Lemminkäinen — SATB/recit/mezzo-soprano
Bergman, ErikProduct information
Title: | Lemminkäinen — SATB/recit/mezzo-soprano | ||
Authors: | Bergman, Erik (Composer) | ||
Product number: | 9790042079539 | ||
Product form: | Sheet music | ||
Availability: | Delivery in 7-16 days | ||
Price: | 18,50 € (16,82 € vat 0 %) | ||
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Further information
Publisher: | Fennica Gehrman |
Edition: | 0 |
Language: | many languages, English, Finnish |
Product family: | Choral works Mixed choir |
Finnish library classification: | 78.3411 Sekakuorot |
Description
Erik Bergman composed this work in 1984. It draws its text from two episodes in the Kalevala. In the music Bergman creates tension with a speech chorus, an element he first introduced in the Finnish choral music. The parts of Lemminkäinen and his mother are taken by the baritone and mezzo-soprano soloists and the narration is primarily entrusted to the speaker. The musical language is a blend of the primitive and the sophisticated. The climax of the work is the battle scene, entertaining in its ingenuity and artistry.