#gjeilo

A final post for Random Contemporary Music series, here at Musica in Extenso! This was the basic series of our blog with 16 (!!!) episodes, with a lot of contemporary music, but not only. We posted here our actual favourites, our beloved music pieces and I think this was a possibility to express ourself through musical examples. It was so good to have this journey together as a team, but now it’s time to say goodbye and make a beautiful farewell. 

For this last post I choose the famous Ola Gjeilo and a very amazing piece written by the Norwegian composer.

Today on Musica in Extenso:

Ola Gjeilo

Tundra

Night – Ola Gjeilo

Firefly Sleepless Still City Lights Night Rain Before Dawn Aeon Crystal Sky Quiet Streets Sundown Moonrise Shadows Eclipse Aurora Dreaming Polar Skyline Nocturnal

Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilos inspiration here comes from the solace he derives from New York at nighttime, and many of the tracks have emerged from improvisations…

Let’s finish our Random Contemporary Music Week (8th Edition), here at Musica in Extenso!

Today on Musica in Extenso:

Ola Gjeilo

Ave Generosa

We are closing this Random Contemporary Music Week (7th Edition), here at Musica in Extenso with a famous work from the norwegian composer and pianist, Ola Gjeilo.

Today on Musica in Extenso:

Ola Gjeilo

The Spheres

Have a beautiful weekend! Next week, Composer Portraits! Stay tuned! 

Conductor: *pretending to answer a phone* Gjeilo?

*only two people laughed*

It’s that time of the year! Christmas music!

Dear Followers,

It’s time to continue our special Random Contemporary Music series (4th Edition!), here at Musica in Extenso. Today we can experience a wonderful choral piece of a genious contemporary composer, Ola Gjeilo. I think I don’t have to talk about this piece, instead I suggest you to read the composer’s own words:

“Northern Lights is my most Norwegian production in years; composed in an attic outside of Oslo at Christmas time in 2007, it’s one of the few works I have written in Norway since I moved to New York in 2001. The U.S. is my home now, so I guess my work has been increasingly reflecting my love for American music, writing and scenery. Most of all, this piece and its text is about beauty. About a ‘terrible’, powerful beauty, although the music is quite serene on the surface:

Pulchra es amica mea, suavis et decora sicut Jerusalem, terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata. Averte oculos tuos a me quia ipsi me avolare fecerunt.

Thou art beautiful, O my love, sweet and comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army set in array. Turn away thy eyes from me, for they have made me flee away.