Dreamweaver Ola Gjeilo

• Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978): The Road:
• 1Gjeilo: The Road: 1. Hallingskarvet I02:01
• 2Gjeilo: The Road: 2. Hallingskarvet II02:15
• 3Gjeilo: The Road: 3. Hardangervidda I02:53
• 4Gjeilo: The Road: 4. Hardangervidda II03:21
• 5Gjeilo: The Road: 5. Hardangerfjorden02:52
• 6Gjeilo: The Road: 6. Husedalen03:19
• Autumn:
• 7Gjeilo: Autumn02:51
• The North:
• 8Gjeilo: The North02:49
• Dreamweaver:
• 9Gjeilo: Dreamweaver: 1. Prologue02:42
• 10Gjeilo: Dreamweaver: 2. Dreamsong02:53
• 11Gjeilo: Dreamweaver: 3. The Bridge04:47
• 12Gjeilo: Dreamweaver: 4. Intermezzo01:21
• 13Gjeilo: Dreamweaver: 5. Paradise03:27
• 14Gjeilo: Dreamweaver: 6. Dominion03:27
• 15Gjeilo: Dreamweaver: 7. Epilogue02:59
• Winter Light:
• 16Gjeilo: Winter Light02:50
• Agnus Die:
• 17Gjeilo: Agnus Dei03:36
• Stone Rose:
• 18Gjeilo: Stone Rose03:40
• Traditional: Ingen Vinner Frem Til Den Evige Ro (Arr. Gjeilo for Choir)
• 19Traditional: Ingen Vinner Frem Til Den Evige Ro (Arr. Gjeilo for Choir)02:53
• Total Runtime56:56

Info for Dreamweaver

In the new Decca Classics album built around two new multi-movement works titled The Road and Dreamweaver, Ola pays homage to his home country of Norway. The album features Ola on piano, the Choir of Royal Holloway and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rupert Gough. Guest soprano soloist is Grace Davidson.

Ola Gjeilo, one of the most performed choral composers in the world, releases his second choral album after the successful "Winter Songs". Ola Gjeilo has written two brand new works for this: The Road and Dreamweaver. Inspired by his homeland, the album encompasses Ola's love of Norway with pieces named after specific places where he grew up. The album also includes instrumental and solo piano tracks and consists entirely of world premieres.

Grace Davidson, soprano
Ola Gjeilo, piano
Duncan Ridell, violin
The Choir of Royal Holloway
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Rupert Gough, conductor

Ola Gjeilo
(pronounced Yay-lo) was born in Norway in 1978, and moved to the United States in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the Juilliard School in New York City, from which he graduated with a Master’s Degree in ’06, after two years at the Royal College of Music in London. Ola’s published concert works are performed all over the world, and his debut recording as a pianist-composer, the lyrical cross- over album Stone Rose, was released to critical acclaim in 2007 on the 2L label. Many of Ola’s choral works are featured on Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy’s CD on the Chandos label, Northern Lights (2012), which is devoted entirely to his music for choir. He especially enjoys writing music for choir, orchestra/symphonic winds, and the piano, while as a pianist, his main passion is impro- visation, either solo or over his own ensemble works. Presently a full-time composer based in the United States, Ola is also very interested in film, and his music draws a lot of inspiration from movies and cinematic music.

This album contains no booklet.