them well known. The choir’s main ambition is to act as a choir school enabling girls to develop independent musicianship and to reach a level of musical expression that touches themselves as much as their audiences. This gives them, as musicians, understanding, experience and curiosity – qualities which serve them well in their professional lives as singers, and in other capacities contributing to cultural life.

Anne Karin Sundal-Ask
has been conductor and artistic leader of the Norwegian Girls Choir since the spring of 2005. She studied conducting, flute and music pedagogy at the Music Conservatory in Trondheim and at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Sundal-Ask has received many honours for her direction of choirs, and she has led many choirs to notable results in international competitions. She received the “Performer of the Year” award for 2019 from the Norwegian Society of Composers. As artistic director of the Norwegian Girls Choir she has commissioned new music, and collaborated closely with many Norwegian composers. She is willing to let young people in their most formative years participate in the creative process of performing new works and thus contribute directly to the quality of their music-making. This approach also helps young people develop a broad musicianship. She is described as an inspiring leader who, while always striving after quality, also conveys her musical goals to the singers so that each and every one of them can perform optimally. Her focus on intonation, timbre and ensemble work is one of her hallmarks, and she works continuously to develop the choir’s musical expression.

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