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Folk tunes have always been an important part of the repertoire of the Norwegian Girls Choir; being a vital aspect of the choir's identity and of it's active enactment of cultural tradition. In STJERNEBRU orjan Matre has taken a selection of Norwegian folk tunes as his starting point, and they are combined with improvisations and arrangements as intermezzos. The word Stjernebru (Bridge of Stars) is taken from the hymn Nedi vester soli glader (The sun is sinking in the west), and alludes to the journey to the next world: the transition, or bridge, from the earthly to the eternal. The word can also refer to the night sky itself, and Lux Aeterna - eternal light - is a theme that runs through the whole album.

Det Norske Jentekor

Anne Karin Sundal-Ask, conductor

Gjermund Larsen, fiddle

Frode Haltli, accordion

orjan Matre, composer

Morten Lindberg, balance engineer and recording producer

Disc 1

Hybrid SACD

MCH 5.0 DSD

Stereo DSD

RedBook PCM: MQA CD

Disc 2

Pure Audio Blu-ray

2.0 LPCM 192/24

5.0 DTS HDMA 192/24

7.0.4 Auro-3D 96kHz

7.0.4 Dolby Atmos 48kHz

mShuttle: MQA + FLAC + MP3

Region: ABC - worldwide