WOVEN FINGERPRINTS
Woven Fingerprints, an orchestral portrait of Norwegian composer Therese Ulvo. Each work on the album is performed by a different orchestra and conductor, giving Ulvo's music four distinct orchestral readings across a single recording.
Featured on the recording are:
The album opens with its title work, Woven Fingerprints — Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, performed by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Edward Gardner with soloists Ellen Ugelvik and Andreas Ulvo. Written for two independent piano parts set against full orchestra, the concerto traces the interplay between the two soloists' individual voices as they move between dialogue and unison — an idea that gives the album its title and its throughline. Ugelvik and Ulvo, both established interpreters of new Norwegian repertoire, bring a close, longstanding musical partnership to the recording.
The remaining works on the album — performed respectively by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under Jeri Lynne Johnson, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra under Andris Poga, and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko — extend Ulvo's orchestral writing across different scales and moods, from dense, tightly woven tuttis to more sparsely scored, chamber-like passages. Heard together, the four works trace a single compositional voice as it is shaped by four different orchestras and conductors.
Therese Birkelund Ulvo is a Norwegian composer whose orchestral works are marked by intricate textures, layered rhythmic writing, and a distinct ear for orchestral colour. Woven Fingerprints brings together a cross-section of her orchestral output, including her first concerto for two pianos.
THERESE BIRKELUND ULVO (*1982)
1. Woven Fingerprints – Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra /// 28:42
2. Please Don’t Hesitate for Orchestra /// 05:45
3. Restart/Reshape/Reveal /// 13:16
4. In the Cage for Orchestra /// 08:17
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