Instrumentation

chm, baryt, speaker

Category

Vocal and Choral Works

Language

Fi

Opus no.

op. 105

Lyricist

Old Finnish folk poems

Premiere

Pertti Saurola, baritone, Reijo Ollinen, reciter, Helsinki University Chorus (YL), cond. Matti Hyökki, London, October 25, 1985

Movements

1. Haltian nosto (To rise a guardian spirit), 2. Pakkanen (Frost), 3. Käärmeen luku (To tell of a snake), 4. Kiroista päästö (Deliverance from curses), 5. Raudan sanat (Iron spell), 6. Verensulku (To stop blood)

Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by the Suomen Mieskuoroliitto (Finnish Male Choir Association)

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