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Cover: Jouluna Jumala syntyi. Tapiola Choir Christmas

Jouluna Jumala syntyi. Tapiola Choir Christmas

Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Tapiola Choir
Erkki Pohjola, conductor
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor

ODE 828-2 · CD · November 1994

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Track listing

16 tracks · 55:53

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Traditional

  1. 1 Maria, Herran piikanen (Mary, Handmaiden of the Lord) 1:49

Jorma Panula

  1. 2 Joulukranssi kuudella kielellä (Christmas Garland in Six Languages) 8:58

Traditional

  1. 3 God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (Jumalan haltuun, te kunnon herrat) 1:48

Adolphe Adam

  1. 4 O Holy Night (Oi, jouluyö) 3:43

Kalevi Olli

  1. 5 Antamisen ilo (The Joy of Giving) 2:54

Jorma Panula

  1. 6 Kulkuset-fantasia (Fantasy on Jingle Bells) 4:36
  2. 7 Tonttujen joulukuusi (Elves Around the Christmas Tree) 8:15

Pablo Casals

  1. 8 Nigra sum (I Am Black) 4:09

Claude Debussy

  1. 9 Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons (Christmas Carol for Homeless Children) 2:44

Traditional

  1. 10 Kuului laulu enkelten (Angels, from the Realms of Glory) 2:14
  2. 11 Go, Tell it on the Mountain (Vie vuorille tää viesti) 1:00
  3. 12 Joudu satakiel' (Hasten Nightingale) 3:24

Anonymous

  1. 13 Katso, ihme taivainen (Behold, A Miracle from Heaven) 1:20

Jean Sibelius

  1. 14 En etsi valtaa, loistoa (We Ask for Nothing Rich or Rare), Op. 1 3:25

Traditional

  1. 15 Maa on niin kaunis (The Earth is Beautiful) 3:44

Pekka Jalkanen

  1. 16 Jouluna Jumala syntyi (At Christmas, God Came on Earth) 1:50

Features

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

The artists

Jorma Hynninen

Baritone Jorma Hynninen is one of the most highly appreciated Finnish vocal artists of all time. His unprejudiced and profound approach to art has contributed not only to a renewal in the art of interpreting solo songs but also to the creation of a number of new contemporary operas. In Lied, he has concentrated on the song cycles of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf and the solo songs of Sibelius, Oskar Merikanto, Toivo Kuula and Yrjö Kilpinen. He has appeared at innumerable distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall and the festivals at Tanglewood, Ravinia and Salzburg.

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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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