"Flaten (acoustic bass) and Kornstad (saxophone and flutonette) have created a rare concept. The material is hymns from Oppdal in Norway, transcribed from a 1970s Norwegian Radio recording by Flaten's grandmother, vocalist Elise Flaten. She was involved in the Haugian Revival, a popular religious movement around the turn of the 20th century, whose hymns, based on traditional folk music, were sung at farmhouse prayer meetings - her brief recording of one of them opens the album. The material has a sober dignity, while the interpretations by these remarkable instrumentalists - usually found working in more obviously cutting-edge contexts with the likes of Joe McPhee, Yusef Lateef, Ken Vandermark and Mats Gustafsson - are haunting. The melodic free improvisation "Etter Elise", and Keith Jarrett's composition "Death And The Flower", fit seamlessly into the programme, and the duo, benefitting from the warm acoustic of Bjärka-Säby castle in Sweden, totally inhabit their soundworld." -  Andy Hamilton, The Wire