VA - Ice and Longboats: Ancient Music of Scandinavia (2016)

Scandinavia’s archaeologically known prehistory encompasses around twelve thousand years, culminating in the Viking period (c.800–1050AD). The Middle Ages then followed, around six hundred years later than in continental Europe – a late development due to the long period in which ice still covered Europe’s northern parts. Volume 2 in Delphian Records’ groundbreaking collaboration with the European Music Archaeology Project constructs a soundscape of these two periods, featuring both music improvised on Viking instruments, and notated songs and instrumental items from the early centuries of Christianity in Scandinavia.

EMAP brings together partners from seven European countries to research, explore and bring to life the music of ancient cultures, from 40,000 BC to the present day. Through a series of international exhibitions, visitors will also have the chance to see and touch these intriguing instruments, allowing us to understand more fully the crucial role played by music in ancient societies.

Tracklist:
1. Drømde mik en drøm
2. Signals to the Aesir Gods
3. In the Village: musical pastimes
4. In the Village 2: evening
5. Mith hierthæ brendher
6. Sequentia: Lux illuxit
7. Cantio: Scribere proposui
8. Drømde mik en drøm (bells)
9. Ramus virens olivarum
10. Drømde mik en drøm (duet)
11. Drømde mik en drøm (harp)
12. Drømde mik en drøm (symphony)
13. Nobis est natus hodie – In natali Domini
14. Estampie ‘Ferro transecuit’
15. Estampie ‘Pax patrie’
16. Rondellus: Ad cantus laetitiae
17. Mith hierthæ brendher (instrumental)
18. Melody from Hultebro
19. The Warrior with his Lyre
20. Gethornslåt
21. Grímur á Miðalnesi
22. Jesus Christus nostra salus
23. Nobilis humilis
24. Gaudet mater ecclesia
25. Antiphona: Hostia grata Deo
26 Antiphona: Ferro transecuit
27 Improvisation on ‘Gaudet mater ecclesia’
28 Sancta Anna, moder Christ
29 Sequentia: Diem festum veneremur