2011-sessions Grex Vocalis & Carl Hogset

• 1 An Irish Blessing 03:11
• 2 Auferstehn 03:56
• 3 And death shall have no dominion 05:43
• Total Runtime 12:50

Info for 2011-sessions

Carl Høgset is the founding conductor of Grex Vocalis. For 40 years he has educated and inspired more than 300 singers. Three new pieces was recorded in their 2011 aniversary season: 'Normally we conclude our concerts with An Irish Blessing, and many of our listeners have approached us for a recording of this piece. The German composer Heinrich Poos has written Auferstehn to beautiful words by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803). I want this piece to be sung at my funeral. In 1974 the Norwegian composer Sverre Bergh (1915–80) wrote a piece to words by Dylan Thomas (1914–53). And Death Shall Have No Dominion is one of my favourite pieces. I’ve performed it many times with Grex Vocalis, but also with the Norwegian Youth Choir. My interpretation of the poem is that no matter what is done to us, Humanity shall survive. For many years we’ve wished to record this piece.' - Carl Høgset 2011



Dylan Thomas' poem from 1933 is now more present than ever ...



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Grex Vocalis — ( The Singing Flock ) — was formed in 1971. The repertoire spans from renaissance to contemporary Norwegian music. The choir has been awarded the “Norwegian Grammy' for three of its 13 albums and won 1st prizes in national and international contests: Arezzo, Gorizia, Tolosa and Marktoberdorf.
In 1999 Grex Vocalis was awarded 'Il Gran Premio Città di Arezzo' as the best choir in that years contest. Over the years Grex Vocalis has commissioned and premiered works by several Norwegian composers but also performed important baroque works like Handel: Messiah, Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Rameau: In convertendo, Quam dilecta, Charpentier: Te Deum, Lully: Te Deum, Delalande: Te Deum etc with orchestra and soloists. The first Norwegian recording of Handels Messiah was released in 1997 with Grex Vocalis and Oslo Baroque Orchestra.

Two of Grex Vocalis' recent CDs, 'Magnum Mysterium' with Christmas music from across Europe and 'Liberté' with works by Francis Poulenc have been highly acclaimed both home and abroad. A new CD with choral works by Edvard Grieg will be relased August 2007, commemorating the 100 years since Grieg's death.

The choir has held concerts in most of Europe and has toured Japan twice, most recently in 2005. In 2007, Grex Vocalis was European guest artist in the America Cantat festival in Havana, Cuba.

The conductor Carl Høgset founded the choir in 1971. He holds degrees in languages and musicology from the University of Oslo as well as in voice and choral conducting from the Norwegian Academy of Music. In 1977 he made his debut as a countertenor in a solo recital in Oslo. His solo-CD recording with songs by Purcell, Handel, Grieg and Nordheim was released in 1995. He is a member of the vocal quartet Quattro Stagioni. After retiring from Foss College of Music in Oslo , Mr. Høgset continues to hold lectures and seminars on voice and choral conducting home and abroad.

Since 1992 he has been involved in voice research with professor Johan Sundberg of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Carl Høgset has created the Singing Technique program presented in a booklet including exercises recorded on CD and video. This booklet has been translated into English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Swedish.

Booklet for 2011-sessions