In November 2015, Frøydis Grorud and Ulf Nilsen released their album called “Psalmfulness”.
Incoorporating eleven well known and beloved melodies from the Church of Norway’s hymnal, the duo created a strong album. Melodies such as “Lead, Kindly Light”, “Be Thou my Vision”, and “Ikke en spurv til jorden”, to name a few, are interpreted in a new way. Classical music, jazz and folk merge seamlessly and beautifully, and breathe new life into a range of hymns they both feel strongly and closely connected to.
Frøydis Grorud is perhaps best known as the saxophonist and flutist from Norwegian state broadcaster NRK’s television music show Beat for Beat. She is one of Norway’s most active live music performers, contributing to a number of albums, concerts and TV recordings. She debuted as a solo artist with her album “Himmeldryss”. In 2014, she released her Christmas album “Stille som snø”. In 2015, she also released the album “Psalmfulness” with brilliant musicial Ulf Nilsen.
Ulf Nilsen is renowned as organist, pianost and harpsichordist. He is outstandingly musical, has extraordinary hearing and is quite the versatile musician. He studied at the Norwegian School of Music and has been Oslo’s Lovisenberg Church main organist since 1996.