Henning Sommerro: Magnificat – Nidarosdomens Guttekor

Henning Sommerro’s compositions

The selection of Henning Sommerro’s compositions on this album circles around the long collaboration with Nidarosdomen’s boys choir and its conductor Bjørn Moe, and the violinist Arve Tellefsen. The album begins with “Vivat, Crescat, Floreat” for choir, violin solo, three trumpets, timpani and strings, and continues with the simple and popular “Pilgrimssang”, one of Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s theme melodies in “Vårsøg”, the opera movements “Mi sjel er tom” and “Fader i himmelen”, the humorous yet melancholic Russian suite “Aljonushka” and the dramatic “Magnificat”. The album also features performances by the world-renowned soprano Marita Sølberg.