#2891: New Music From Finland

New Sounds | Feb 6, 2011

New music from Finland, including music for kantele (Finnish folk harp) and electronic soundscape is what’s in store for this New Sounds program.  Also, there’s music from the folk-pop-electronica group Varttina, along with a tune from the harmonium and fiddle-heavy Finnish folk revivalists JPP.  Plus, hear some new works built around pre-existing music, where contemporary ensembles perform strange and unexpected arrangements of Metallica, Kraftwerk and other rock songs.

PROGRAM # 2891, new music from Finland (First aired on Fri, 1/23/09)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Martti Pokela

Snow Kantele

Reindeer Lullaby [5:30]

Finlandia/Innovator #19052** Out of print. Try Available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Eija Kankaanranta

Griffyr

Juhani Nuorvala: 3 Impromptus for Clarinet and Kantele, #2 [2:30]

IMU #075.
www.imu.fi

Trio Fratres

AcLab

Kraftwerk: Model [3:30]

Alba #140 www.alba-records.fi

Apocalyptica

Inquisition Symphony

Metallica: Nothing Else Matters [5:00]

www.apocalyptica.com;
CD available at bandmerch.seenon.com
Or download from Amazon.com*

Värttinä

Iki

Sepän Poika (Blacksmith’s Son) [3:30]

Northside #6071**
www.noside.com *

Ottopasuuna

Suokaasua

Suokaasua [5:00]

Texicalli #002. seems to be out of print, but available online as an import: www.piranhashop.de

Trio Fratres

AcLab

Herman Rechberger: Karadeniz [7:00]

See above.

Eija Kankaanranta

Griffyr

Juhani Nuorvala: Toivo [8:00]

See above.

Pekka Pohjola

New Impressionist

Try To Remember, excerpt [5:00]

Breakthru #7. Out of print.

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