{"product_id":"knut-vaage-h-gsongen-torstein-aagaard-nilsen-ars-vivendi","title":"Knut Vaage: Høgsongen \/ Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: Ars vivendi","description":"This new release features contemporary Norwegian works for soli, choir, and orchestra. Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen writes of his piece Ars Vivendi (2014): “In 1999, Norwegian poet Georg Johannesen wrote the collection of poems Ars Vivendi- eller de syv levemater (eng: Ars Vivendi- or the seven virtues of life). The structure of this collection is organized into weeks, one week for each of the seven virtues. I have chosen one weekday to correspond to each of the virtues, a total of seven poems which became seven movements. This work is dedicated to my wife, Hege.” Knut Vaage writes of his piece Hogsongen (2009): “A few years ago I was pleased to have a new piece of work commissioned for Collegium Musicum. From the outset it was clear that I would use the text from Solomon’s Song of Songs, especially in light of the fact that I had the opportunity to realize a major work using the church as the performing arena…I interpret the central message of Solomon’s Song of Songs as a coherent, extravagant celebration of love… The piece owes its extravagance and any sense of inventiveness to Solomon’s original writings, with the performers further enhancing this mood.”","brand":"LAWO Classics","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49705221325080,"sku":"7090020181622","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3745082.jpg?v=1777781861","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/knut-vaage-h-gsongen-torstein-aagaard-nilsen-ars-vivendi","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}