''Officium Novum'' is an album by Norwegian saxophonist

Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...

and the

Hilliard Ensemble The Hilliard Ensemble was a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. The group was named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard. Founded in 1974, the group disbanded in 2014. Althoug ...

recorded in Austria in 2009 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
accessed December 4, 2013 The album is a sequel to their previous collaboration '' Officium'' (1994).

Reception

The

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

review by Stephen Eddins states "Like the first album, this one is suffused with a sense of distant mystery and a profound, powerful melancholy that is given voice with intense feeling. The sound again is spacious and warmly resonant, with an earthy, enveloping ambience. This album will be a must-have for anyone who loved the first one, and it should appeal to any listener with an affinity for meditative Eastern European spirituality, especially when tied to contemporary expressivity and stylistic freedom".Eddins, S
Allmusic Review
accessed December 4, 2013

Track listing

''All compositions by Jan Garbarek except as indicated'' # "Ov Zarmanali" (

Komitas Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, ( hy, Կոմիտաս; 22 October 1935) was an Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national sch ...

) - 4:11 # "Svjete Tihij" (Traditional) - 4:14 # "Allting Finns" - 4:18 # "Litany: Litany/Otche Nash/Otche Nash" ( Nikolai N. Kedrov/Traditional/ Anonymous) - 13:06 # "Surb, Surb" (Komitas) - 6:40 # "Most Holy Mother of God" ( Arvo Pärt) - 4:34 # "Tres Morillas M’enamoran" (Anonymous) - 3:32 # "Sirt Im Sasani" (Komitas) - 4:06 # "Hays Hark Nviranats Ukhti" (Komitas) - 6:25 # "Alleluia Nativitas" (

Pérotin Pérotin () was a composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader musical style of high medieval music. He is credited with developing the polyphonic practices of his predecessor Léonin, with the intro ...

) - 5:20 # "We Are the Stars" - 4:09 # "Nur Ein Weniges Noch" (

Giorgos Seferis Giorgos or George Seferis (; gr, Γιώργος Σεφέρης ), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important G ...

) - 0:19

Personnel

- soprano saxophone,

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

The Hilliard Ensemble The Hilliard Ensemble was a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. The group was named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard. Founded in 1974, the group disbanded in 2014. Although ...

** David James - countertenor **

Rogers Covey-Crump Rogers Henry Lewis Covey-Crump (born 1944) is an English tenor noted for his performances in both early music and contemporary classical music. He has sometimes been identified as an ''haute-contre'' tenor. He has performed for over 50 years i ...

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

** Steven Harrold - tenor ** Gordon Jones - baritone

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Jan Garbarek albums Hilliard Ensemble albums 2010 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher