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Cover: Maan korvessa kulkevi lapsosen tie – (Sacred Songs)

Maan korvessa kulkevi lapsosen tie

(Sacred Songs)

Tapiola Choir
Kari Ala-Pöllänen, conductor

ODE 902-2 · CD · October 1997

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Track listing

23 tracks · 53:47

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Pekka Juhani Hannikainen

  1. 1 Suojelusenkeli (Maan korvessa kulkevi lapsosen tie) (Guardian Angel) 1:48

Moses Putro

  1. 2 Rukous (Prayer) 1:42

Hjalmar Backman

  1. 3 Sunnuntaiaamuna (On Sunday Morning) 2:24

Ilmari Hannikainen

  1. 4 Aamulaulu (Morning Song) 2:02

Sofie Lithenius

  1. 5 Iltarukous (Evening Prayer) 2:06

Traditional

  1. 6 Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Here Beneath a Northern Star) 2:40
  2. 7 Pikkulinnun ylistys (Little Bird's Adoration) 0:50

Pekka Juhani Hannikainen

  1. 8 Pyhäaamun rauha (The Peace of Sunday Morning) 2:59

Taneli Kuusisto

  1. 9 Suomalainen rukous (A Finnish Prayer), Op. 27/2 2:23

Elma Finne

  1. 10 Sången om Kristus (Song About Christ) 4:03

Traditional

  1. 11 Mua siipeis suojaan kätke (Hide Me Under Your Wing) 1:51

Anonymous

  1. 12 571 Jo joutui armas aika (Suvivirsi / Summer hymn) 2:44

Toivo Kuula

  1. 13 On Herran templiin tulla (Going to the Lord's Temple) 2:25

Oskar Merikanto

  1. 14 Oi kiitos, sa Luojani armollinen (Thank You, Gracious Lord) 2:39

Mikael Nyberg

  1. 15 Mä olen niin pienoinen (So Small Am I) 2:00

Kreeta Haapasalo

  1. 16 Kanteleeni (My Kantele) 2:56

C. Gross

  1. 17 Kellot kaikuu (The Bells Are Ringing) 3:57

Ilmari Krohn

  1. 18 Aamurukous (Morning Prayer) 2:03

Mikael Nyberg

  1. 19 Paimenpoika (The Shepherd Boy) 2:34

C.E. Sjögren

  1. 20 Tähtilaulu (Star Song) 1:32

Jonas Andersson

  1. 21 Oi katsele lintua (O, Look at the Bird) 1:56

Traditional

  1. 22 Iltalaulu (Evening Song) 1:38

Oskar Merikanto

  1. 23 341a Kiitos Sulle Jumalani (Thank You, My God) 2:35

Features

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

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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Kari Ala-Pöllänen

Like Erkki Pohjola, his predecessor as Conductor and Music Director of the Tapiola Choir, Kari Ala-Pöllänen is a school teacher by training. But he is also a multitalented musician who plays several instruments. He has worked as an orchestral musician and in the fields of folk music and jazz. He has conducted, sung in vocal groups, taught and written text books for schools. To add to all this, he has acted as Artistic Director of international choral festivals, been a juror for choral competitions and been active in training choral directors and singers.

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