Ensemble 96 is a Norwegian chamber choir located in Oslo. The choir works mainly with contemporary music and is partly funded by government grants. It has released several CDs, and given concerts and participated in national and international choral competitions. Ensemble 96 has just under 30 members.[1]
Ensemble 96 was founded in 1996, and had its beginnings in the (now defunct) Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
The current conductor is Nina T. Karlsen. The founding conductor was Øystein Fevang.[2]
Ensemble 96's CD "Immortal Nystedt", published on the label 2L, was nominated for the 49th Grammy Awards in the categories Best Choral Performance and Best Surround Album.[1] The choir was awarded The Norwegian Choir Association's Choral Award for 2007.
Trond Lindheim: wedding cantata Hjelp, de gifter seg! (Oh my, they are getting married!) on the Norwegian national broadcasting company (NRK TV) during the wedding of Crown Prince Haakon and Miss Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in 2001
ensemble, norwegian, chamber, choir, located, oslo, choir, works, mainly, with, contemporary, music, partly, funded, government, grants, released, several, given, concerts, participated, national, international, choral, competitions, just, under, members, foun. Ensemble 96 is a Norwegian chamber choir located in Oslo The choir works mainly with contemporary music and is partly funded by government grants It has released several CDs and given concerts and participated in national and international choral competitions Ensemble 96 has just under 30 members 1 Ensemble 96 was founded in 1996 and had its beginnings in the now defunct Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Choir The current conductor is Nina T Karlsen The founding conductor was Oystein Fevang 2 Ensemble 96 s CD Immortal Nystedt published on the label 2L was nominated for the 49th Grammy Awards in the categories Best Choral Performance and Best Surround Album 1 The choir was awarded The Norwegian Choir Association s Choral Award for 2007 Contents 1 First productions and commissioned works 2 Recordings 3 References 4 External linksFirst productions and commissioned works editAntonio Bibalo Psalm 8 November 2006 Jon Balke Palabras sueltas Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2006 Kjell Mork Karlsen O magnum mysterium 2005 Synne Skouen En spok In Jest 2005 Knut Nystedt Jesu Sieben Worte 2003 Stephen Frost Parapraxis in cooperation with Norwegian bassoonist Sigyn Birkeland 2003 Wolfgang Plagge Salve Crux 2002 Wolfgang Plagge Psalm 84 2001 Trond Lindheim wedding cantata Hjelp de gifter seg Oh my they are getting married on the Norwegian national broadcasting company NRK TV during the wedding of Crown Prince Haakon and Miss Mette Marit Tjessem Hoiby in 2001 Wolfgang Plagge Liknarbraut 2000 Ketil Bjornstad Old in cooperation with Jai Shankar Palle Mikkelborg Helen Davies and Ketil Bjornstad Vestfold International Festival 2000Recordings edit Kind 2L 2010 Works by Marcus Paus amongst others 3 Immortal Nystedt 2L 2005 Works by Knut Nystedt 4 Liknarbraut 2L 2002 Work by Wolfgang Plagge Old Universal 2001 Ketil Bjornstad Christmas album Det lyser i stille grender Naxos 1998References edit a b Kind Ensemble 96 2L Retrieved 8 January 2014 Ensemble 96 CASA Retrieved 8 January 2014 Kind System Records Archived from the original on 8 January 2014 Retrieved 8 January 2014 Ensemble 96 Sigmund Records Retrieved 8 January 2014 External links editEnsemble 96 Nominations for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards at the Library of Congress Web Archives archived 2006 12 20 1 nbsp This article about a Norwegian band or other musical ensemble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ensemble 96 amp oldid 1178119476, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
