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Jorma Panula - Finnish Orchestral Favourites
Finnish Orchestral Favourites01. Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, op.26 [8'16]02. Leevi Madetoja - Symphonic Suite, op.4 - I. Elegy [5'03]03. Oskar Merikanto (orch. Panula) - Romance [4'36]04. Oskar Merikanto (orch. Panula) - Valse lente [2'56]05. Jean Sibelius - Valse triste, op.44 no.1 [4'36]06. Heikki Aaltoila - Wedding Waltz of Akseli and Elina from 'Here Beneath a Northern Star' [3'17]07. Heino Kaski - Prelude in G-flat major, op.7 [3'43]08. - 12. Einojuhani Rautavaara - The Fiddlers, op.1 [7'52]13. Toivo Kuula - Wedding March, op.3 no.2 [3'58]14. Erkki Melartin - Festive March from 'Sleeping Beauty, op.22' [4'42]15. Aulis Sallinen - Sunrise Serenade, op.63* [6'39]16. Armas Järnefelt - Prelude for Orchestra [2'43]17. Armas Järnefelt - Berceuse [3'03]18.Uuno Klami - Sea Pictures - IV. Nocturno 'Song of the Watch' [2'57]19. Taneli Kuusisto (orch. Panula) - Finnish Prayer [2'45]Turku Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jorma Panula (excepting * Finnish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Okko Kamu)Naxos 8.555773 (recorded 1995 […]
2017-12-04 16:47:00
Toivo Kuula - Finland Awakes !
Finnish composer Toivo Kuula (1883-1918) above, on his deathbed, dying from a bullet which hit him in the last days of the First War of Finnish Independence. He was close to the battle front, but the shot hit him by accident as he was celebrating in a restaurant when a fight broke out nearby. The brightest hope of new Finnish music was silenced, long before his time. Kuula was a close friend of Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947), and mixed in Finland's avant garde artistic circles, a younger and more radical set than hung out with Sibeliius and his mates. When Madetoja first set eyes on Kuula, he was impressed by his "air of self-confidence, of triumph about him that obviously reflected a fast-flowing emotional undercurrent - everything about him seemed to say: here is a man who knows what he wants and who has confidence in his own powers!" […]
2015-10-24 11:11:21
Josef Suk's expansive single movement Fantasy in G minor is a big-boned, lovable work; it's a surprise to learn that Suk complained in later years that he'd had “enough of it to last a lifetime.” Suk's large-scale pieces can be a little overbearing ...
2015-10-15 03:40:59
Direct from France, join spinto soprano Paula Wilder-Gaubert, in a program of songs of nymphs, forest spirits, mermaids, water spirits, oceans, and rivers. Ms. Gaubert will be accompanied by Daniel Lockert on the piano. The recital consists of art songs by Poulenc, Debussy, Honegger, Prokofiev, Britten, Louis Vierne, and Finnish composer Toivo Kuula. Date & Time: Sunday October 18, 7 p.m. Venue: Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122 Tickets: $15 General, $12 Seniors & Students For more information or to buy tickets online visit htttp://sunsetarts.wordpress.com Ms. Gaubert has sung leading roles in the US with the Utah Lyric Opera, West Bay Opera, Berkeley Opera, Santa Barbara Opera, as well as concertizes extensively in France.
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