SATB choir, reciter,
mezzo-soprano voice
SKU:
FG.042-07953-9
Composed by Erik Valdemar
Bergman. Published by
Fennica Gehrman
(FG.042-07953-9).
ISBN
979-0-042-07953-9.
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 Lemminkainen
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.
