Kim André Arnesen

Composer's note: 'Christmas is always a new gift, always a fresh and refreshing gift: the human heart is renewed by the gift not of wealth but of a small, fragile child. His light in us is a thanksgiv...

Commissioned by the St. Olaf Festival in Trondheim, Norway, 'Even When He Is Silent' masterfully expresses the sentiment of the text - hope in times of despair. Beautifully melodic, with rich harmonic...

Kim André Arnesen’s Stabat Mater breathes new life into the 13th-century Latin hymn, which portrays the Virgin Mary’s suffering at the crucifixion of her son, Jesus Christ. Amongst the traditional sta...

Kim André Arnesen’s Stabat Mater breathes new life into the 13th-century Latin hymn, which portrays the Virgin Mary’s suffering at the crucifixion of her son, Jesus Christ. Amongst the traditional sta...

The Holy Spirit Mass was commissioned for the National Lutheran Choir, Dr. David Cherwien, Artistic Director, through a gift from Gary Aamodt and Celia Ellingson to commemorate the 500th Anniversary o...

This Magnificat by Kim André Arnesen can be performed with organ alone, or with organ, piano, and strings.

The original version of Flight Song (for SATB) was written as a gift to Dr Anton Armstrong and the St Olaf Choir, Minnesota, with whom Arnesen has worked on a number of occasions. The SSAA version was...

Die Origialfassung dieses Weihnachtsliedes (SATB und Klavier) wurde von Celia Ellingson durch LutheranArts aus Anlass des 80. Geburtstags von Gary Aamodt's am 25. December 2017 in Auftrag gegeben, und...

I denna ljuva sommartid (In this sweet summertime) is a well-known traditional summer psalm in Sweden. The text is of German origin, written in 1653 by Paul Gerhardt (1607-76) (‘Geh aus, mein Herz, un...

Lovely is the dark blue sky is extracted from Nordic Christmas, a collection of carols commissioned by VocalEssence in honor of Sons of Norway as it celebrates 125 years as a financial services and in...

This carol was commissioned by Celia Ellingson through LutheranArts in honor of Gary Aamodt's 80th Birthday, December 25, 2017, and dedicated to the annual St Olaf College Christmas Festival. It uses...

This setting of Ave Regina cælorum (Hail, O Queen of Heaven), one of the four Marian antiphons with origins in the 4th century, is a joyous work for upper voices, suitable for children’s or women’s ch...

Composer's note: 'Christmas is always a new gift, always a fresh and refreshing gift: the human heart is renewed by the gift not of wealth but of a small, fragile child. His light in us is a thanksgiv...

Kim André Arnesen’s Nordic Christmas is a collection of seven carols originating from three Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Written in honour of the 125th anniversary of Sons of Norway (...

This work by Kim André Arnesen (one of Norway’s most performed contemporary composers) was commissioned by the Athens Master Chorale, Georgia, USA for the 50th anniversary of their founder and conduct...

The unique ability of the act of singing to comfort, cheer and raise ones spirit is celebrated in this beautiful choral work by Kim André Arnesen, one of Norway's most frequently performed and increas...

This work by Kim André Arnesen (one of Norway's most performed contemporary composers) was commissioned by the Athens Master Chorale, Georgia, USA for the 50th anniversary of their founder and conduct...

Composer's note: 'This work comes from amazement - that the encounter with divine love, our relationship with the sacred, is to be constantly astonished by the endlessness of the depths of love. Love'...

Commissioned by the Anglo-Chinese Junior College Alumni Choir, Singapore, and first performed in December 2018, The Isaiah Carol uses text from the book of Isaiah which tells of the of the profound ch...

Composer's note: 'My approach to arranging this carol, as well as the other carols in Nordic Christmas, was to look at the text (originally in Danish by Nikolai Grundtvig, 1783-1872) and its backgroun...

Composer’s note In Sancta Mater, the fifth movement of my Stabat Mater, we comfort not only Mother Mary but all parents who have lost their own child, and we cry and we pray with them. Musically, the...

Composer’s note This piece is an adaptation of the instrumental movement ‘Reflection’ in my large-scale work The Stranger. I was inspired by research showing the emotional effect of having eye contact...