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My Heart is Always Present (Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker)
ADAM: O Holy Night · BACH/GOUNOD : Ave Maria · HÄNDEL: “Eternal source of light divine” · Let the Bright Seraphim (Samson) · TORELLI: Sinfonia in D · HOLST: In the bleak midwinter · HENRY THOMAS SMART: Angels from the Realms of Glory · JOHANNES KLOTZ: In Dulci Jubilo · REGER: Maria Wiegenlied · NILS LARSEN: Hymn · TINE THING HELSETH: Angels dance · TRAD. : A tiny child so full of joy · My heart is ever present · Buildt on the Rock the church doth stand · None shall win eternal peace · I know a stronghold in heaven · Deilig er jorden / How wonderful is the earth
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet
Isa Katharina Gericke, soprano · Elise Båtnes, violin
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra |
Tine Thing Helseth with beautiful new release
22 year old Tine Thing Helseth performs as soloist in front of the best orchestras of Europe on a full time basis. Her highly successful debut recording last year with the classic trumpet concertos is followed now by a beautiful album where Tine performs the most wonderful Christmas music she knows in classic arrangements. And she even adds on a composition of her own!
A Christmas album might not be what you expect from a young, up-and-coming classical performer. But music related to Christmas holds a very special position in Tine’s heart. So she goes against the current; not waiting until her 20th release, but going for what she wants straight away.
The wonderful Christmas tunes
The idea for this release relates back to Tine’s very first public performance as a trumpet soloist. Only 10 years old she stepped in for her mother at a local church concert, performing O Holy Night. And her fascination for this repertoire has grown over the years. In Tine’s own words: “The Christmas songs and chorals have such simple melodic lines, making it possible to express wide emotional spectrum. The arching of simple beautiful melodies is one of my greatest pleasures as a soloist, because it demands such attention to detail.”
Tine’s dream project is a sublime classical Christmas album
«My Heart is Ever Present», is nothing less than Tine’s dream project. Again she teams up with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, lead by Elise Båtnes. Isa Katharina Gericke joins in for thrilling versions of Handle’s two showpieces for soprano, trumpet and orchestra, plus the archaic I know a Castle in Heavens High. And among the all time classics of Bach/Gounod, Holst, Reger and others, Tine also presents a beautiful piece she has written herself: Angels dance.
Tine
Where other trumpeters seem to be rated as more or less successful athletes, Tine Thing Helseth (1987) really puts the music first. Her stunning timbre and articulation – the sheer musicality of Tine – reaches the listener in a very special way. Since her breakthrough in 2006 with the Eurovision Young Musician Finale, her development has just continued. In 2009 she was made a Borletti-Buitoni Fellow, and her diary is filled with concert dates all over the world through 2010.
 – Tine Thing Helseth plays with an extraordinary beauty. This recording stands out with its genuine feeling for the chamber musical format, and it will go very far. [6/6 Aftenposten]
 – The sheer sound and expression of Helseth makes this a very attractive release. [5/6 VG]
– Beautiful playing! [5/6 Bergens Tidende]
Reviews of Tines debut release with the trumpet concertos of Haydn, Neruda, Hummel and Albinoni:
Helseth relishes Haydn’s epoch-making excursions into chromaticism with alacrity, especially in the slow movement which she shapes with disarming naturalness. A splendid début disc. More please! [International Record Review]
The dialogue between orchestra and soloist is first rate. But most convincing is the virtuosic and elegant expression of Helseth. [Dagsavisen]
The four classics of the repertoire on her debut CD suit her nimble technique and light tone, and she is ably partnered by the pin-point precision of the Norwegian players who offer far more than a mere backdrop. [5 stars Classic FM Magazine]
At this rate, Tine is destined to follow in the path of ther fellow countrymen, Truls Mørk and Leif Ove Andsnes. [Inside Track Classic FM]
…plays with an especially beguiling, sweet and shimmering line, nonchalant technical authority and stylish understatement. [The Gramophone]
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Exquisite trumpet playing from Norwegian debutant
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