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Sininen ja Valkoinen -

A Selection of Finnish Songs

Tapiola Choir
Erkki Pohjola, conductor
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jorma Panula, conductor

ODE 785-2 · CD · May 1992

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Track listing

22 tracks · 48:47

Fredrik Pacius

  1. 1 Mamme (Our Land) 1:46

Taneli Kuusisto

  1. 2 Suomalainen rukous (Finnish Prayer) 2:12

Yrjö Kilpinen

  1. 3 Lippulaulu (Song of the Flag) 1:47

Jean Sibelius

  1. 4 Soi kunniaksi Luojan (Hymn in Praise of the Lord) 2:40

Oskar Merikanto

  1. 5 Nälkämaan laulu (Song of the Wanting Land) 3:00

Traditional

  1. 6 Kansalaislaulu (Song of the Nation) 1:43
  2. 7 Kotimaani ompi Suomi (This Land, My Land,Finland) 1:58

P.J. Hannikainen

  1. 8 Suojelusenkeli (Guardian Angel) 1:55

Juhana Ennola

  1. 9 Suomen Salossa (On Finnish Mosses) 1:58

Jean Sibelius

  1. 10 Tuule, tuuli lempeämmin (Blow Softer Now, Breeze) 3:48

Traditional

  1. 11 Jo Karjalan kunnailla (The Hills of Karelia) 2:17
  2. 12 Minun kultani kaunis on (Ah, How Fair My Sweetheart Is) 1:45

Oskar Merikanto

  1. 13 Lemminkäisen äiti (Lemminkäinen's Mother) 1:49

Traditional

  1. 14 Soittajapaimen (The Piper Shepherd) !:33
  2. 15 Lampaanpolska (The Merry Sheep's Reel) 3:23

Heikki Klemetti

  1. 16 Metsän laulajaiset (Feast of Woodland Song) 1:50

Traditional

  1. 17 Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen (The Sky is Blue) 2:06
  2. 18 Täällä pohjantähden alla (Here Beneath a Northern Star) 1:47
  3. 19 Arvon mekin ansaitsemme (Song of Praise) 3:37
  4. 20 Minä olen Härmän Kankaanpäästä (From Kankaanpää in Härmä am I) 2:07

Jorma Panula

  1. 21 Takapihan Gibraltar (Backyard Gibraltar) 2:36

Traditional

  1. 22 Orvon Huokaus (An Orphan's Sigh) 2:43

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish and the song lyrics in the original language and in English

The artists

Tapiola Choir

The Tapiola Choir is one of the world's leading children's choirs and consists of 70 young musicians aged 9 to 18, all of whom also play at least one musical instrument in addition to singing. Erkki Pohjola founded the Tapiola Choir in Espoo in 1963. After meeting Zoltan Kodály and Carl Orff in 1964, he adapted their ideas into a free-form education method with a chamber-music approach, building on the innate creativity and musical talents of children. He continued to pursue this new music education ideal as conductor of the Tapiola Choir for over three decades. During that time, the Choir evolved from a run-of-the-mill school choir into one of the most acclaimed vocal instruments of our time. International critics called its unique sound the ‘Tapiola Sound'. Kari Ala-Pöllänen continued the work of Erkki Pohjola from 1994 to 2008, until he was succeeded by Pasi Hyökki, one of the Choir's own alumni.

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Erkki Pohjola

Professor Erkki Pohjola (b. 1931) is one of the leading personalities of Finnish music education, a groundbreaking choral conductor and a pioneering figure in the international children's and youth choir movement.

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Tapiola Sinfonietta

The Tapiola Sinfonietta has established itself as Finland’s premier chamber orchestra. Founded as the Espoo City Orchestra in 1987, it currently has 44 members. The orchestra is known for its adventurous repertoire planning and has been widely acclaimed for nuanced performances across a wide range of eras and styles.

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