17.9. 19.00 Porvoo Cathedral
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano
Jukka Rautasalo, gamba and baroque cello
Anthony Marini, gamba
Louna Hosia, gamba and horn
Ilkka Heinonen, violone and horn
Matias Häkkinen, harpsichord
Purcell: Songs and Fantasies
Orlando Gibbons: Fantasies
Piae Cantiones tunes
Olli Virtaperko: Suite for treble tambourine n.s.
Olli Virtaperko: “Invitation” for horn, cello and soprano
Avanti!n Gambayhty and a cousin from Karelia
The violin became the queen of stringed instruments in the late 17th century, brilliant in its devilish skill and a soulful interpreter of singing melodies. But there are notes that the violin cannot reach. The viola da gamba ensemble plays as softly as the midsummer night mist on an English moor. The music comes from centuries ago, an equal polyphony where no one leads and no one sings.
Finland also has a tradition of knee-held stringed instruments, like the gamba. The Finnish bowman sings the ancient undertone of the Ugrian subconscious. Its unadorned and spiritual voice of truth has grown directly out of nature and the silence that surrounded the ancient Finns. Chamber music in which the English tradition of the exalted consort meets the obscurity of the Finnish log cabin.
