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PCM 3: From the Kalevala to Kaustinen: Finnish Folk and Baroque Music

Live from Cadogan Hall, London, a meeting of Baroque music and Finnish folk, ranging from Corelli and 16th-century spiritual songs to music from the Kaustinen region.

Live from Cadogan Hall, London, a meeting of Baroque music and Finnish folk, ranging from Corelli and 16th-century spiritual songs to music from the Kaustinen region.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Finnish folk music meets familiar Baroque textures in a programme exploring two genres with a shared love of song and dance.

Anu Komsi (soprano)
Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin)
Andrew Lawrence-King (harp, kantele, psaltery)
Eero Palviainen (theorbo, guitar)
Milla Viljamaa (harmonium)

Soprano Anu Komsi and violinist Kreeta-Maria Kentala both have family roots in the folk-rich municipality of Kaustinen, western Finland. They are joined by fellow boundary-crossing musicians for a whistle-stop journey through Finnish musical history encompassing the 16th-century Piae cantiones (the earliest printed book of Finnish music) and the 19th-century national folk epic, the Kalevala, which so inspired Sibelius. The concert also features favourites by Corelli and other Baroque composers, as well as folk songs from Kaustinen and music by Kreeta Haapasalo (1813-93), who was born in the region.

58 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 Aug 2017 13:00

Music Played

  • Anon.

    Piae Cantiones (1582) - 'Ramus virens olivarum'

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Kreeta-Maria Kentala.
  • Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing

    Kalevala: the Opera (2016) -'V盲in盲m枚inen'

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
  • Kreeta Haapasalo

    Siionin kannel (1874) -'Kanteleeni' (arr. Lawrence-King)

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Kreeta-Maria Kentala.
  • Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing

    Kalevala: the Opera (2016) - 'Sauna'

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Eero Palviainen.
  • Anon.

    Piae Cantiones (1582) - 'Gaudete'

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Kreeta-Maria Kentala.
  • Konsta Jylh盲

    Jeremian Polska

    Performer: Kreeta-Maria Kentala. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
  • Trad.

    Polska

  • Trad.

    Purppurin alotus

    Performer: Eero Palviainen. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
  • Trad.

    Min盲p盲 olen se laulajapoika

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Milla Viljamaa.
  • Trad.

    Min盲 syd盲mest盲ni rakastin

    Performer: Milla Viljamaa. Performer: Kreeta-Maria Kentala.
  • Trad.

    Ookkos sy枚ny sianlihaa

    Performer: Kreeta-Maria Kentala. Performer: Eero Palviainen.
  • Trad.

    Kotimaani ompi Suomi

    Performer: Eero Palviainen. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
  • Trad.

    Morsiusfatimarssi

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Milla Viljamaa.
  • Trad.

    Silia valssi

    Performer: Milla Viljamaa. Performer: Kreeta-Maria Kentala.
  • Trad.

    Keskipohjalainen polkka

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Milla Viljamaa.
  • Trad.

    Markun Joonaan valssi

    Performer: Kreeta-Maria Kentala. Performer: Eero Palviainen.
  • Trad.

    Hyppytahti

    Performer: Eero Palviainen. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
  • Trad.

    Slumrande toner & Juottomarssi

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
  • Wiljami Niittykoski

    Joutsenet (Swans)

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Milla Viljamaa.
  • Trad. & Arcangelo Corelli

    Opera Quinta (1700) 'Lampaan polskaand La Folia'

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 31 Jul 2017 13:00
  • Sun 6 Aug 2017 13:00

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