# Officium Novum

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***Officium Novum*** is an album by Norwegian saxophonist [Jan Garbarek](/source/Jan_Garbarek) and the [Hilliard Ensemble](/source/Hilliard_Ensemble) recorded in Austria in June 2009 and released on [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) in September the following year.[1] The album is a sequel to their 1994 collaboration *[Officium](/source/Officium_(album))*.

## Reception

The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by Stephen Eddins states "Like the first album, this one is suffused with a sense of distant mystery and a profound, powerful melancholy that is given voice with intense feeling. The sound again is spacious and warmly resonant, with an earthy, enveloping ambience. This album will be a must-have for anyone who loved the first one, and it should appeal to any listener with an affinity for meditative Eastern European spirituality, especially when tied to contemporary expressivity and stylistic freedom."[2]

## Track listing

*All compositions by Jan Garbarek except as indicated*

1. "Ov Zarmanali" ([Komitas](/source/Komitas)) – 4:11
1. "Svjete Tihij" (Traditional) – 4:14
1. "Allting Finns" – 4:18
1. "Litany: Litany/Otche Nash/Otche Nash" ([Nikolai N. Kedrov](/source/Nikolay_Kedrov,_Jr.)/Traditional/[Anonymous](/source/Anonymous_IV)) – 13:06
1. "Surb, Surb" (Komitas) – 6:40
1. "Most Holy Mother of God" ([Arvo Pärt](/source/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt)) – 4:34
1. "Tres Morillas M’enamoran" (Anonymous) – 3:32
1. "Sirt Im Sasani" (Komitas) – 4:06
1. "Hays Hark Nviranats Ukhti" (Komitas) – 6:25
1. "Alleluia Nativitas" ([Pérotin](/source/P%C3%A9rotin)) – 5:20
1. "We Are the Stars" – 4:09
1. "Nur Ein Weniges Noch" ([Giorgos Seferis](/source/Giorgos_Seferis)) – 0:19

## Personnel

- [Jan Garbarek](/source/Jan_Garbarek) – [soprano saxophone](/source/Soprano_saxophone), [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone)
- [The Hilliard Ensemble](/source/The_Hilliard_Ensemble) - David James – [countertenor](/source/Countertenor) - [Rogers Covey-Crump](/source/Rogers_Covey-Crump) – [tenor](/source/Tenor) - Steven Harrold – tenor - Gordon Jones – [baritone](/source/Baritone)

## References

1. [ECM discography](http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/New_Series/2100/2125.php?) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100921021029/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/New_Series/2100/2125.php) 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine accessed December 4, 2013

1. Eddins, S. [Allmusic Review](http://www.allmusic.com/album/officium-novum-mw0002036621) accessed December 4, 2013

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