Majestic scenes from Ola Gjeilo's native Norway inspired Charles Silvestri's text for this contemporary tone poem. The words and music are fused in a poignant, lyrical way to convey the intense beauty of
Christina's Rossetti's mysterious poem is wrapped in a soundscape of smoothly soaring vocal lines that are supported with an undulating piano accompaniment and optional string quartet. Though this piece is
This gorgeous setting of the Ecce Novum Latin text reflects the gentle wonder of the story of Christmas. Found on Ola Gjeilo's album Winter Songs, this lovely choral setting features lyrical voice leading,
This refreshing work employs a folk-like sound to capture W.B. Yeats' wonderfully descriptive words from The Lake Isle of Innisfree. The movement in the piano, the strumming of the guitar, and the
The text for Dreamweaver is based on parts of the well-known Norwegian medieval folk poem, Draumkvedet, an epic ballad that has a lot in common with Dante's The Divine
Singers travel through Norway in this multimovement work, each movement representing a new geographical location in the composer's homeland. Both the poem and the expressive choral writing capture the