LÅTAR Swedish folk tunes
Swedish folk music with Johan Hedin, nyckelharpa, and Gunnar Idenstam, pipe organ
Caprice Records CAP 21733
Released in 2004
LÅTAR
Swedish folk tunes
Swedish folk music with Johan Hedin, nyckelharpa, and Gunnar Idenstam, pipe
organ
Caprice Records CAP 21733
Released in 2004
Welcome to our world of folk music!
Folk tunes - the pacing, decorations and phrasings - there is much in common
between Swedish folk music and the baroque. Many of the Swedish polskas were
written at the same time as the aristocratic music that we today call baroque,
and who knows? Perhaps Swedish players heard the German, French and Italian
musicians who were active in Sweden at that time?
Here you'll find polskas and other dances in the late-baroque style of the 18th century, a waltz seasoned with a touch of Spanish renaissance, bass lines, comp and riff that we feel bear close resemblance to rock, reggae, mediaeval and gospel.
There's also an anonymous dance from Italy and several new compositions of
our own. We think that the different pieces are deeply enriched by each other's
presence. The tunes and their structures go well with one another, side by side
or interwoven into a simultaneous tapestry, either by virtue of their mutual
contrasts or because they sound good together. The organ's character of a folk
band throws the polyphony, both visibly and audibly, into sharp relief against
itself. Drone bass pipes, cool bass lines, warbling flutes and penetrating trumpets
lead the nyckelharpa in a wild polska, a dance that reels amongst the more shadowy
nooks of the church and through the arches and up out of the
steeple windows ...
We hope you enjoy the ride
Gunnar Idenstam & Johan Hedin
The CD LÅTAR Swedish Folk Tunes can be ordered
onwww.cdon.com
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