Paljastuksia

Minna Raskinen

10

I began to play the kantele when I was ten years old. Gradually, I became attached to the unique sound of the instrument, the different colours of tone, the sometimes bright and thin and other times dark and deep sound. Kantele is a silent instrument. Yet, I find it also powerful, and at times even dramatic.

This is my first solo album and contains my own compositions for the Finnish concert kantele. I fell in love with Kari Saviniemi's poems, and chose four of them for the series Näkyhiekka (tracks 3-6). The poems served as a theme and a source of inspiration.

Elämänvaunu (tracks 8-10) was composed for a documentary film entitled Pienen pieni elämänvaunu, written and directed by Ritva Laijoki-Puska. The music takes us to Pakistan and Finland. Composing is a very personal thing for me. The music is something I have experienced, feelings I have felt, joys and sorrows, journeys of exploration. - That is why it is a part of me.

Minna Raskinen

Code:

OMCD 64

Publisher:

Olarin Musiikki

Publishing year:

1995

Recording year:

1994

Producer Heikki Laitinen
Recorded by Matti Kontio
Mixed by Matti Kontio and Minna Raskinen

1. Parting Song

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

For my Grandmother after her last spring

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

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2. Jig

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

A tune for two kanteles

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

3. The Sun

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

4. Moonlight

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

5. Rain

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

6. Sand

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

7. Tippy Toes

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

A piece for a composition contest for kantele in 1988

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

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8. Meditation

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

9. Travelling

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

10. Snow Dance

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

11. Funeral March

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Funeral march for dad 1992. With love.

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

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12. Osaka Kokusai

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

An improvisational piece inspired by my first visit to Japan in 1987

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

13. Pocket Light Dance

Comp. Minna Raskinen.

Once upon a time there was a brush...

Minna Raskinen: concert kantele

Asiasanat

Henkilöt: Minna Raskinen

Yleiset: kantele

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