Ars Nova Copenhagen/Hillier - Crossing Borders

On this release, Paul Hillier and Ars Nova Copenhagen continue their exploration of Danish vocal music. The main work here, Line Tjornhoj�s Vox Reportage, was composed in close co-operation with the artists, and weaves various sources together � including 1981 Nobel laureate Elias Canetti, Chelsea Manning, and Rabi�ahal Adawiyya (8th-century Iraq) � to create a �reportage� on the nature of humanity over the past thousand years. In Carl Nielsen�s Three Motets, Renaissance polyphony and the composer�s more personal style are molded into something fresh and powerful; the Swedish Romantic composer Stenhammarsets Danish texts, while Holmboesets British border ballads. Everything about this album crosses borders of one kind or another!