Sinikka Sokka · Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra · Leopold Mozart · Pekka Jalkanen
2009 · ABCD 280
Toy Nightingale
Central Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra
Lauri Pulakka conductor
Sinikka Sokka song & narrator
Children's songs by the whole orchestra
On the new CD for children of the Central Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra, LeikkikaluSatakieli, you can hear old and familiar children's songs as new orchestral arrangements by Lauri Pulaka. The people of Keskipohja play all the tracks on the album, Sinikka Sokka sings the new arrangements of Hämähäki, Täti Monika and Magdalena and narrates the song composed by Pekka Jalkanen, H.C. The musical fairy tale Nightingale based on Andersen's story.
The instrumental versions include Sisääntuloskermä (including the songs Elephant March, Five little ducks, Tomorrow we go to Korkeasaari, Pienen pieni veturi, Leipuri Hiiva), Piippola vaari, Leopold Mozart's Toy Symphony, Pienet sievet (the string arrangement includes the songs Pienen piene veturi, Pienet sakotom, Pikkku Kakkonen posti and Pieni pejjooni), Pippi Longstocking and Claude Debussy's Pieni paien and Ragdoll dance
The Nightingale is a work composed for a narrator and chamber orchestra, where the story of the nightingale is told by both the narrator and the music. The composer himself says the following about his work: "All the people and events have their own tonality. The real nightingale is a flute, the artificial nightingale a synthesizer, the old Chinese emperor is a slightly shrill cello and the arrogant courtier Tsing Pei is a double bass played on the keyboard. In addition, the little kitchen maid, the courtier who is afraid of being knocked in the stomach, cows, frogs, ghosts and death also have their own his music."
Barnaglatt klassiskt
För den som vill köra in också ett klassiskt idiom för sina barn kan Lauri Pulakkas och Mellersta Österbottens kammarorkesters skiva LeikkikaluSatakieli vara ett alternativ. Arrangemangen av barnsångsklassiker som Imse vimse spindel och Pippi Långstrump är finurliga. I en del sånger hör vi en idealiskt moderlig och musikalisk Sinikka Sokka. Hon agerar också berättare (på finska) i Andersens saga Näktergalen, tonsatt av Pekka Jalkanen. Kunde fungera utmärkt som språkbad i en finlandssvensk familj!
Lena von
Lena von Bonsdorff / HBL
”Keski-Pohjanmaan Kamariorkesterin levystä kuvastuu lastenmusiikin ajallinen ja tyylillinen laaja-alaisuus … Lastenlauluihin on koottu sukupolvilta toisille siirtyneitä klassikoita, joiden tulkkina, kuten sadun kertojana, Sinikka Sokka on yksiselitteisen esikuvallinen. Kaikkiaan viime vuosien parhaimpia lastenlevyjä.”
Antti
Rondo · Antti Häyrynen
This is a disc of Finnish music for children, in orchestral arrangements
made by Lauri Pulakka. There is a distinct charm to the music,
and the arrangements
are imaginative and appealing. Some of the melodies are familiar to us, such
as Incy wincy spider and Old macdonald.
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