Egil Hovland: Works for Choir. – Oslo Philharmonic Choir

Egil Hovland´s works for choir

Egil Hovland´s impressive list og numbered works starts in 1944 with a collection of choir songs, and he has, during the subsequent half century, considerably enriched the repertoire of Nordic church choirs. Although Hovland´s output of single large-scale works for choir only is limited, the importance of the choral movements included in the works which later interested him the most – cantatas, masses, introits and canticles – is considerable. On this album we are presented with several of his works for choir, performed by Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Choir under conductor Stefan Skiöld.