THE GLAS
VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Experience Bulgaria's beautiful song tradition by listening to the Glas
Vocal Ensemble's seven female voices. GLAS offers musical performances
accompanied by engaging tales about the songs
and the music.
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Booking and CD - please contact: vokalselskabetglas@hotmail.com
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NEW ALBUM OUT NOW
The vocal ensemble Glas released their first album ”KOPIRIN” on
April 11 2010. The album presents 20 tracks from Glas’ repertoire.
The album's title "Kopirin" is an invented word, an impulsive mix of the Danish word ”kopi” (copy) and the Bulgarian Pirin mountains.
”Copy” because copying is really what the singers in Glas do; they sing Bulgarian folk songs written and rearranged by Bulgarian composers and sung by Bulgarian female choirs. Since 2001, Glas has been working intensively with the musical material, adding new ideas and creating a unique expression which is now the signature of their
seven-women joint venture.
Bulgarian folk music continues to surprise, thrill, touch, and motivate the singers of Glas. That’s why they proudly present themselves as. . .
Copy-cats in the honor of Bulgarian song tradition.
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Bulgarian a capella
History
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"The Glas Vocal Ensemble sings Bulgarian a capella music – old folk
songs that have been re-composed and modernized by many excellent
Bulgarian composers in recent years. The music is a unique mixture of
old and new, which has been influenced by both eastern and western
traditions. It won fame when it was performed worldwide by "Le Mystére
des Voix Bulgares".
'Glas' was formed in 2001 and has since performed at music and cultural
venues across Denmark and Sweden. The Ensemble recently contributed
sound to the Danish film "Skagerak" by the well known Danish film maker
Søren Kragh Jacobsen.
During their frequent visits to Bulgaria, the six performers have
worked with the Bulgarian singer Tzvetanka Varimezova (ex-"Cosmic
Voices"). In 2002 Glas performed with the Usmifka Choir at a televised
concert in Sofia.
The wide repertoire of the Glas Ensemble represent the different
geographic song traditions in Bulgaria, In Bulgaria, the geography
determines particular ways of singing. The soft mountains of Rodope
for example, inspire long lingering sounds and lyrical phrases, while
Pirin's tall pointy mountaintops inspire fast rhythmic ornamental
melodies.
Some of the songs performed by Glas are performed as they would originally have been performed in their specific geographic area of origin.
The traditional Bulgarian sound is sharp and not unlike the sound of a
bagpipe. Like the bagpipe, it often holds an underlying tone that forms
the basis for all other sounds – a 'drone' from where more ornamental melodies spring. There are both shrieks and shouts and sometimes
Arabic scales or dissonating jazz accords.
The songs describe life in Bulgaria – poetic depictions of love, war
and daily life as it was - in the village square, on the farm and in
the fields. Amusing, heartbreaking and human tales that are translated by 'Glas' during their performances.
Glas means 'voice' in Bulgarian.
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Anne Eisensee |
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Katrina Petersen Born 1973, soprano Katrina Petersen graduated in 2005 from Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Cph as singer. The following year she moved to her mother’s country of birth; the Faroe Islands where she worked as music teacher in Torshavn. Katrina has digged deep into folk songs from Bulgaria, Sweden and the Faroe Islands. In 2009 Katrina released her first album as a solo-artist: ”Katrina - Colourless day”. |
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Marianne Søgaard |
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Tine Refsgaard |
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Marte Schau |
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Else Schantz Juutilainen
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Maria Kynne Born 1970 (contra-alto) Marya graduated with song as her main instrument, from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Denmark in 1999. She has released 2 CD's with original compositions for jazz, (Kynne/Ingvordsen) and has contributed to a number of Danish music releases, such as Anne Linnet, Mads Vinding & Alex Riel, Pierre Dørge & Irene Becker. She teaches singing, choir and musical performance on the Slagelse-, Frederiksberg and Copenhagen MGK. www.mariakynne.dk www.electricsheep.dk |
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Booking and CD sale:
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Webmaster:
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