Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs [2007]

Anna Maria Friman
Linn Andrea Fuglseth
Torunn Østrem Ossum
Birger Mistereggen percussion and jew's harp

Track List :
01 Det lisle bånet (The little child)
02 So ro, godt barn (Rest now, sweet child)
03 Villemann og Magnhild (Villemann and Magnhild)
04 Tjovane (The thieves)
05 Nu solen går ned (The sun is setting)
06 I mine kåte ungdomsdagar (In my reckless, youthful days)
07 Gjendines bådnlåt (Gjendine’s lullaby)
08 Bruremarsj frå Gudbrandsdalen (Wedding march from Gudbrandsdalen)
09 Rolandskvadet (The song of Roland)
10 Solbønn (Sun-prayer)
11 Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (I know a stronghold in heaven)
12 Nu vilar hela jorden (All the earth now rests in peace)
13 Springdans fra Vestfold (Dance from Vestfold)
14 Eg aktar inkje (I don’t think much of those boys)
15 Den elskte Jerusalem (Beloved Jerusalem)
16 Till, till tove
17 Lova Line
18 Danse, ikke gråte nå (Dance, do not cry now)
19 Den signede dag (The day of joy)
20 Folkefrelsar, til oss kom (Saviour of the nations, come)



After three very-well received recordings - “Words of the Angel,” “Soir, dit-elle” and “Stella Maris” – combining medieval sacred music and contemporary
composition, a strikingly different project from the Trio Mediaeval. Here the singers, “precise and on fire”, in Paul Griffiths’s description, investigate their
Scandinavian roots, with a powerful and compelling account of Norwegian folk songs. On several selections they are joined by percussionist Birger
Mistereggen, specialist in the rare Norwegian folk-drum tradition. This is a disc that will communicate across categories, to a broad listenership. For the
sources that Trio Mediaeval explore here are the same sources that have inspired many Nordic jazz improvisers…

This wonderful trio of Scandinavian women, based in Oslo, has long tantalized audiences with samplings of Norwegian folk songs. Here, at last, is a full
helping, infectious and addictive, as warm or meditative lyricism alternates with joyous friskiness.
Jim Oestreich, The New York Times

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