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Northern Lights, also titled Nordnorsk Salme, is a choral work by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo that sets the Latin text Pulchra es, amica mea from the Song of Songs. Written for unaccompanied mixed choir, it uses sustained harmonies, shifting tonal colors, and divided vocal parts to evoke the visua...
"Ubi Caritas" is a popular contemporary choral work by Norwegian composer and pianist Ola Gjeilo, originally written in 1999 and later revised. Setting the traditional Latin Eucharistic text, the piece incorporates elements of the original Gregorian chant while filtering it through modern harmonic p...
"The Ground" by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) is a contemporary choral work featuring SATB chorus with piano and string accompaniment. The piece builds on a repeating bass ostinato while incorporating minimalist techniques reminiscent of Arvo Pärt and Ludovico Einaudi, with harmonic progre...
