Knut Nystedt:
If you receive my words
Neslandskyrkja

Andrew Smith:
Lighten our darkness

Kim Andre Arnesen:
Even when He is silent

Nana Forte:
Ian non dicam

Frank Havroy:
Psalm

Lansing D. McLoskey:
Dear World

Henrik Odegaard:
Jesus, la mitt hjerte lenges

Yehezkel Braun:
Psalm 42 (from 'Niggunim')

Dov Carmel:
Piyutim (Hymns)

Abraham Kaplan:
Ani ma'amin

Henning Sommerro:
Med jesus vil eg fara

Much music and poetry has been written around the themes of faith and doubt. This is our point of departure. Throughout the millennia, humankind has fought over differences of religious, as well as non-religious, conviction. Yet hope is a fundamental aspect of any faith, a common resonance in spite of all differences. We have selected a variety of expressions of faith and doubt. Religious pieces from both Jewish and Christian traditions, mainly based on texts from outside the official liturgy and ceremony, are contrasted with pieces declaring faith in humankind and life before death.

Musically we have chosen to focus on contemporary music, through original compositions and new arrangements based on folk music.

In an ever more interwoven world, where cultures and faiths intersect and clash to an ever-increasing degree, we hope to lift up what unites us. New Arts

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Recorded in Ris Church, Oslo, 26–27 August 2017 & 13–14 January 2018, and In Sofienberg Church, Oslo, 10–11 February 2018.