Otherworldly realms and magical beings in ancient Nordic traditions

A journey into the afterlife on the wings of an ancient Norwegian poem; enchanting spirits that populate traditional Swedish ballads and legends: Brú's music lifts the thin veil between reality and mystery and leaves us with a question... “Is there really a boundary?”

Concept, composition, and arrangements by Krishna Nagaraja

Program:

• Draumkvæde I: The frame of the vision
  (trad. Norwegian / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Swedish Medieval Ballad: "Herr Olof"
  (trad. Swedish / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Intermezzo: "Polska efter Pelle Fors"
  (trad. Swedish / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Draumkvæde II: Gjallarbrú, the bridge to the afterlife and its fierce guardians
  (trad. Norwegian / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• The Blue Goat set
  (trad. Swedish / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Swedish Medieval Ballad: "Lindormen" ("The Dragon-Serpent")
  (trad. Swedish & A. Norudde / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Intermezzo: "GjallarBrú"
  (K. Nagaraja)
• Draumkvæde III: Journey beyond death
  (trad. Norwegian / arr. and improvised Brú)
• Himlens polska (Polska of Paradise)
  (trad. Swedish / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Dansen Ungdom (Dance, young people)
  (trad. Swedish / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Martins Begravning (Martin is buried)
  (trad. Swedish / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Intermezzo: "Näckens polska" ("The Näcken’s polska")
  (trad. Swedish, text A.A. Afzelius (1812) / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Draumkvæde IV: The Day of Judgment
  (trad. Norwegian / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Domedagslåtten (The Day of Judgment)
  (trad. Norwegian)
• Swedish Medieval Ballad: "Näcken och Jungfrun" ("The Näcken and the Maiden")
  (trad. Swedish and Norwegian / arr. K. Nagaraja)
• Draumkvæde V: Epilogue
  (trad. Norwegian / arr. K. Nagaraja)