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Kalevala Suite Overview Kalevala and Nature myths in Finnish Music – Part 3 Vesa Matteo Piludu Lecture 1 12.9.2011 University of Helsinki.

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1 Kalevala Suite Overview Kalevala and Nature myths in Finnish Music – Part 3 Vesa Matteo Piludu Lecture 1 12.9.2011 University of Helsinki

2 Akseli Gallén-Kallela Aino-taru triptyykki, 1889/91. Aino

3 Sibelius Op. 49 Pohjolan tytär - Pohjola's Daughter 1906 Ormandy Conducts Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 - Part ½ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtB0ZRKSnLs Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Conductor: Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985) Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra Ormandy Conducts Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 - Part 2/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT-0aKRANSs&feature=related Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Conductor: Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985) Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra

4 Sibelius Op. 22 Lemminkäinen (Four Legends) 1895 – 1900 – 1939 Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island, Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoYYjGhxHyU Sibelius: Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the Island, Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JdCYhLXalg&feature=related Erotic natural atmosphere, Nordic Don Juan

5 Sibelius: Lemminkäinen in Tuonela Sibelius: Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl1v-3wZQYM Sibelius: Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZThUPSCnp4&feature=related

6 Sibelius Tuonelan joutsen – The Swan of Tuonela http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-SJo2sOI_M

7 Tuonela

8 The mother of Lemminkäinen

9 Sibelius: Lemminkäinen's Return Sibelius: Lemminkainen's Return http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxsvU2fBJgA&feature=related

10 Gallen-Kallela: Sammon puolustus, 1896. The defence of the Sampo

11 Kullervon kirous, 1899. Kullervo’s fury

12 Carl Eneas Sjöstrand (1828-1906) Kullervon surma, 1858.

13 Jean Sibelius - Kullervo, op. 7 1892 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMJI EC_j840 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMJI EC_j840 Jean Sibelius - Kullervo, op. 7 III. Kullervo and His Sister Part 1 of 3 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen Marianne Rorholm, mezzo-soprano Peter Mattei, baritone Helsinki University Men's Chorus Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden January 1995 Chorus: CHORUS. Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, With the very bluest stockings, And with yellow hair the finest, And with shoes of finest leather, Went his way to pay the taxes, And he went to pay the land-dues. When he now had paid the taxes, And had also paid the land-dues, In his sledge he quickly bounded, And upon the sledge he mounted, And began to journey homeward, And to travel to his country.

14 Sampo - Films Sampo - based on the Finnish epic Kalevala http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVp4M12rmuE&feature=related The Sampo (1959) 1/6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW4C-UZyb6s&feature=related The Sampo (1959) 2/6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRgSlyCAGc&feature=related The Sampo (1959) 5/6: Lemminkäinen’s mother http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v_-r04wk5o&feature=related

15 Valkoinen peura / Den vita renen / The White Reindeer / Das Weisse Ren (1952) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPvAe_2sths Music by Eglund Einar Suite Cd Finlandia: a Festival of Finnish Music

16 Myth of North / Lapland Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus (1972) 1/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwVrJfNMsrg&feature=related Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus (1972) 1. The Bog Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Max Pommer

17 Myth of North / Lapland RinneRadio: Vedet From the album "Joik" (1992) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSERTXV6U5M&feature=related

18 Shamanistic myths Värttinä - Tauti (best quality) Värttinä - Tauti (best quality) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMk4jW0X0R0&feature=related

19 Aulis Sallinen: Rauta-Aika 1982 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSOShhKiI5k&translated=1 Rauta-aika 1982 The Age of Iron (The Wedding) Based on the Finnish epic Kalevala http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSOShhKiI5k Director : Kalle Holmberg Music : Aulis Sallinen Shamanic interpretation of Kalevala Pohjola as the land of Women, magic, darkness Contemporary music fused with ethnic and world music

20 Gjallarhorn - Suvetar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLTrKuK_Wg

21 HIM - The Funeral Of Hearts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMD1k16baVE&feature=related

22 Nightwish: Sleeping Sun Sleeping Sun (original version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Fyib7NZ8w&feature=related Sleeping Sun (2005 version) [HD 720p] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XopsFtdaLw&feature=related Evident national romanticism influence Epic and romantic musical stlyle ”Opera” gothic metal Finnish summer landscape (Norwegian-Nordic) Frozen landscape Scandinavian warlike mythology

23 Nightwish Nemo This is me for forever One of the lost ones The one without a name Without an honest heart as compass This is me for forever One without a name These lines the last endeavour To find the missing lifeline Oh how I wish For soothing rain All I wish is to dream again My loving heart Lost in the dark For hope I'd give my everything My flower Withered between The pages two and three The once and forever bloom gone with my sins Walk the dark path Sleep with angels Call the past for help Touch me with your love And reveal to me my true name http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=HDDA8PuvrIg&feature=rela ted http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=HDDA8PuvrIg&feature=rela ted Contrast light-darkness Tarja Turunen – Mistress of Pohjola Pop piano theme Mythological / Romantic / Decadent lyrics

24 Apocalyptica "Bittersweet" (official full length video) "Apocalyptica: The Life Burns Tour DVD” Ville Valo (HIM) and Lauri Ylönen (The Rasmus) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1ArEPKlu0


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