| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Contents |
Johdanto = Introduction (3:05) -- Yön ja päivän lintu = The bird of night and day (14:43) -- Kuunnielijäin karkotusmenot = The banishing of the moon swallower (7:08) -- Pahan voimat käkevät valot Manalan uumeniin = The forces of evil hide the lights in the depths of the Underworld (6:41) -- Auringon, kuun ja tähtien vapauttaminen = The freeing of the sun, moon and stars (14:46) -- Intermezzo : taivaankappaleiden kosminen tanssi = the cosmic dance of the heavenly bodies : for singer, bowed lyre & sampled tape (7:12) |
| Notes |
Dramatic work based on the Kalevala, for soprano, tenor, folk instruments, mixed chorus, treble voices, chamber orchestra, and electronics |
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Includes the intermezzo composed for inclusion in the 1999 performance, presented here as a separate track |
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Composed 1984-1985 |
| Performer |
Merja Wirkkala, soprano ; Anssi Hirvonen, tenor ; Ritva Talvitie, jouhikko ; Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Choir ; Kaustinen Children's Choir ; Folk Orchestra ; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra ; Juha Kangas, conductor |
| Event |
Recorded live, Dec. 4-5, 1999, Kaustinen Hall, Folk Arts Center, Kaustinen |
| Notes |
Sung in Finnish |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with chamber orchestra.
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Cantatas, Secular.
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Electronic music.
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Cantatas, Secular
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with chamber orchestra
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Electronic music
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Wirkkala, Merja.
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Hirvonen, Anssi.
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Talvitie, Ritva.
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Kangas, Juha, 1945-
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Keski-Pohjanmaan Kamariorkesteri.
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Keski-Pohjanmaan kamarikuoro.
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Kaustisen lapsikuoro.
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