The music was composed by Terje Isungset for the Norwegian National Ballet for performances at the Opera House in Oslo, April 2012

The music was originally composed for a complex surround system, and has now been bounced down to a regular two track recording

The story is based on a famous book by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas. His novel "Isslottet", was released in 1963 and was the year after winning the Nordic Council Literature Prize

The novel's main characters are the two young girls: Unn and Siss, who have only spent one evening in each other's company. But so profound is this evening between them that when Unn inexplicably disappears, Siss's world is shattered. Siss's struggle with her fidelity to the memory of her friend and Unn's fatal exploration of the strange, terrifyingly beautiful frozen waterfall that is the Ice Palace

The release date of this album is set to the 22nd of July 2015 to remember all teenagers suffering at Utøya in Norway during the terror attack 22nd of July 2011.

Credits

Released July 22, 2015

Mats Eden: viola d’amore

Lena Nymark: voice

Per Jørgensen: voice

Terje Isungset: piano strings, mouth harp, ice, rams horn, drums, percussion and recordings of frogs, snow, rain and waterfalls

Recording engineer: Terje Isungset

Mix: Terje Isungset

Mastering: Tor Magne Hallibakken

Produced by Terje Isungset

Photo by Erik Berg

Choreography by Kritian Støvind