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01. Arve Henriksen - Come April
02. Arve Henriksen - Reefs And Roots
03. Arve Henriksen - The Swans Bend Their Necks Backward To See God
04. Arve Henriksen - Height Of The Reeds In The Wetlands
05. Arve Henriksen - Is There A Limit For The Internal?
06. Arve Henriksen - Nymphs And Eurasian Horses
07. Arve Henriksen - Waders
08. Arve Henriksen - The Wind In The Willows
09. Arve Henriksen - Pink Cherry Trees
ARTIST
TITLE
The Height Of The Reeds
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
RCD 2201CD RCD 2201CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/21/2018

The Height Of The Reeds started as a commissioned work to the city of Hull, Great Britain´s cultural capital 2017. Composed by Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang, the work celebrates the longstanding seafaring relationship between Hull and Scandinavia. It was originally the musical companion to a sound walk that took place in April, May and June 2017. Those who took part could listen to the music on headphones while crossing the Humber Bridge. Initially intended for April only, the arrangement proved so popular it ended up selling out three months. Only minor adjustments have been done to justify the transition from sound walk to album. Other than Henriksen, Aarset and Bang, the work includes important contributions from Hull sound artist Jez Riley French, providing field recordings from the bridge itself: the river below, the noise of engines, the creaking of steel wires, wheels against asphalt and the song of the reeds in the wind. Opera North´s choir and orchestra provides the necessary musical space for the soloists, and two actors and a child read from translated poems by Norwegian poet Nils Christian Moe-Repstad.