#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.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

America at 250: A View from Britain, with “The Rest Is History”

The historian-podcasters Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland explain why losing the thirteen colonies “annoyed” the British, but “it could have been a lot worse.”
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

NYC Rent Guidelines Board approves 2-year rent freeze, fulfilling Mamdani campaign pledge

About 1 million rent-stabilized apartments will be shielded from rent increases for the next two years after the historic vote.
Gothamist |

Are Carriage Horses a Thing of the Past?

Liam Quigley talks about the latest efforts to ban carriage horses in Central Park.
The Brian Lehrer Show |

Feds indict former Mayor Adams adviser Frank Carone in migrant housing bribery scheme

One of former Mayor Eric Adams' oldest and closest allies was arrested Wednesday on federal corruption charges, joining a growing roster of Adams aides facing prosecution.
Gothamist |
YOU ARE ONLINE