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Norwegian vocalists Trio Mediaeval to present special Thanksgiving weekend concert at Minnesota Public Radio's Fitzgerald Theater
"Singing doesn't get more unnervingly beautiful."
November 6, 2007
Vocal ensemble Trio Mediaeval will present a Thanksgiving concert of Norwegian folk songs with special guest percussionist Birger Mistereggen at Minnesota Public Radio's Fitzgerald Theater on Saturday, November 24. This concert will commence the group's North American tour in support of their forthcoming ECM CD release, Folk Songs.
WHAT: Norwegian vocal ensemble Trio Mediaeval, presenting a special Thanksgiving weekend concert of Norwegian folk songs with special guest percussionist Birger Mistereggen
WHEN: Saturday, November 24, 8 p.m.
WHERE: Minnesota Public Radio's Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E Exchange St, St. Paul
TICKETS: $30 and $25; MPR members receive a discount. Contact the Fitzgerald Theater box office at 651-290-1221 or visit www.fitzgeraldtheater.org.
TUNE IN: The event will be recorded for broadcast on Classical Minnesota Public Radio (broadcast date TBA).
Trio Mediaeval is famed for its diverse polyphonic repertoire and pristine vocal lines. Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle writes, "Singing doesn't get more unnervingly beautiful." The Norwegian songs to be presented in this concert complement the repertoire of sacred music and contemporary pieces that has made the group famous since they began singing together in Oslo in 1997. Though Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Torunn Østrem Ossum did not grow up as folk musicians, these are songs they have known since childhood.
The ensemble released its first CD, Words of the Angel, on ECM Records in October 2001. The album immediately went to The Billboard Top 10 Bestsellers list and was the April 2002 Stereophile Recording of the Month. Folk Songs is the group's fourth album. The trio has collaborated with many contemporary composers including Gavin Bryars, Ivan Moody and Bang on a Can. The group appeared on American Public Media's Saint Paul Sunday in October 2005.
Special guest Birger Mistereggen is a timpanist and percussionist with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. He is a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music in 1992 and from 1991 to 2001, he worked in the Norwegian Armed Forces Staff Band, playing drums and timpani. He has also played with The Norwegian Opera, the ragtime Ophelia Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Sinfonietta, the percussion trio Sisu and various jazz bands and rock groups.
For more information, visit www.fitzgeraldtheater.org.
PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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Press Contacts:
Jennifer Haugh
Minnesota Public Radio
651-290-1369
jhaugh@mpr.org
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