release date:30 July 2012
Title:Norgard: Out Of Cradle/ Will O Wisps In Town (Helene Gjerris/ Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen) (Da Capo: 8226085)
Artist:Helene Gjerris; Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
Label:Dacapo
Format:2CD+DVD
Cat No:8226085
Genre:Orchestral
 

• The Will-o'-the-Wisps in Town is an extraordinary fairy tale cantata created by the Danish composer Per Nørgård and his close friend, author Suzanne Brøgger, on the basis of a little known fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. This world première recording of the chamber version focuses on the charismatic "Marsh Witch", sung by mezzo-soprano Helene Gjerris who also premiered the work in Birmingham at 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth.

• The CD is accompanied by the half-hour documentary “A Journey in Fairy Tales and Music” following Nørgård, Brøgger, Gjerris and the Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen's work with The Will-o'-the-Wisps produced by a Danish national TV station.

• “Innovative and imaginative” said Limelight Magazine on the orchestral version.

 
 
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