Oslo Domkor // Det Hellige Kors // CD

Psalms for Fast and Passion

Conductor: Terje Kvam

It seems we will soon know more about the Muslims’ Ramadan than our own Fast, and more about the American Halloween celebrations than our own All Saints’ tradition!

We have a great tradition in Norway for Christmas records. But with this recording Kirkelig Kulturverksted wants to place focus on other aspects of the church year. It is important to keep up an awareness around the different psalms’ connection to specific times of the church year. This cooperation with Oslo Church Choir should be seen in a long term perspective: this is the first of a total of 10 CD’s.

Oslo Church Choir has worked for a long time on bringing out and looking after the rich Norwegian psalm traditions. Traditions that are in danger of being forgotten – there is actually material here that has never been recorded before.

Oslo Church Choir, headed by Terje Kvam, is Norway’s best liturgic choir. Kåre Nordstoga plays the organ on this recording. Through his work as organist in Oslo Cathedral and as professor at the Norwegian Music Academy, he has been one of our strongest contributors to church music, and one of Scandinavia’s uppermost organists. Trond Kverno is responsible for many of the beautiful arrangements on this CD and  also contributes on the organ.

Track list:

1. Det hellige kors vår herre han bar                                                2:41

2. Se, vi går opp til Jerusalem                                                           2:21

3. Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro                                                7:01

4. Stå fast, min sjel, stå fast                                                             2:52

5. Ein feste burg ist unser gott                                                         5:20

6. Vår gud han er sa fast en borg                                                     5:19

7. Klippe, du som brast for meg                                                       4:07

8. Du er Guds sønn, den sterke                                                       3:52

9. O herre, la mitt øye                                                                       3:44

10. Herzlich tut mich verlangen                                                       2:56

11. O hoved, høyt forhånet                                                               4:25

12. O Guds lam uskyldig                                                                   4:11

13. Velsignet vær, o jesus krist                                                        3:01 

14. Skriv dig, jesu, paa mitt hjerte                                                   4:22