Kuulas hetki
The Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department was established in the autumn on 1983, some fifteen years after folk music had begun to make its way back to the cultural scene in Finland.
Most of our musical achievements have never been heard beyond the walls of our department. This collection brings the fruits of our labour for others to hear. The collection contains images of the toil and feast of our ten first years of activity. It records the exams and concerts and the variety of music making that flourishes before and after them.
Folk music can take you for an adventure into new worlds of sound. You are welcome to join us!
Producer Juhani Näreharju
Engineering and technical production Janne Viksten
Mixed by Janne Viksten and the musicians
Recorded in the autumn of 1992 in Sibelius Academy studios, Helsinki
Ensembles and soloists of the Sibelius Academy Folk Music Department
1. Krapulakatrilli
Comp. Pekka Pentikäinen, arr. Sinikka Kontio, Jouko Kyhälä, Markku Lepistö, Marianne Maans, Pekka Pentikäinen, Antti Soininen, Mika Uimonen.
Straight-ahead dance music.
Sinikka Kontio: mandolin
Jouko Kyhälä: guitar
Markku Lepistö: 2-row accordion
Marianne Maans: fiddle
Pekka Pentikäinen: 2-row accordion
Antti Soininen: fiddle
Mika Uimonen: bass
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2. Gogo Tatu
Comp. Kimmo Pohjonen, arr. Arto Järvelä, Kimmo Pohjonen.
A composition based on the music of Tanzanian Gogo tribe.
Arto Järvelä: nyckelharpa, vocals
Kimmo Pohjonen: gogo marimba (thumb piano), vocals
3. Kahman Anti
Comp. Maria Kalaniemi, trad., arr. Maria Kalaniemi, Olli Varis.
A polska from an Ostrobothnian music book written in the early 1800s.
Maria Kalaniemi: free bass accordion
Olli Varis: guitar
4. Lapp Nils-polska
Comp. trad., arr. Kimmo Pohjonen.
A polska from the region of Jämtland in Sweden.
Kimmo Pohjonen: harmonica
5. Plässimizeh soitanda
Comp. trad., arr. Anna-Maija Karjalainen.
Old style kantele music from Karelia. The improvisation is based on a tune played by Tsertin Miikkula in 1919.
Anna-Maija Karjalainen: 20-string kantele
6. Pukinsarvella
Comp. trad., arr. Virpi Forsberg.
A Swedish shepherd's tune.
Virpi Forsberg: goat's horn
7. Sinimani seele
Comp. trad., lyrics trad.
A game song from Setumaa in south-eastern Estonia. This two-choir song was learned from Leiko choir of Värska parish. Kont and Liedes sing the high parts known as killõ.
Maari Kallberg: lead vocals
Anneli Kont-Rahtola: vocals (choir)
Sirkka Kosonen: vocals (choir)
Anna-Kaisa Liedes: vocals (choir)
Pia Rask: lead vocals
Minna Raskinen: vocals (choir)
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8. Polskasikermä
Comp. trad., arr. Tellu Turkka.
A medley of two great Ostrobothnian polskas from Elias Tallari and Frank Hietala.
Tellu Turkka: violin
9. Seitakivi
Comp. Martti Pokela.
Impressions of Lapland by professor Martti Pokela, the grand old man of Finnish folk music.
Arja Kastinen: concert kantele
10. Jokkuu 8
Comp. Outi Pulkkinen, arr. Eila Hartikainen, Kari Kääriäinen, Jouko Kyhälä, Outi Pulkkinen.
A part from a large suite for jouhikko.
Eila Hartikainen: voice
Kari Kääriäinen: frame drum, bells
Jouko Kyhälä: harmonica
Outi Pulkkinen: jouhikko (bowed lyre)
11. Tissvasser sottiisi
Comp. trad., arr. Arto Järvelä.
A schottische from the repertoire of Ostrobothnian fiddler Frank Hietala, who later emigrated to USA.
Petri Hakala: mandolin
Arto Järvelä: mandolin
Olli Varis: mandolin
12. Kuulas hetki
Comp. Jouko Kyhälä, Outi Pulkkinen.
A Karelian shepherd meets the girl from Ipanema.
Jouko Kyhälä: harmonium
Outi Pulkkinen: jouhikko (bowed lyre)
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13. Shi-Baban
Comp. trad.
A tune from the province of Henan in Central China, performed by the department's only Chinese student.
Tan Longjian: San-Xian (lute)
14. Katrilli
Comp. Maija Karhinen, arr. Maria Kalaniemi, Maija Karhinen.
Originally an etude for the single-row accordion.
Maria Kalaniemi: 5-row accordion
Maija Karhinen: 1-row accordion
15. Muut ne kuuli kirkonkellot
Comp. Timo Väänänen, arr. Timo Väänänen.
A composition in two parts. The first features solo vocals by Anita Lehtola; the second is a collective kantele improvisation.
Hanni Autere: vocals, fiddle, kantele
Sari Kauranen: vocals, kantele
Anita Lehtola: vocals, kantele
Nikko Prauda: bass
Timo Väänänen: kanteles