Maria Magdalena
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Label: Lawo Classics
Cat No: LWC1228
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 5th November 2021
Contents
Works
Cello Suite no.6 in D major, BWV1012 (arr. for viola)Chorale Prelude BWV676 'Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
Chorale Prelude BWV718 'Christ lag in Todesbanden'
Organ Concerto in G major, BWV592 (after Johann Ernst)
Jesus leaves the disciples
Jesus shows himself to the disciples
Mary's vision
Mary Magdalene sees Jesus
Mary cometh to the sepulchre
Mary went to the spring
Noli me tangere
Peter's jealousy
Peter and Mary
Tell us the things that you remember
Artists
Sinikka Langeland (voice, kantele)Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
Kare Nordstoga (organ)
Works
Cello Suite no.6 in D major, BWV1012 (arr. for viola)Chorale Prelude BWV676 'Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
Chorale Prelude BWV718 'Christ lag in Todesbanden'
Organ Concerto in G major, BWV592 (after Johann Ernst)
Jesus leaves the disciples
Jesus shows himself to the disciples
Mary's vision
Mary Magdalene sees Jesus
Mary cometh to the sepulchre
Mary went to the spring
Noli me tangere
Peter's jealousy
Peter and Mary
Tell us the things that you remember
Artists
Sinikka Langeland (voice, kantele)Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
Kare Nordstoga (organ)
About
Young women who were outcasts must have found some measure of consolation in the songs about Mary, who bore children with her father, her brother and a priest, but was cleansed of sin after doing penance in the wilderness for many years. But the possibility should not be overlooked that the songs could have been sung with a sarcastic undertone, becoming an unassailable and liberating weapon when there was no other recourse for rebelling against unjust treatment.
The Mary Magdalene ballads, found in Solor, Telemark and Gudbrandsdalen, along with other folk tunes and improvisations, form the musical basis of the vocal element, where Sinikka Langeland uses the recitative form to tell the story while surrounded by works of Johann Sebastian Bach. The instrumental music is meant to intensify the emotions and atmosphere of the story although it is in itself, of course, some of the most beautiful music ever written.
Bach/Johann Ernst’s well-known Concerto in G major, Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 718 and Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’, BWV 676 are played by Kåre Nordstoga on the famous Wagner organ in the Nidaros Cathedral. The recording was made in the Nidaros Cathedral, and represents the continuation of a project of many years’ standing to place Norwegian religious folk songs side by side with organ chorales by Bach, using the same hymn as a basis.
This new release presents a fascinating and multifaceted portrait of the most prominent woman in the Christian world after the Virgin Mary.
Sinikka Langeland was born in Kirkenær, Solor, in 1961, and is one of the most distinctive folk musicians of our time. She plays the kantele, the Finnish national instrument.
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