Riemuitkaamme!: A Finnish Christmas / Schweckendiek, Lehtola, Helsinki Chamber Choir

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Release Date
January 5, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERLIOZ PRAETORIUS WHITTALL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Helsinki Chamber Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Lehtola, Schweckendiek
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 05, 2018
    • UPC
      7318599923222
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2322
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. 6 Schübler Chorales: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 - Sleepers Wake! (Sung in Finnish as Synkkä Yö Maan Peitti Aivan)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Philipp Nicolai

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    2. 5 Christmas Songs, Op. 1: No. 4. Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (Sung in Finnish as En Etsi Valtaa, Loistoa) (arr. O. Elokas for choir)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    3. Nuorison lauluja pianon säestyksellä, Op. 20b: No. 5. Arkihuolesi Kaikki Heitä (arr. for choir and organ)

      Composer: Leevi Madetoja

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    4. Puer natus in Bethlehem (Sung in Finnish as Synnytti piltin Bethlehem) (Compiled with 6 settings)

      Composer: Anonymous, Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Hermann Schein, Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Júlia Heéger, Mirjam Solomon, Susanna Tollet, Susanna Sippola, David Hackston, Juha-Pekka Mitjonen, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    5. Pastorale, Op. 18, No. 2 (arr. for organ)

      Composer: Taneli Kuusisto

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    6. L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, Part II, "La fuite en Egypte": L'adieu des bergers a la Sainte Famille (Sung in Finnish as Paimenten Jäähyväiset Pyhälle Perheelle)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    7. Joulun Kellot (The Bells of Christmas)

      Composer: Armas Maasalo

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    8. Piae Cantiones: No. 13. Ecce Novum Gaudium (Compiled with 2 settings)

      Composer: Anonymous, Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Mirjam Solomon, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    9. Piae Cantiones: No. 1. Angelus Emittitur (Sung in Finnish as Enkel' Alas Liihottaa) (Compiled with 3 settings)

      Composer: Anonymous, Jean Sibelius, Heikki Klemetti

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Júlia Heéger, Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    10. On lapsonen syntynyt meille (A Child is Born Unto Us), JS 142

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    11. Aattoiltab (Christmas Eve)

      Composer: Matthew Whittall

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    12. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (Sung in Finnish as Enkeli Taivaan Lausui Näin) (Compiled with 5 settings)

      Composer: Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Praetorius, Hans Leo Hassler, Caspar Othmayr, Max Reger

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    13. Christmas Carol

      Composer: Einojuhani Rautavaara

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    14. Jouluhymni (Christmas Hymn)

      Composer: Ahti Sonninen

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    15. Organ Pastorale

      Composer: Arvi Karvonen

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

    16. 16 Songs for Children, Op. 54: No. 5. Legenda (Sung in Finnish as Jeesuslapsen Tarhassa)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek

    17. Maa on niin kaunis (The Earth is Beautiful)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Helsinki Chamber Choir

      Performer: Jan Lehtola

      Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek


Riemuitkaamme! is an imaginative and unconventional selection of choral music associated with Christmas as it is celebrated in Finland. Several of the pieces are by Finnish composers – Sibelius, Rautavaara and Madetoja, to name a few – while others have become part of the Christmas traditions of the country despite their international background. Among these Berlioz’ The Shepherds’ Farewell and Tchaikovsky’s Christ, when a Child… are quite late additions compared to the medieval hymns Puer natus in Bethlehem, Ecce novum gaudium and Angelus emittitur. All three of these were included in the collection Piae cantiones from 1582, the oldest Finnish music publication. Here, they are performed in settings by various composers from different countries and eras – forming a kind of soundtrack of Christmases past and present, distant and close. Contemporary music forms an important part of the activities of the Helsinki Chamber Choir and Nils Schweckendiek, and true to form, the team includes a world premiere recording in their celebrations: Aattoilta, by the Canadian-born composer Matthew Whittall.