Björk Announces New Orchestral Live Album

Björk has announced the worldwide release of Björk Orkestral With the Hamrahlíð Choir, a live album of performances at Reykjavík venue Harpa Hall in 2021. First released in May as an exclusive at the National Gallery of Iceland, the album is coming to physical formats on November 27, via One Little Independent. The record primarily collects new arrangements of music from Björk’s 2004 album Medúlla, fine-tuned in extensive rehearsals made possible amid the empty calendars of the COVID-19 era. “I could tweak older songs that i felt i hadn’t acquired experience yet how to perform live,” Björk said in a press release.

She added:

Björk went on to thank her musical director Bergur Þórisson and Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, founder of the 50-person Hamrahlíð Choir. Proceeds from the original concerts supported Kvennaathvarfið, a women’s shelter in Reykjavík. The album is coming to LP, CD, Blu-ray, and DVD, with no digital release set.

Revisit the 2022 profile Björk: Mother, Daughter, Force of Nature.

Björk Orkestral with the Hamrahlíð Choir

Björk Orkestral With the Hamrahlíð Choir:
01 Show Me Forgiveness
02 Pleasure Is All Mine
03 Hidden Place
04 Cosmogony
05 Sonnets / Unrealities XI
06 Unravel
07 Vertebræ by Vertebræ
08 Who Is It
09 Mouth’s Cradle
10 Where Is the Line
11 New World

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