Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa & The Iceberg - Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Ingar Heine Bergby Hybrid SACD NOMPP0609010-160 Disc 1

NOMPP0609010-160 Disc 1

so that by a gentle change of key or pulse we can make the melodies shed a clarifying light on each other

is a precondition for sound

Biagio Marini

Helga Steen (viola)

Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa & The Iceberg - Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Ingar Heine Bergby Hybrid SACD NOMPP0609010-160 Disc 1Composer Henning Sommerro moves rapidly, criss crossing his musical stage. The space in which he moves has expanded: "All the world's a stage". In an open room unforeseeable things take place; things mature, and grow. New elements are created, old ones are modified, and earlier contours are erased. With a respectful greeting we are drawn on by the promise of something bigger; the title UJAMAA sounds playful, slightly mystical. It is Swahili, and it