Kevät Kerran On Koittava / Schweckendiek, Helsinki Chamber Choir

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Release Date
January 4, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Helsinki Chamber Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Schweckendiek
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 04, 2019
    • UPC
      7318590024423
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2442
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b: No. 3. Aamulla (In the Morning)

      Composer: Erkki Melartin

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    2. Morgenlied (Morning Song) (reconstructed by N. Schweckendiek)

      Composer: Karl Collan

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    3. Laulajaparille (To the Singing Couple) (arr. for mixed choir)

      Composer: Henrik Borenius

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    4. Den Väntande (He Who Waits)

      Composer: Karl Johan Moring

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    5. Hämnden (Revenge)

      Composer: Karl Johan Moring

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    6. Hell dig, du höga Nord! (Hail, Lofty Northland!) (version for male choir)

      Composer: Bernhard Henrik Crusell

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: David Hackston, Jukka Jokitalo, Juha-Pekka Mitjonen, Jussi Linnanmäki

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    7. Piae Cantiones: In vernali tempore - Tullos kevät armahin (arr. H. Klemetti for mixed choir)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: David Hackston

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    8. Vårmorgonen (Spring Morning)

      Composer: Fredrik Pacius

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    9. Iltalaulu (Evening Song)

      Composer: Rafael Laethén

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    10. Svanen (The Swan) (reconstructed by N. Schweckendiek)

      Composer: Fredrik August Ehrström

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    11. Serenad (Serenade) (version for mixed choir)

      Composer: Robert Kajanus

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    12. Iloa ja surua (Joy and Sorrow) (arr. E. Sivori for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Meri Metsomäki, Iris Roost

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    13. Metsässä (In the Forest)

      Composer: Ludvig Kiljander

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    14. Punkaharjun laulutyttö (The Singing Girl from Punkaharju)

      Composer: Pekka Juhani Hannikainen

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Viivi Tulkki

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    15. Kevätyhtiön Polska (Spring Polska)

      Composer: Erik August Hagfors

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    16. Och jungfrun hon går i dansen (And the Maiden Goes in a Ring) (arr. M. Wegelius for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    17. Hiljaa! (Quiet!)

      Composer: Ludvig Kiljander

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    18. Näin unta kesästä kerran (Once in a Dream I Saw Summer)

      Composer: Primus Leppänen

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    19. Ins stille land (Into the Silent Land)

      Composer: Emil Genetz

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    20. Orpo ja lintu (The Orphan and the Bird)

      Composer: Armas Järnefelt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Meri Metsomäki, Jussi Salonen

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    21. Armahan kulku (The Path of the Beloved)

      Composer: Armas Järnefelt

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Júlia Heéger, Jussi Salonen

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    22. Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b: No. 5. Darthulan hautauslaulu (Darthula's Funeral Song)

      Composer: Erkki Melartin

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    23. Itätuulessa (In the East Wind)

      Composer: Oskar Merikanto

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    24. Sekaäänisiä lauluja, Op. 61b: No. 7. Piirilaulu (Round Song)

      Composer: Erkki Melartin

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    25. Piiritanssilaulu (Round Dance Song) (arr. R. Faltin for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    26. Skördefolkets visa (Song of the Harvesters)

      Composer: Gabriel Linsén

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek


From a 21st-century perspective, Sibelius may appear to stand more or less alone in the history of Finnish music. It is easy to forget that he could not have fulfilled his artistic potential if his environment had not been conducive to musical creativity. But much of the music that was part of that environment has been almost completely forgotten, often because its aesthetic didn’t accord with the prevailing nationalist trends of the late 19th century. In this programme of choral works, Nils Schweckendiek and his Helsinki Chamber Choir guide us through some 80 years of Finnish music for choir, from the period when the country formed part of the Russian Empire, as the Grand Duchy of Finland. It was during this time that a Finnish nationalist movement began to take form, in opposition towards the political and cultural dominance of Russia and Sweden respectively. This development can be traced in the way the idea of Spring – a staple in the songs of the Nordic countries – changes from a sense of joy at the end to the hardships of winter to a metaphor for liberation from political oppression. Another result was the Fennicization towards the end of the 19th century, during which many popular Swedish and German-language songs were translated into Finnish and the originals in effect suppressed – a case in point being the earliest piece on the disc, F. A. Ehrström’s Svanen (The Swan, 1833), which has had it’s original Swedish text restored for this recording.