"Don't get discouraged. Trio Mediæval relieves any holiday music anguish with their crystal-clear voices. This group, from Norway and Sweden, sings new arrangements of Scandinavian tunes, English carols and German and Northern European folk songs, mostly in an a capella form. They don't interrupt their repertoire with explanations, and for 75 minutes on Dec. 3 they kept the glittering soundscape rolling at Portland's Philip Neri Church."
"Performing its "Yule" concert - called a combination of "secular and spiritual music" (its 2024 CD has the same title, though the music is recorded with accompanying instruments) - was part of the Friends of Chamber Music Vocal Arts Series. The concert was sold out, the audience enthusiastic, and the encore "Alle psalite cum luya," which went way back to the late 13th or early 14th century in France, ended the performance with only a handful of hurried concertgoers leaving the hall."
"The women's blended voices sounded like beautifully tuned bells. San Francisco Chronicle critic Joshua Kosman called their sound "as pristine and inviting as clean, white linens." They effortlessly persuade you to love Christmas music all over again, and to appreciate many tunes you've never heard before unless you grew up in Norway or England or studied early Germanic music. Familiar were "Lullay Lullay," a 15th-century English carol;"
Trio Mediæval performs new arrangements of Scandinavian tunes, English carols, and German and Northern European folk songs, mostly a cappella. The three women's blended, crystal-clear voices create a glittering soundscape that renews appreciation for holiday music and reveals lesser-known melodies. A 75-minute Yule concert at Portland's Philip Neri Church presented a mix of secular and spiritual music, closed with the late 13th- or early 14th-century French encore "Alle psalite cum luya." Founded in Oslo in 1997, the trio has undergone lineup changes while maintaining a core member, Anna Maria Friman, and emphasizing pristine vocal blend and historical repertoire.
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