"Guitar hasn't been used a ton in choral music, partly because if you don't amplify it, it's not a very loud instrument," Ola says.
He also told me his favorite instrument is the guitar, so he added a cool, guitar groove to the piece "The Lake Isle," which also features Tenebrae. The Chamber Orchestra of London adds the lush, symphonic textures Ola loves so much. Two unique British choirs are featured on this new release, Voces8 and Tenebrae. That's why a lot of my favorite composers are film composers I often look for that kind of evocative, lush timbre."
That sounds bigger than the sum of its parts … that's attractive to me because I love big, symphonic, lush textures. Even just a quartet, really, if you double it certain ways, it can make a very lush, big sound. Piano is a very different timbre from choir, and I think strings kind of bridge that sonic gap and reinforces both. I often feel like adding a string quartet really adds something to that texture. "So I started writing quite a lot of pieces for choir and piano. "I always just wanted to play piano with choirs," he says.
What's special about this recording is it offers a portrait of Ola Gjeilo: composer, pianist, and lover of choral music. With the release of his new self-titled recording on Decca, you can experience it for yourself. I wanted to write music that would feel uplifting and meaningful without being sentimental or superficial or manipulative." That's how Norwegian-born, American composer Ola Gjeilo describes his music. "I hope that people feel a sense of honesty in my music.
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