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Welcome to the Listening Center
of www.muziker.org

This page will occasionally be updated with new mp3s.

We also do have some demo videos.  ... take a look there ...

You may find out more about the ensembles and soloists,
if you follow the links to their pages.
You may also look at our upcoming events listing.
Annette has a list of her Harp-Repertoire available,
and you may find our Duo-Repertoire here.

Contact us if you have any questions - and for bookings.
phone: 847 - 475 - 3905     email     facebook



Duo Controverso
harp & clarinet, basset-horn

Excerpts form the CD
“Gedanken - Thoughts” (2001)
moldavian zhok - trad. Romanian
romanian dance - trad. Romanian
a zise dudkele - trad. Jewish
freylekhs - trad. Jewish

Excerpts from live performances (2006)
Ricercar 18 - Orlando di Lasso
Ricercar 21 - Orlando di Lasso
Bruyeres - Claude Debussy
Berceuse - Gabriel Faure
Algues - Bernard Andres
Topsy - Eddie Durham
Lullaby of Birdland - George Shearing

All arrangements are
© by Duo Controverso


Harp in Ensemble
From a studio recording at
University Hildesheim, Germany (2008)
Pastorale - Caude Debussy
Ulrike Kloock, flute & Maria Pache, viola


Myridian
Annette & Kurt
Eva-Maria Siebert - voice, double bass

Excerpts from live performances (2005)
barditshever khosid - trad. Hassidic
forshpil - trad. Jewish
der rebe hot geheysn - trad. Jewish
satirical song - M: trad. Jewish, T: Isaac Reingold
yoyne hanovi - trad. Yiddish song
leibowitz zhok - trad. Jewish
kiever sher - Dave Tarras
before the snow fell - Kurt Bjorling

All arrangements are
© by Myridian
Harp

Excerpts from home studio recordings (2012)
All Love (a little love song medley, various composers)
I Am the Doctor  (Murray Gold, from: Doctor Who) 
In Dreams  (Walsh/Shore, from: Lord of the Rings) 
May it Be  (Enya, from: Lord of the Rings)
River Flows in You (Yiruma) 
Waldhöhle   (Annette Bjorling)
Oriental Melody  (trad. Jewish, arr. Annette Bjorling)
Irish Medley  (trad Irish, arr. Annette Bjorling)

Excerpts from live performances (2001-08)
volakhl - trad. Jewish
zhok - trad. Jewish
kiever sher - Dave Tarras
aivaliotikos - trad. Greek
armenaki - trad. Greek
maria walks  - trad. Slovak
feuilles d’automne - A. Hasselmans
canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
lullaby of birdland - George Shearing
a moorish garden - Nancy Gustavson

With harp students (2007)
Kommt ihr G’spielen - trad. German
La rosa enflorese - trad. Sephardic
Water Kelpie - trad. Irish
Kitchen ragtime - Chistoph Pampuch



One of our ensemble projects
Annette & Kurt
with:  Kathy Kelly - vibes
Dan DeLorenzo - double bass

Excerpts from a concert (2009)
Canzon Terza - Girolamo Frescobaldi
Fantasia à 3 - Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia à 4 - Orlando Gibbons
Tsifteteli - trad. Turkish
Russian Lullaby - Irving Berlin

All arrangements are
© by the performers
Soundtrack

Annette and Kurt were both recently part of Chicago Tap Theatre’s Production “Eyes Without a Face”.
The Soundtrack for this show was composed by Andrew Edwards, and is available here.
(Annette is on tracks  # 2, 3, 9, 15;  Kurt is on tracks # 11, 15, 16)
The main track where we’re both playing together is:  Belle Paris (Andrew Edwards)



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photo credits:  top row: Siegwart; Matt Dinerstein - Insight Pictures (2nd, 3rd and 5th from left); private;
closeup of harp hand: Matt Dinerstein  -  closeup of clarinet hands: Bill Burlingham

Copyright Annette Bjorling © 2010-2013
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