Lys – Mari Samuelsen, Scoring Berlin & Jonathan Stockhammer

Contents

Meredi: White Flowers Take Their Bath /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Scoring Berlin (strings) & Jonathan Stockhammer

Tabakova: Nocturne (Arr. for Solo Violin and Piano) /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)

Hannah Peel: Signals /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Scoring Berlin (strings), Hannah Peel (electronic percussion), Jonathan Stockhammer

Shaw, C: Plan & Elevation – IV. The Orangery & V. The Beech Tree /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Scoring Berlin (strings)

Laura Masotto: Sol Levante /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Laura Masotto (music production), Scoring Berlin (string quartet), Hannah Peel (electronic percussion)

Hermant: Lightwell /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Scoring Berlin (strings), Margaret Hermant (harp), Margaret Hermant (violin), Jonathan Stockhammer

Hildegard: O vis eternitatis (Arr. Tormod Tvete Vik for Solo Violin and Strings) /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Scoring Berlin (strings), Jonathan Stockhammer

Beyoncé Knowles, Ryan Tedder, Evan Bogart: Halo (Solo Violin and Strings Version) /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Scoring Berlin (strings), Jonathan Stockhammer

Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano, No. 15 Adagio sognando /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)

Guðnadóttir: Bær (Arr. Knoth for Solo Violin and Strings) /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Scoring Berlin (strings) & Jonathan Stockhammer

Hannah Peel, Erland Cooper: Reverie (Arr. Knoth for Solo Violin, Strings and Electronics) /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Scoring Berlin (string quartet)

Rani, H: La Luce /Mari Samuelsen (violin), Hania Rani (piano), Dobrawa Czocher (cello), Scoring Berlin (strings) & Jonathan Stockhammer

Clarice Jensen: Love Abounds In Everything /Mari Samuelsen (violin) & American Contemporary Music Ensemble

Meredith: Midi (Arr. for Solo Violin and Electronics) /Mari Samuelsen (violin)

Reviews

BBC Music Magazine October 2022

“Inspired by light in all its forms, Samuelsen’s latest album features 14 works by female composers, from Hildegard of Bingen to Beyoncé. All are new commissions or arrangements, ambient and glowing, without an ugly bump or crevice in sight. It ’s attractive stuff, but not designed to challenge. – 3 out of 5 stars