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Spring Will Come

Choral rarities from the Grand Duchy of Finland

David Hackston (tenor), Jukka Jokitalo (tenor), Juha-Pekka Mitjonen (bass), Jussi Linnanmäki (bass), Meri Metsomäki (soprano), Iris Roost (alto), Viivi Tulkki (alto), Jussi Salonen (tenor), Júlia Heéger (soprano)

Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek

These are also mostly miniatures, only one of them over the three minute mark and most under two, as sweet-sour and unexpected as a cloudberry eaten in the field. Obscure the provenances (some... — Choir & Organ, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Nov 2018
Catalogue No: BIS2442
Label: BIS
Length: 53 minutes

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Melartin: Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b: No. 3, Aamulla

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Collan: Morgenlied (Morning Song) (reconstructed by N. Schweckendiek)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Morgenlied (Reconstructed by N. Schweckendiek)

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Henrik Borenius: Laulajaparille (To the Singing Couple) (arr. for mixed choir)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Laulajaparille (Arr. for Choir)

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Karl Johan Moring: Den Väntande (He Who Waits)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Den väntande

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Karl Johan Moring: Hämnden (Revenge)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Hämnden

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Crusell: Hell dig, du höga Nord! (Hail, Lofty Northland!) (version for male choir)

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David Hackston (tenor), Jukka Jokitalo (tenor), Juha-Pekka Mitjonen (bass), Jussi Linnanmäki (bass)
Nils Schweckendiek

Hell dig, du höga Nord!

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anon.: Piae Cantiones

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David Hackston (tenor)
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Piae Cantiones: No. 73, In vernali tempore - Tullos kevät armahin

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Pacius: Vårmorgonen (Spring Morning)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Vårmorgonen

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Rafael Laethén: Iltalaulu (Evening Song)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Iltalaulu

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Fredrik August Ehrström: Svanen (The Swan) (reconstructed by N. Schweckendiek)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Svanen (Reconstructed by N. Schweckendiek)

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Kajanus: Serenad (Serenade) (version for mixed choir)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Serenad

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trad.: Iloa ja surua (Joy and Sorrow) (arr. E. Sivori for mixed choir)

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Meri Metsomäki (soprano), Iris Roost (alto)
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Iloa ja surua (Arr. E. Sivori for Choir)

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Ludvig Kiljander: Metsässä (In the Forest)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Metsässä

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Hannikainen, P J: Punkaharjun laulutyttö (The Singing Girl from Punkaharju)

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Viivi Tulkki (alto)
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Punkaharjun laulutyttö

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Erik August Hagfors: Kevätyhtiön Polska (Spring Polska)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Kevätyhtiön Polska

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trad.: Och jungfrun hon går i dansen (And the Maiden Goes in a Ring) (arr. M. Wegelius for mixed choir)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Och jungfrun hon går i dansen (Arr. M. Wegelius for Choir)

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Ludvig Kiljander: Hiljaa! (Quiet!)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Hiljaa!

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Primus Leppänen: Näin unta kesästä kerran (Once in a Dream I Saw Summer)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Näin unta kesästä kerran

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Emil Genetz: Ins stille land (Into the Silent Land)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Ins stille Land

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Järnefelt: Orpo ja lintu (The Orphan and the Bird)

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Meri Metsomäki (soprano), Jussi Salonen (tenor)
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Orpo ja lintu

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Järnefelt: Armahan kulku (The Path of the Beloved)

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Júlia Heéger (soprano), Jussi Salonen (tenor)
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Armahan kulku

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Melartin: Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b: No. 5, Darthulan hautauslaulu

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Merikanto, O: Itätuulessa (In the East Wind)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Itätuulessa

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Melartin: Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b: No. 7, Piirilaulu

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trad.: Piiritanssilaulu (Round Dance Song) (arr. R. Faltin for mixed choir)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Piiritanssilaulu (Arr. R. Faltin for Choir)

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Linsén: Skördefolkets visa (Song of the Harvesters)

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Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek

Skördefolkets visa

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From a 21st-century perspective, Sibelius may appear to stand more or less alone in the history of Finnish music. It is easy to forget that he could not have fulfilled his artistic potential if his environment had not been conducive to musical creativity. But much of the music that was part of that environment has been almost completely forgotten, often because its aesthetic didn’t accord with the prevailing nationalist trends of the late 19th century.

In this programme of choral works, Nils Schweckendiek and his Helsinki Chamber Choir guide us through some 80 years of Finnish music for choir, from the period when the country formed part of the Russian Empire, as the Grand Duchy of Finland. It was during this time that a Finnish nationalist movement began to take form, in opposition towards the political and cultural dominance of Russia and Sweden respectively. This development can be traced in the way the idea of Spring – a staple in the songs of the Nordic countries – changes from a sense of joy at the end to the hardships of winter to a metaphor for liberation from political oppression. Another result was the Fennicizationtowards the end of the 19th century, during which many popular Swedish and German-language songs were translated into Finnish and the originals in effect suppressed – a case in point being the earliest piece on the disc, F. A. Ehrström’s Svanen (The Swan, 1833), which has had its original Swedish text restored for this recording.

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March 2019

These are also mostly miniatures, only one of them over the three minute mark and most under two, as sweet-sour and unexpected as a cloudberry eaten in the field. Obscure the provenances (some of them) may be, but this is a recording that bursts with charm, and perfectly pitched at under an hour.

January 2019

On one level, we sense what a radical and refreshing voice Sibelius’s must have been. On another, we hear technically secure composers with strong instincts and, occasionally, the green shoots of a distinctive national voice…Perhaps the most distinctive voice is that of Armas Järnefelt…Among a great deal of middle-of-the-road 19th-century fare, his ‘The Path oft eh Beloved’ stands out from its opening chord.

February 2019

Marvellous performances of an interesting survey of Finnish choral music.

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