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could bottle the joie de vivre that comes from the members of Trio Trio Mediæval Mediaeval you could probably sell We rejoice as a Andrea Matters it not just as a pick-me-up, but as community that Do you love the ethereal singing of drinks from the chalice some form of basic life-force." I heard them in 2008, in a truly unforgettable of Christ’s love. Chanticleer and Anonymous 4? How concert that included sacred music about the uncanny blend of the great from medieval England and France, gospel group Take 6? Perhaps you prefer the silky sound of a fine barbershop newly-composed works written especially for the quartet, or the spirited, rustic energy of folk three women, and rollicking Norwegian ballads ensembles like the Chieftains. Whatever your about kings, lovers, and bandits. I can’t wait to taste, if you love the sound of the human voice hear them again! And just think: no need to travel raised in song, you’re sure to be transported by to the Kennedy Center, Vienna Konzerthaus, or Trio Mediæval, the Norwegian ensemble coming Wigmore Hall. They will be right here at All Saints’. to All Saints’ on Friday, March 2, at 8:00 p.m.
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Trio Mediæval, comprising Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, and Torunn Østrem Ossum, was founded in 1997. They made their US debut in 2003 and regularly tour to great acclaim (and sold-out houses) in Europe and North America. In a glowing review, the New York Times wrote that their three voices “blended with a supernatural clarity and beauty”; the Irish News said, "If you
Tickets, available in the office, are a bargain at $25 for general seating, $45 for premium seating, and $10 for students. Don’t miss this chance to enjoy a magical performance when Trio Mediæval visits Carmel next month. You can learn more about Trio Mediæval at www.triomediaeval.no.
Book Club The All Saints’ Book Club is starting out the year at our February 14, 2012 meeting with a selection the author refers to as his ‘deposition’. Elie Wiesel’s Night is a candid, horrific and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. When Wiesel, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, wrote this book in 1958 [in French as Nuit] it became an international best seller because of the philosophical as well as personal questions implicit in any serious consideration of what the Holocaust was, what it meant, and what its legacy is and will be.
Listen to a few tracks on their website: http://www.triomediaeval.no/audio.php
Granted one will read of the daily terrors, everyday perversion and rampant sadism at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, but the reader will also wonder how one deals with survival after such atrocities; how can one have faith in the world; how can one accept that a people so closely identified with a powerful God can ever accept that God Continued on page 7 thePatter February 2012 Page 5