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1. Vals till v\u00e4nnen min \u2013 Waltz for My Love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

S\u00e4v. Hans Kennemark.<\/p>\n

The waltz was made by request under a very short time and was subsequently forgotten. One bright summer night, years later, it resurfaced and craved the lyrics it never had \u2013 ”This song is longing for you, my love”.<\/p>\n

2. Close to Eight<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/etno.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/etn_fcd_096_096_sou_002_prv.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

S\u00e4v. Arto J\u00e4rvel\u00e4.<\/p>\n

This tune emerged late 2008 when Arto was having 7\/8 rehearsal with his fiddle.<\/p>\n

3. Enviser \u2013 Headstrong<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. Hans Kennemark.<\/p>\n

Dedicated to a very beautiful girl, wise but headstrong.<\/p>\n

4. Palojoen marssi<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. Arto J\u00e4rvel\u00e4.<\/p>\n

This marching tune is dedicated to one of our favourite Finnish fiddlers, Elias Tallari (1850-1911) from Kuortane. His little abode was located in Palojoki, just south of the center of Kuortane.<\/p>\n

5. Hymn<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. Timo Alakotila.<\/p>\n

Featuring: Maria Kalaniemi, accordion
\nTimo composed this song for his mother Salme during the summer of 2007. The tune is also a part of Timo’s composition ”Concerto Grosso” for the chamber orchestra Vox Artis.<\/p>\n

6. Contradans \u2013 Contradance<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. trad.<\/p>\n

Arto found this quadrille from Erik Ulrik Spoof’s music book. Spoof (1775-1846) was a soldier and a fiddler. Erik and his sister Maria Helena wrote down music in his little music book during the late 18th and early 19th century. This book includes 128 popular tunes from southern Finland, mainly quadrille and pollonaise.<\/p>\n

7. Vals 333<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/etno.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/etn_fcd_096_096_sou_007_prv.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

S\u00e4v. Timo Alakotila.<\/p>\n

This rather fast waltz was composed in 2006. Timo played this piece with his sequencer. The original length of the piece was 3 minutes 33 seconds. Now it is a bit longer…<\/p>\n

8. Hamn\u00f6<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. Arto J\u00e4rvel\u00e4.<\/p>\n

In August of 2000 Arto visited the isle of K\u00f6kar in \u00c5land. Near the beautiful K\u00f6kar church is a small bridge leading to the next Island called Hamn\u00e5. While on the top of the rocks this little polska started to ring in his head and was written down in his calendar.<\/p>\n

9. Bytt lasses brudmarsch \u2013 Bytt Lasse’s Bridal March<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. trad.<\/p>\n

This bridal march was played by the legendary fiddler Hultkl\u00e4ppen. His actual name was Per Als\u00e9n and he lived in north H\u00e4lsingland 1834\u20131898.<\/p>\n

10. Karsk<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. Arto J\u00e4rvel\u00e4.<\/p>\n

Arto is a big fan of R\u00f8rosmartnan in R\u00f8ros, Norway. This annual festival starts the 2nd Tuesday of every February and attracts among other things a lot of folk musicians. This merry tune popped up in 2008 in the middle of jam session in Cabin nr. 17 in Idrottshejm during R\u00f8rosmartnan. Oh, for a perfect karsk you need strong coffee and a sip of Balder…<\/p>\n

11. Menuett fr\u00e5n Kronoby<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. trad.<\/p>\n

This beautiful tune comes from Ostrobothnia in Finland. Arto found it from Otto Andersson’s collection, ”Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning, \u00c4ldre dansmelodier IV A 1, nr. 203”. The artist is unknown but there is a little statement on the top: sung by a woman.<\/p>\n

12. Matka \u2013 Journey<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. Timo Alakotila.<\/p>\n

”Matka” is as well a part of Timo’s ”Concerto Grosso”. The first version is dedicated to his father, Toivo. He passed away in 2007.<\/p>\n

13. Begrundan \u2013 Contemplation<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. Hans Kennemark.<\/p>\n

This polska is a kyrie and part of the Requiem that Hans wrote together with the songwriter\/poet Alf Hambe.<\/p>\n

14. Peli-Jussi<\/strong>
\nS\u00e4v. trad.<\/p>\n

Original version of this tune is from the repertoire of Elias Tallari. There are a couple of other tunes by Fiddler Jussi but his real name is unknown. He was most likely from Kuortane as well. This march is played at the local weddings while food is being served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Take three gentlemen, three maestros of Nordic folk music. Let them combine their forces in one group, playing their hearts out in a couple of magnificent tunes, mostly own compositions but some traditional stuff as well. You have a delight called Nordik Tree.<\/p>\n

You can feel the spices of what these guys have been playing before – the spices of JPP, Forsmark III, some Finnish slavic melancholy and Swedish archaic fiddling force. The fiddles of Hans Kennemark and Arto J\u00e4rvel\u00e4 intertwining in breathtaking melody tum, the harmonium of Timo Alakotila providing both some rocking rhythmic turns and more solemn feelings. We may also hear Arto J\u00e4rvel\u00e4 take up the mandolin, bringing some more attack to the whole, as well as Timo Alakotila taking up some heavenly grand piano and Hans Kennemark’s viola bringing some deeper sounds to the fiddling.<\/p>\n

At their second album, Nordik Tree still sounds like three musicians enjoying a jam session together \u2013 that was how the group started. But they also sound mature, finding their own ways to continue their musical journey together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tove Djupsj\u00f6backa<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Timo Alakotila: harmonium, piano, vocal
\nArto J\u00e4rvel\u00e4: fiddle, octave mandolin, vocal
\nHans Kennermark: fiddle, viola, vocal
\nMaria Kalaniemi: accordion<\/div>\n
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Engineered and mixed by Marko My\u00f6h\u00e4nen.
\nMastered by Pauli Saastamoinen at Finnvox.<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":1749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[65],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1748","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-aanitteet","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etno.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}