ECM Records TRYGVE SEIM: RUMI SONGS CD

Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim sets the mystical poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi Rumi (1207-1273), one of the wisest thinkers of the ages, using the inspired contemporary English-language versions of Coleman Barks as his source texts. Trygve responds both to the musicality of Barks’s translations and to Rumi’s gifts as a storyteller and with Rumi Songs seems to have invented a new kind of Lieder with a Nordic-Oriental orientation. Tora Augestad is a highly experienced classical mezzo-soprano, who has recently been performing Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with members of the Oslo Philharmonic. She finds a more intimate tone to convey Rumi’s thoughts, which are underlined by the elegant arrangements for sax, accordion and cello.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Trygve Seim Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Tora Augestad Vocal

Frode Haltli Accordion

Svante Henryson Violoncello

RECORDED

February 2015, Rainbow Studio, Oslo