#4690, Folk/Baroque/Contemporary String Music
Hear fiddle tunes that cross between folk, baroque, and contemporary music by Lodestar Trio, Bjarte Eike and Barokksolisten, and Italian Marco Ambrosini and Ensemble Supersonus.
Listen to new music from Lodestar Trio where baroque meets folk, and classical music violin plays with Scandinavian string instruments. Lodestar Trio is Max Bailie (UK) on violin, Olav Luksengård Mjelva (Norway) on Norwegian Hardanger fiddle and Erik Rydvall (Sweden) on Swedish nyckelharpa. They play music by French baroque composer Francois Couperin in an arrangement by Thomas Ades, and music by Norwegian Olav Luksengård Mjelva.
Then, hear music from an international quintet of musicians led by nyckelharpa virtuoso Marco Ambrosini and the - Ensemble Supersonus, which sets compositions by Biber, Frescobaldi and Hildegard von Bingen next to Swedish folk music, Ottoman court music, and original pieces by each of the band members. Listen to “old pop songs” from violinist Bjarte Eike and the Norwegian group Barokksolisten, who merrily blend together the sounds of Baroque music, drinking songs from the British Isles, and folk fiddling from various places in Northern Europe.
Plus, there’s music from a duo record by Caoimhin O Raghallaigh (of The Gloaming) and Dan Trueman (founder of Princeton Laptop Orchestra), which stretches and recombines the DNA of Norwegian folk and Irish trad fiddling on a 10-stringed instrument, the Hardanger d’Amore. - Caryn Havlik
Program #4690, Folk/Baroque/Contemporary String Music
ARTIST: Lodestar Trio
WORK: Olav Luksengard Mjelva: Hjaltaren [1:45]
RECORDING: Bach to Folk
SOURCE: ARC Music/Naxos
INFO: naxos.com
ARTIST: Marco Ambrosini/ Ensemble Supersonus
WORK: Polska [6:07]
RECORDING: Resonances
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Marco Ambrosini/ Ensemble Supersonus
WORK: Biber: Rosary Sonata No. 1 [6:03]
RECORDING: Resonances
SOURCE: ECM Records
INFO: ecmrecords.com
ARTIST: Kronos Quartet
WORK: Tusen Tankar [4:29]
RECORDING: A Thousand Thoughts
SOURCE: Nonesuch 536952
INFO: nonesuch.com
ARTIST: Bjarte Eike, Barokksolistene
WORK: The Virgin Queen (From The English Dancing Master) [4:44]
RECORDING: The Alehouse Sessions
SOURCE: Rubicon Classics 1017
INFO: rubiconclassics.com
ARTIST: Lodestar Trio
WORK: Olav Luksengard Mjelva: Hjaltaren [3:42]
RECORDING: Bach to Folk
SOURCE: ARC Music/Naxos
INFO: naxos.com
ARTIST: Lodestar Trio
WORK: Couperin: Les Barricades Mysterieuses, arr. Thomas Ades [3:21]
RECORDING: Bach to Folk
SOURCE: ARC Music/Naxos
INFO: naxos.com
ARTIST: Bjarte Eike, Barokksolistene
WORK: Henry Purcell: The Fairy Shuffle [3:46]
RECORDING: The Playhouse Sessions
SOURCE: Rubicon
INFO: rubiconclassics.com
ARTIST: Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O’Connor, Edgar Meyer
WORK: Caprice for Three [3:48]
RECORDING: Appalachian Journey
SOURCE: Sony Classical SK 66782
INFO: sonyclassical.com
ARTISTS: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman
WORK: leathan le leathan [3:22]
RECORDING: Laghdú
SOURCE: store.irishmusic.net
