There’s music from Finland for this New Sounds, which is a musical hotbed of many genres: classical, folk, weirdly dressed heavy metal rock bands, and some of the less easily defined new music types. We’ll hear from accordion virtuoso Maria Kalaniemi along with something else for accordion (& electronics) by Kimmo Pohjonen. Plus, there’s also music by multi-instrumentalist Pekka Pohjola, who was best known as a bass player, of the jazz-inflected (maybe even proggy) variety. We might also hear music by Einojuhani Rautavaara, and perhaps even “Winter was Hard,” by composer Aulis Sallinen in a Kronos Quartet performance. All that, and more.
PROGRAM # 3159, New Music from Finland (First aired on 1-13-11)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Pekka Pohjola |
New Impressionist |
Try to Remember [7:12] |
Breakthru #7. |
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Kimmo Pohjonen & Samuli Kosminen (Kluster) |
Music composed for “Keskusteluja” performance |
Matta [5:35] |
www.kimmopohjonen.com |
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Kronos Quartet, San Francisco Girls Choir, Earl L.Miller, reed organ |
Winter Was Hard |
Aulis Sallinen: Winter Was Hard [1:40] |
Nonesuch 79181 |
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Einojuhani Rautavaara |
The Myth of Sampo |
Grant, O Jumala, Creator... [4:04] |
Ondine #842.** www.ondine.fi or available on Amazon.com* |
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Martti Pokela |
Snow Kantele |
Pollati poro lullati / Reindeer Lullaby [5:35] |
Finlandia/Innovator #19052 |
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Anna-Kaisa Liedes |
Oi Miksi |
Sandran laulu [3:31] |
Riverboat Records TUGCD1009 |
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Varttina |
Seleniko |
Seelinnikoi [3:41] |
Green Linnet 4006 |
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Hedningarna |
Karelia Visa |
Ukkonen/Thunder God [5:31] |
Northside 6025 |
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Wimme |
Gierran |
Illa (Hardly) [5:43] |
Zen CD 2055 |
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Maria Kalaniemi |
Iho |
Linjärv [4:57] |
Olarin Musiikki OMCD 57 / Hannibal HNCD 1396 |
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