#2891: New Music From Finland

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

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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