Christmas Songs, by Trygve Seim & Andreas Utnem

Christmas Songs

by Trygve Seim & Andreas Utnem

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Dr Clovenhoof Wow, this is beautiful. I love the way the melodies remind you of Christmas without being instantly recognisable as Christmas songs. as if you are rediscovering a long forgotten tradition.

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	1.	Personent Hodie 03:37
	2.	Det kimer nå til julefest 05:33
	3.	No koma Guds englar 05:24
	4.	The Infant King 05:37
	5.	Veni, Veni, Emmanuel 03:46
	6.	Deilig er jorden 04:57
	7.	Still, Still, Still 04:23
	8.	Mitt hjerte alltid vanker 05:07
	9.	Joy to the World 03:53
	10.	Silent Night 04:31
	11.	Sæle jolekveld 04:11

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Saxophonist Trygve Seim and pianist and composer Andreas Utnem have played together for over 20 years. “Christmas Songs” is their second duo album, consisting of improvisations around well-known Christmas songs. The songs come out as highly sincere and poetic, sometimes even mystical. Recorded in the church “Tøyenkirka”, the quality of the recording makes you feel that you’re in the church when you listen to the album, the sound of the room and the acoustics channeling true Christmas spirit.

Andreas Utnem has worked as an organist at the church Tøyenkirka in Oslo since 1996. In the 90s he invited Seim to play with him at a service, improvising around hymns and playing his own and Seim’s compositions. Throughout the years, Trygve has continued to contribute at the services from time to time, as a result, they released their first duo album in 2008, made up of improvised hymns and their own compositions. Through years of playing together, the duo has developed a unique sound, putting the melody in the center, and improvising around them in the most attentive and interactive way.

Focusing on the melody has been the most important part of this project, wanting to explore the simplicity of the Christmas melodies and the Christmas spirit, finding that it can move and be deeply felt. The tunes come from all over the world and are often of old origin, this variety has been one of the key elements to why they were chosen for the project.

Trygve Seim is educated as a jazz musician with saxophone as the main instrument, at the jazz conservatory in Trondheim. He studied saxophone with John Pål Inderberg, Bob Rockwell, Rune Nicolaysen and Tore Engstrøm, and composition with Terje Bjørklund, Bertil Palmar Johansen, Edward Vesala and Bjørn Kruse. Since 1992 he has worked full-time as a musician, composer and arranger. Trygve Seim has released 22 albums on the prestigious German record label ECM Records, whereas 8 of them as a composer and band-leader or co-band-leader. Trygve Seim’s debut album “Different Rivers” won the german records critics prize in 2001 “Jahrespreis – Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik”.

Born 1973, Andreas Utnem has received international attention through his work with the trio of Norwegian folk fiddler Gjermund Larsen. Alongside work as a church musician and composer of music for theatre and TV dramas, both in Norway and Sweden, he has contributed on around 50 albums. Earlier works with Trygve Seim include “Purcor – songs for Saxophone and Piano” (ECM, 2010). In 2017 he released the solo album “Night Hymns” (KKV).

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released November 18, 2022

Trygve Seim - Saxophone
Andreas Utnem - Piano and harmonium (track 4 and 10)

Recorded in Tøyenkirken 4th Feb, 28th April & 4th May, 2021
Recorded by Peer Espen Ursfjord
Mixed by Peer Espen Ursfjord
Produced by Trygve Seim og Andreas Utnem
Cover Design by Nick Alexander
Photography by Knut Bry

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