CD 1:
Arvo Pärt:
Silouan’s Song – My soul yearns after the Lord

Peteris Vasks:
Tala Gaisma (‘Distant Light’)

John Tavener:
‘Mother of God, Here I Stand’ from 'The Veil of the Temple' (with Sarod Improvisations)

CD 2:
John Tavener:
‘Mother of God, Here I Stand’ from 'The Veil of the Temple'

George Harrison:
‘Within You Without You’ from 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' (arr. Johannes Marmén)

Arvo Pärt:
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

John Lennon & Paul McCartney:
‘Across the Universe’ from 'Let It Be' (arr. Johannes Marmén)

Raag Bhairavi - Melodies by Amjad Ali Khan with additional material by Fraser Trainer

O/Modernt, Swedish for ‘Un/Modern’, is the concept devised by violinist Hugo Ticciati that explores vital connections between artistic and intellectual creations, old and new. At the heart of White Light is a dialectic between contemplation and ecstatic joy: a journey that leads within and without.

The enso (Japanese for ‘circle’) drawn by Antony Gormley on the front cover invites us into the prismatic now of listening. An enso is a continuous brushstroke that expresses a moment in time when the mind is released, leaving the body free to listen and create.

Looking inwards, we embrace that which we find outside ourselves before finally returning to inner peace and silence. The sound worlds of Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, Peteris Vasks, The Beatles, and the rhythms and melodies of India are woven together through improvisation to invite a two-way sense of reflection and surprise.

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Recorded in Petruskyrkan Danderyds, Stockholm, Sweden, 13–20 August 2017, and in Johanneskirche, Düsseldorf, 18 December 2017.