Ilona Korhonen & Timo Väänänen
Age-old Finnish folk music & folk tales
this event is part of
Topstuk Sibelius
chamber music
jazz / pop & rock / world music
Sun 13
Oct
2019
-14.30
| start | 14.30 |
| expected end time | 15.45 |
All prices include booking fees.
Where Sibelius and the Kalevala are rooted
Discover Sibelius’s runic roots. Rune singing is an age-old, mysterious Finnish tradition that blends song, storytelling and poetry. Sibelius’s music language thoroughly transformed after he met Larin Paraske, the expert at the time in this age-old tradition. Finnish vocalist Ilona Korhonen and kantele player Timo Väänänen bring the runes back to life for us. In between we hear excerpts from the Finnish national folk epic the Kalevala, an intriguing collection of hero stories.
programme
Traditional Finnish rune singing & excerpts from the Kalevala
performers
Ilona Korhonen: song
Timo Väänänen: kantele (traditional Finnish box zither)
Tim Taveirne: text
Sun 13
Oct
2019
-14.30
| start | 14.30 |
| expected end time | 15.45 |
All prices include booking fees.
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