I Know This Place
I Know This Place is a richly textured new release from Alpaca Ensemble, where contemporary chamber music, poetry, and spoken word merge into a vivid exploration of memory, landscape, and belonging. Recorded in Øra Studio and released at LAWO Classics.
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The recording opens with Øyvind Mæland’s Tiled Air, featuring Jennifer Torrence on percussive tiles, creating a shimmering and shifting sonic architecture.
From there, the album unfolds with the work «Eit underliggjande landskap drikk av himmelen», through a series of musical–poetic pairings by the composers Ellen Lindquist, Kristin Norderval, and Eva Holm Foosnæs, built around texts by Margrethe Aas, each illuminating a different facet of place and perception.These collaborations blend lyricism, intimacy, and atmospheric depth, with Aas’ texts serving as evocative thresholds into each musical landscape.
The album concludes with Olga Neuwirth’s Quasare / Pulsare II, expanding the album’s horizon with its bold and exploratory language.
Torrence, Jennifer (percussive tiles) track 1 | Bjørnstad Foss, Eira (violin) track 1, 11| Thorsen, Marianne (violin) track 2, 3, 5, 7, 10| Bø, Else (piano) track 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11| Baudouin Lie, Marianne(cello) track 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11| Aas, Margrethe (text and reading) track 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
I Know This Place
Øyvind Mæland
1. Tiled Air for Percussion and Piano Trio – 14:44
Eit underliggjande landskap drikk av himmelen
for piano trio and spoken text
Ellen Lindquist: Composer
Kristin Norderval: Composer
Eva Holm Foosnæs: Composer
Margrethe Aas: Text and Reading
02. Solbærbusken (Lindquist, Aas) – 05:56
03. Fjellvegen (Norderval, Aas) – 04:01
04. Hindremselva (Aas) – 00:36
05. Hindremselva (Holm Foosnæs) 03:57
06. Låven (Aas) – 01:22
07. Låven (Lindquist) – 04:22
08. Trondheimsfjorden (Aas) – 00:30
09. Trondheimsfjorden (Norderval) – 07:53
10. Lefætten (Lindquist, Aas) – 06:25
Olga Neuwirth
11. Quasare / Pulsare II for Violin, Cello and Piano – 13:54