Northern Lights (Sissel album)

Northern Lights
Live album by Sissel Kyrkjebø
Released	2007
Genre	Pop, Crossover, Folk, Operatic pop, Christian
Sissel Kyrkjebø chronology
De beste, 1986–2006 (2006) Northern Lights (2007) Strålande jul (2009)

Northern Lights is a 2007 live album and DVD released in the US by Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø.

The CD and DVD is a live recording of a concert at Bergstadens Ziir ("Jewel of the mountain town" in German), a church from the 17th Century in Røros, Norway (a 17th-Century Germany mining town). It was inspired by Norway’s winter, the Blue Hour, and the mystical Northern Lights.^[1]

The music were arranged by Kjetil Bjerkestrand and the musicians sharing the stage with Sissel were the Trondheim Soloists, the Nidaros Cathedral Girls Choir, and Sissel’s own band.^[2] The concert featured the tenor José Carreras,^[3] which performed the Julio Iglesias/Dolly Parton-duet "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" with Sissel.

Northern Lights reached #10 in the Billboard Classical Crossover album list.^[4]

Track listing

CD

1. Hallowed Mountains
2. Hymn To Winter
3. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
4. Koppången
5. Sarah's Song
6. Your Sky
7. When Will My Heart Arise
8. Icelandic Lullaby
9. Ready To Go Home
10. Quando Sento Che Mi Ami (duet with Jose Carreras)
11. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
12. Going Home

DVD

1. Hallowed Mountains
   
2. Hymn To Winter
   
3. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
   
4. Sarah's Song
   
5. Mitt hjerte alltid vanker
   
6. Ave Maris Stella
   
7. Like an Angel Passing Through My Room
   
8. Der er ingenting i verden så stille som sne
   
9. Amore Perduto José Carreras
   
10. Quando Sento Che Mi Ami (duet with Jose Carreras)
    
11. In the Bleak Midwinter
    
12. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
    
13. Your Sky
    
14. Ready To Go Home
    
15. Going Home
    

Bonus Tracks:

1. Om kvelden
   
2. Now the Day is Over (Jeg ved en lærkerede)

References

1. NRK (15 March 2007). "Sissel har inntatt Bergstaden". NRK. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
2. "Biography of Sissel from the official website" (PDF). Continentalmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
3. "Carreras selger Sissel i USA". BA. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
4. ""Northern Lights" reaches #10 on Billboard Classical Crossover list". Marketwire. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

• www.sissel.net
• www.discogs.com
• www.rockipedia.no