The Norwegian trio Mediaeval impressed audiences in 2001 with their debut album "Words of the Angel," bringing new facets to the interpretation of sacred music with their distinctive Scandinavian vocal style. In "Soir, dit-elle," this special relationship between traditional and contemporary music is convincingly reversed. Their extraordinary blend of sounds inspired composers such as Gavin Bryars, Ivan Moody, Andrew Smith, and Oleh Harkavyy to create new works specifically for the ensemble. Contemporary compositions are skillfully interwoven with the "Alma redemptoris" Mass by Leonel Power, a leading 15th-century English composer and music theorist who, along with Dunstable, significantly shaped the sacred music of his era.
