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Pacius – Hymn to Finland

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Catalogue numberBIS-1694 CD
Release date2009-03-25
Discs1
Orig. sample rate44100Hz
Total time60:30

Born in Hamburg 200 years ago, Fredrik Pacius studied with Ludwig Spohr in Kassel, before serving as a violinist in the orchestra of the Royal Opera in Stockholm. When he arrived in Helsinki in 1835 it was in order to take up the post of music lecturer at the city's university. By the time of his death, almost six decades in the service of the musical life of his new country had earned him the epithet ‘the father of Finnish music’. He composed the first Finnish opera – Kung Karls jakt – and other works for the stage include The Princess of Cyprus and Loreley, both of which are available on BIS. But what he is mainly remembered for today is Vårt land ('Our Land'), the national anthem of Finland, which he composed and conducted the first performance of in 1848. The choir at this occasion was Akademiska Sångföreningen (The Academic Male Voice Choir of Helsinki) which Pacius himself had founded in 1838. Some 160 years later the same choir performs the song here, together with other repertoire written or arranged for it by Pacius. The programme is made up of songs in Swedish (including some of the emblematic patriotic songs of the evolving nation, as well as works in a lighter vein), Finnish (mainly arrangements of folk-songs) and German – settings by Pacius of poems in his native language by writers such as Friedrich Rückert. Following the choirs traditions some of the songs are here performed by a more intimate ensemble, i.e. quartet or octet.
 
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  Composer: Pacius, Fredrik
01 Vårsång (På hoppets dag) 00:42 $ 0.15 USD
 
02 Studentsång 01:49 $ 0.38 USD
 
03 Sång för Nordiska ynglingar 00:58 $ 0.20 USD
 
04 Det var då 02:44 $ 0.57 USD
 
05 Philomele 01:59 $ 0.42 USD
 
06 Den sjuttonåriga (quartet) 01:33 $ 0.33 USD
 
07 Förgät mig ej (octet) 01:12 $ 0.25 USD
 
08 Till Jonas Perón 00:32 $ 0.11 USD
 
09 Hör, I Orphei drängar. Fredmans Epistel Nr.14 (octet) 01:32 $ 0.32 USD
 
10 Blåsen nu alla. Fredmans Epistel Nr.25 (octet) 01:28 $ 0.31 USD
 
11 Nå, ä’ nu alla församlade här? Fredmans Epistel Nr.13 01:47 $ 0.37 USD
 
12 Kreivin sylissä istunut 01:47 $ 0.37 USD
 
13 Folkvisa (Laulu kanteletta soittavalle tytölle) (quartet) 00:30 $ 0.11 USD
 
14 Turvaton (quartet) 00:55 $ 0.19 USD
 
15 Folkvisa (Rannalla itkijä) (quartet) 01:14 $ 0.26 USD
 
16 Verinen poika (Velisurmaaja) 01:45 $ 0.37 USD
 
17 Fantasi över ett finskt tema 02:03 $ 0.43 USD
 
18 Frühlingsglaube 01:25 $ 0.30 USD
 
19 Ich bin nun einmal so 00:57 $ 0.20 USD
 
20 Gespräche der Irrlichter 01:57 $ 0.41 USD
 
21 Der Jäger auf der Kirchweih (octet) 01:12 $ 0.25 USD
 
22 Wiegenlied (quartet) 01:08 $ 0.24 USD
 
23 Die Abendglocke auf dem Berge (quartet) 02:50 $ 0.60 USD
 
24 Lied an die schöne Müllerin 03:30 $ 0.74 USD
 
25 À la Mélancolie 02:45 $ 0.58 USD
 
26 Rheinweinlied 00:27 $ 0.09 USD
 
27 Schenkt ein! 01:05 $ 0.23 USD
 
28 Trinklied 01:08 $ 0.24 USD
 
29 Björneborgarnas marsch 03:33 $ 0.75 USD
 
30 Suomis sång 02:30 $ 0.53 USD
 
31 Finlands flagga 05:20 $ 1.12 USD
 
32 Hymn till Finland 01:20 $ 0.28 USD
 
33 Vårt land 01:37 $ 0.34 USD
 
  Album total 60:30
ComposerPacius, Fredrik
Male choirAkademiska Sångföreningen
ConductorWikström, Henrik
Vocal quartetAudio Quattro
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