The Hilliard Ensemble with Jan Gabarek, saxophone (ECM New Series). Listening to just the first couple of tracks of “Mnemosyne” — the sequel to the hit 1994 album, “Officium,” the first ECM ...

A choral group known for its early-music repertoire and a saxophonist steeped in the art of improvisation may not be the most likely musical partners. But the Hilliard Ensemble and Jan Garbarek have ...

In England this past September, one could track the burgeoning tide of “Officium,” the latest classical recording chart-topper, as the unlikely combination of liturgical vocal settings and jazz ...

When Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek first collaborated with The Hilliard Ensemble (a British vocal quartet that specialized in early music) it was an experiment, done at the suggestion of ECM ...

Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the ancient music quartet known as The Hilliard Ensemble first came together through the machinations of ECM records owner and maestro Manfred Eicher. Their ...

The Hilliard Ensemble, able to face in all musical directions. From left, David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, Gordon Jones and Steven HarroldMarco Borggreve Named after Elizabethan miniaturist Nicholas ...

There was a magical sense on Friday that the walls of Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Gallery could speak, given how the miasmic fusion of Norwegian Jan Garbarek’s improvised saxophone and the four-man Hilliard ...

Ahead of his appearances at the Hilliard Ensemble's farewell shows, saxophonist Jan Garbarek looks back on jazz, his career and hitting the big time 'I tend to close my eyes and concentrate quite ...

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