Norwegian harpist and composer Uno Vesje’s Oslo(ve), the follow up to 2014’s Poems from a City, is an ode to the country’s capital and the composer’s home city. Vesje has been a soloist with the Bergen Philharmonic and regularly performs with ensembles throughout Norway. In 2013 he was a prizewinner in the International Edvard Grieg Composition contest.

The central work here is a five-movement suite for strings, harp, and flute. Originally composed for harp, string orchestra and soprano, it had received a world premiere at Carnegie Hall in 2016. The Suite Oslo(ve) opens at Oslo’s Royal Palace, hinted at in quotations of the Norwegian national anthem, before moving through a series of city scenes. The recording concludes with movements from two of Vesje’s earlier compositions, both of which complement the suite in mood and style.

Oslo(ve) is contemporary in the...