Lacrimosa
Øystein Sevåg
Lacrimosa marks Øystein Sevåg’s first band album in 15 years. Øystein continues his musical alchemy project: fusing European art music with improvisation to create a powerful, uplifting force. Lacrimosa means “tear.” Sevåg says the music is meant for those who need relief, inspiration, or a renewed faith in the future, in a time when the world is struggling to come together.
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Performers:
Emily Hultmark – bassoon
Sara Övinge – violin
Hanne Moe Skjelbred – viola
Gregor Riddell – cello
Elisa Herbig – cello
Øystein Sevåg – piano
Bendik Hofseth – saxophone
Mats Eilertsen – acoustic bass
Rune Arnesen – drums
North Makedonia Symphony Orchestra – 40 strings
All compositions and orchestral arrangements by Øystein Sevåg
Full album credits:
Recorded and mixed at Blueberry Fields, Asker, Norway, by Øystein Sevåg
Fame’s Orchestra conducted by Oleg Kondratenko & Sasho Taterchevski,
recorded at Fame’s Skopje Studio, North Makedonia.
Album mastering by Morten Lund at Lunds Lyd, Oslo
Produced by Øystein Sevåg
Front cover image by NASA, from the Lucy Spacecraft 620.000 km from Earth
Backside photo: NASA
Sevåg portrait: Benedicte Torget
Artwork: Sølve Westli
Supported by The Norwegian Composers’ Fund, The Composer’s Remuneration Fund, The Audio and Visual Fund, TONO and NOPA.
A requiem for the planet
The music on Lacrimosa has roots in Western polyphonic art music, with branches toward rhythmic improvisational music and something Nordic. Keywords are melodic and polyphonic, sacred and powerful.
On the album, an international top team of musicians from the worlds of jazz and classical music meet, musicians who have a deep understanding of both classical art music and rhythmic improvisational music.
The British-Swedish bassoonist Emily Hultmark (formerly principal bassoonist in the Philharmonia Orchestra, London, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra) has a central place on the album. Also included are Sevåg’s old friends from the Global House album, such as Bendik Hofseth (saxophone) and Rune Arnesen (drums), as well as a number of other strong names from Norway and abroad: Mats Eilertsen (bass), Sara Övinge (violin), Hanne Moe Skjelbred – viola, Elisa Herbig and Gregor Riddell – cello, and the North Macedonia Symphony Orchestra.
