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Viljanen, Iiris - En finsk jul LP

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Viljanen, Iiris - En finsk jul LP
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7350071451311
Manufacturer's code
27.11.2020
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LP
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The piano virtuoso from Finland releases a Christmas album entitled 'En finsk jul' (A Finnish Christmas). A moving and ethereal album that combines soft jazz reminiscent of Keith Jarrett and Shai Maestro, traditional Finnish Christmas songs, and newly written material with Viljanens renowned literary and melancholic lyrics (in Swedish). This is Viljanens fourth solo album, following the critically acclaimed Den lilla havsfrun which was released in May.

Iiris Viljanen is a pianist, singer and rapper from Finland, now living in Stockholm, Sweden.

During the pandemic she hasn’t been able to visit her home country and probably it won’t be possible for Christmas either. That’s why she came up with the idea to produce her own Finnish Christmas album. With mostly own compositions but also some melancholic classic Finnish Christmas songs, in modern arrangements.

It’s an innovative album where the lyrics don’t tell about Santa Claus, elfs or sleigh rides in the snow. Instead the lyrical themes match Christmas 2020: the missing snow because of climate change, and difficulties to travel to relatives because of the pandemic.
Vocal and instrumental music including all holiday emotions: nostalgia, sentimentality, loss, calm, anxiety, peacefulness and also a lot of hope.

The lyrics are in Swedish and Finnish. The listeners will discover the beautiful sound of the Finnish language, with its many syllables and long words.

A1. Snövit
A2. Winter Is Coming
A3. Brevväxlingar
A4. Arkihuolesi kaikki heitä / Vardagssorgerna, glöm dem alla
A5. Maa on niin kaunis / Härlig är jorden
A6. Minneslund

B1. Polska från Korsholm
B2. On hanget korkeat, nietokset
B3. Improvisation i Ab-dur
B4. Joulupuu on rakennettu
B5. Glasfåglarna
B6. Jägarens visa
B7. Lahja

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