The Half-Finished Heaven

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Release Date: 6th Feb 2015
Catalogue No: 3777155
Label: ECM
Length: 49 minutes

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Langeland: Hare Rune

Work length4:09

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Trygve Seim (tenor saxophone), Markku Ounaskari (percussion)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: The Light Streams In

Work length4:29

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Markku Ounaskari (percussion)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: The White Burden

Work length3:59

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Trygve Seim (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: The Half-Finished Heaven

Work length6:52

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Trygve Seim (tenor saxophone), Markku Ounaskari (drums)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: The Woodcock's Flight

Work length5:56

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Markku Ounaskari (drums)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: Caw Of The Crane

Work length5:41

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Markku Ounaskari (drums)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: The Tree And The Sky

Work length3:55

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Markku Ounaskari (percussion)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: The Magical Bird

Work length3:46

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Trygve Seim (tenor saxophone), Markku Ounaskari (percussion)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: Hymn To The Fly

Work length3:30

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Trygve Seim (tenor saxophone), Markku Ounaskari (percussion)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: Animal Miniatures

Work length2:11

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: The Blue Tit's Spring Song

Work length4:30

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Sinikka Langeland (zither), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Trygve Seim (tenor saxophone), Markku Ounaskari (percussion)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Langeland: Animal Moment

Work length0:19

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Sinikka Langeland (zither)
Recorded: 2013-01-30
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

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The half-Finnish Sinikka sets “The Half-Finished Heaven” - and other verse by Tomas Tranströmer - on her fourth album for ECM. “Despondency breaks off its course / Anguish breaks off its course / The vulture breaks off its flight. / The eager light streams out …” Such vivid images establish a tone for what is primarily an instrumental album this time, with a striking blend of sound-colours in music written by Langeland. Sinikka’s kanteles - 10-string, 15-string, and 39-string table-harps - seem to carry archaic echoes older than “folk” tradition. Lars Anders Tomter has been described by string-players’ magazine The Strad as “the giant of the Nordic viola”. One of Norway’s most distinguished classical soloists, he also has a history of collaborating with players of other idioms, and appeared on Sinikka’s “Maria’s Song” album (as well as on ECM discs with Terje Rypdal and Ketil Bjørnstad). Saxophonist Trygve Seim and drummer Markku Ounaskari were both members of Sinnika’s quintet heard on “Starflowers” and “The Land That Is Not” and play together in contexts including the Kuára Trio. Out of this network of musical relationships Sinikka has created a characterful quartet with a strong identity of its own.

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