Bad Messiah...

I was let into temptation of buying a Messiah DVD, and I did it. I fell for the trademark of the Choir of King's College Cambridge. This a live recording from 1994 in the Pieterskerk, Leiden, The Netherlands, on the Brilliant Classics label. Brilliant is of course not a quality label, I knew that. I did buy a big Bach CD box from Brilliant many years ago, and I have not yet listened to all of it... There are mainly two reasons why I don't recommend this DVD. The first is that the sound production is really bad. The use of dynamical compression is just so heavy that I feel sick listening to it more than 5 minutes. The second reason is that the sopranos is not singing very well. Some them aren't singing at all, in fact. They just move their lips. It is a bit disappointing to observe King's College Choir being like other average choirs, as their reputation is almost flawless. It is not worth the money to buy this DVD, even if it's cheap.

Jo has left us...

I can't believe I have not written this earlier. It must have been a couple of moths now. Jo, our English organist, left us. Now there is no liturgical choir anymore. Now there is nothing positive left. I think I have given up the whole church business here where I live. That's why I have not bothered to write about it. It is just so uninspiring. Blah!

'Glory to God!' all heav'n with joy is ringing - Norwegian translation

This wonderful Christmas hymn, exalted with with the even more wonderful tune Highwood (by R.R.Terry), is now translated into Norwegian. The tune will become public domain 01.01.2009, but for all Anglicans who has the Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard it's number 462. But, how many of you Anglicans have missed a Norwegian translation? I find great pleasure in singing Anglican hymns to myself in Norwegian, I must, or else this would be just crazy!

You'll find my translation at the Organ Amateur Page by clicking "Music" and "Music by me". You can also access the PDF-file here.

I'm not dead...yet

Only very busy with other things than this.

New Hymn Prelude

This is a mix between the Norwegian style prelude and the Anglican introductory music as the choir processes at the beginning of a service. The intention is the latter, and it is also the intention that the hymn shall be sung immediately after the prelude. This piece can only be used on Whitsun (because of the Pentecost theme), and the church must be packed with people.

You'll find my new music at the Organ Amateur Page. 21th June 2025: The hand written version is now replaced by a digitally notated version.