Folk Songs

Ballads, Hymns and Lullabies Traditional songs from Norway arranged for voices and percussion Det Lisle Bånet (The Little Child) Medieval Ballad, Telemark So Ro, Godt Barn (Rest Now, Sweet Child) Vestfold Villemann Og Magnhild (Villemann And Magnhild) Medieval Ballad, after Kalenda Maya Tjovane (The Thieves) Medieval Ballad, southern Norway after Kirsten Bråten Berg Nu Solen Går Ned (The Sun Is Setting) Telemark, after Sondre Bratland I Mine Kåte Ungdomsdagar (In My Reckless, Youthful Days) Telemark, after Tiriltunga Gjendines Bådnlåt (Gjendine's Lullaby) Written down by Edvard Grieg, after Kaia Gjendine Slaalien, Jotunheimen Rolandskvadet (The Song Of Roland) Medieval ballad Solbønn (Sun-Prayer) Telemark, after Berit Opheim Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg (I Know A Stronghold In Heaven) Hallingdal, German text before 1600, translation by Bernt Støylen Nu Vilar Hela Jorden (All The Earth Now Rests In Peace) Old Swedish Town, Ukraine, after Tone Krohn Eg Aktar Inkje (I Don't Think Much Of Those Boys) Telemark, after Tiriltunga Den Elskte Jerusalem (Beloved Jerusalem) Vestfold, after Arne Bøe, text by Niels Brorson Till, Till Tove Vestfold Lova Line Vest-Agder, after Kirsten Bråten Berg Danse, Ikke Gråte Nå (Dance, Do Not Cry Now) text/mel.: Lillebjørn Nilsen, Oslo Den Signede Dag (The Day Of Joy) Vestfold, after Tone Krohn Folkefrelsar, Til Oss Kom (Saviour Of The Nations, Come) Melody from Einsiedeln 12th century, revised 1524 by Martin Luther, words after Ambrosius (d. 397); "Veni redemptor gentium", transl. from German by Bernt Støylen Recorded February 2007 Propstei St. Gerold An ECM Production ℗ 2007 ECM Records GmbH © 2007 ECM Records GmbH