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Cover: Verbum - An Anthology of Choral Works – Kortekangas · Saariaho · Länsiö · Heiniö · Kyllönen

Verbum - An Anthology of Choral Works

Kortekangas · Saariaho · Länsiö · Heiniö · Kyllönen

Tapiola Chamber Choir
Eric-Olof Söderström, conductor

ODE 796-2 · CD · December 1992

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Track listing

15 tracks · 51:51

Tapani Länsiö

  1. Two Chorales, Op. 1 (1980) 2:39
  2. 1 I. 1:03
  3. 2 II. 1:31

Olli Kortekangas

  1. 3 Vihreä Madonna (The Green Madonna) (1975) 3:25
  2. 4 Paraabeli (Parable) (1983) 6:29
  3. 5 Verbum (1987) 8:16

Timo-Juhani Kyllönen

  1. Ciclo para coro mixto, Op. 5 (1984) 8:35
  2. 6 I. Fuga 2:54
  3. 7 II. Cancion del retorno 3:15
  4. 8 III. Alfarero 2:22

Kaija Saariaho

  1. Nej och inte (No and not) (1979) 3:15
  2. 9 I. 0:51
  3. 10 II. 1:03
  4. 11 III. 1:15
  5. 12 Suomenkielinen sekakuorkappale (Piece for mixed choir in Finnish) (1979) 10:30

Mikko Heiniö

  1. Three Folk Songs, Op. 28 (1977) 9:04
  2. 13 I. Tirlil 2:13
  3. 14 II. Kesäyönä 4:00
  4. 15 III. Pelimanni 2:44

About this recording

This CD features the Tapiola Chamber Choir, led by its former artistic director Eric-Olaf Söderström, with a cappella works of Finnish composers born between 1948 and 1955.

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish and the sung texts in the original language and in English

The artists

Tapiola Chamber Choir

The Tapiola Chamber Choir was founded in 1984 by former singers of the world-famous Tapiola Choir and consists of 35 members. It frequently appears with leading Finnish professional orchestras such as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, among others, and conductors like Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. The Choir also regularly gives a cappella concerts.

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Eric-Olof Söderström

Eric-Olof Söderström (b. 1957) graduated from the Sibelius Academy with diplomas in choral conducting (1985) and orchestral conducting (1988). He was chorus master for the Savonlinna Opera Festival from 1987-1991. After 1990 he conducted the Finnish Radio Chamber Choir for most of its concerts and recordings, and from 1992 to 1996 he acted as the choir's Artistic Director. In the 1995-96 season he was the visiting chorus master of the Finnish National Opera.

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