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New Sounds

Sunday, September 30, 2007
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  • Väsen (www.vasen.se)
    Swedish quartet Väsen (www.vasen.se)

    New from the North

    This New Sounds program explores new works coming out of Scandinavia, with some music based in folk traditions, and played by bands who share several different members. We’ll hear from the Swedish supergroup Väsen, four musicians who have done projects ranging from nyckelharpa orchestras and Swedish traditional bands to collaborating with the Kronos Quartet. Plus, there’s music by Garmarna, who formed in 1990, inspired by Väsen’s nyckelharpist Olav Johansson’s musical score for a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Not to be outdone, there’s also music by the group Hurdy Gurdy, featuring the combined forces of Hedningarna’s Hållbus Totte Mattson (Hedningarna) and Garmarna’s Stefan Brisland-Ferner (Garmarna), put the Swedish Hurdy Gurdy through its paces. Listen also for music from Frigg, the Finnish/Forwegian string band with family ties to the great Finnish fiddle ensemble JPP, and perhaps some music from the quartet Swåp, who fuse Celtic traditions with those of Swedish folk. And a whole lot more…

PROGRAM # 2465 New Music From Scandinavia (First aired on Thurs. 10/20/05)

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RECORDING

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SOURCE

Värttinä

Seleniko

Seelinnikoi [3:30]

Green Linnet #4006**
www.greenlinnet.com*

Various artists:Sanna Kurki-Suonio

Northern Nights

Minne (Where) [5:00]

Six Degrees #3002 **
www.sixdegreesrecords.com*

Loituna

In The Moonlight

The Bells of St. Michaels [5:30]

NorthSide #6027 **
www.noside.com*

Hedningarna

Karelia Visa

Heila / True Love [5:00]

NorthSide #6025
www.noside.com*

Garmarna

Vengeance

Vengeance [5:00]

NorthSide #6028 **
www.noside.com*

Hurdy Gurdy

Prototyp

Galgen [4:00]

NorthSide #6084**
www.noside.com*

Johan Hedin

Angel Archipelago

Kusten [4:00]

Atrium 3984-22107**
May be out of print, but try www.nyckelharpa.org

Väsen

Live In Japan

Pedalpolska [3:30]

NorthSide #6087 ** www.noside.com*

Frigg

Oasis

Hasse [4:00]

NorthSide #6086 ** www.noside.com*

Triakel

Wintersongs

Adventpsalm [3:30]

NorthSide #6061** www.noside.com*

Various Artists: Ulla Pirttijarvi

Northern Nights

Hildda Luohti, excerpt [1:00]

See above.


*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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  • [1] Ingemar Johansson from Honor, MI October 02, 2007 - 10:26PM

    Very good show. Thanks for broadcasting. Good music indeed. There is so much good music coming out of Scandinavia in recent years.
  • [2] Mel from Bayside, NY October 02, 2007 - 10:59PM

    John should be informed that the nyckelharpa is played with a bow--NOT a wheel like the hurdy-gurdy. See a nice picture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyckelharpa The two instruments have little in common when it comes to playing and application. The nyckelharpa is much more like a violin.
  • [3] Anna Karlsson from London October 03, 2007 - 10:28AM

    oh oh oh oh!!!!

    Please go and research the nyckelharpa properly before saying that it involves turning a wheel! They might be contemporaneous and have the same method of stopping the strings, but the nyckelharpa is bowed and they really they do sound very very different! (I know I'm repeating Mel here, but I couldn't not say something!!!!)

    Great show though! Thanks for making it available online so I could hear it.
  • [4] John Schaefer from NY NY October 03, 2007 - 01:20PM

    Thanks Anna and Mel. Not sure what happened there - I've seen both instruments played live in our studio and should've known better. Sometimes at the end of a long day (I also host "Soundcheck" here at 2pm each day) Mister Brain goes to sleep while Mister Mouth continues working...

    John

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