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Konsta´s complete works in 16 seconds (Konsta Jylhä, arr. Antti Huntus & Ville Kangas) and Schottische in D minor (Konsta Jylhä, arr.Roope Aarnio/FBB)
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- country:Finland
- style(s):Folk, Contemporary
- label:SibaRecords
- type:Big Band
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal, percussion, string, woodwind, guitar
- artist posted by:Siba Folk Big Band
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Finnish folk orchestra of 40 musicians with fiddles, kanteles, accordeons, harmoniums, guitars, percussions, winds and vocals. More is more!
The strength of the Sibelius Academy Folk Big Band rises from the collective creativity of close to fifty folk musicians. The sound of the orchestra is really special in these altitudes. The instrumentation contains fiddles, kanteles, accordions, guitars, wind instruments, harmoniums and singing. In addition, archaic instruments like bowed lyre (jouhikko), Jews harp (munniharppu) and Mnkeri (old clarinet instrument) bring their own nuance to the clang. All the instruments get their own moment to shine in the multifaceted program, but the festival starts when the whole big band sings and plays. The orchestra was found and started in guidance of Petri Prauda in 2010 as part of the operation of folk music department of Sibelius-Academy. Folk Big Band got the title band of the year in Kaustinen Folk Music Festival 2012.
Each member is a player, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, soloist and ensemble musician as well as a skilled improviser! The orchestra performs without using a conductor or sheet music, with all the members communicating together in each given situation in a dynamic, rhythmic and expressive way, through improvisation and focus.
The repertoire of Folk Big Band consists of traditional dance melodies and songs, teachers and students contemporary compositions and arrangements, and the ordered compositions. There are straightforward polskas, waltzes and schottisches played with irresistible going, which take you to dance. Besides, more atmospheric and meander tunes are represented by the various sparkling contemporary folk music compositions. The arrangements are also done together; often instrument groups make their own interpretation of their harmonies.
Despite our careful research of historical singing and playing styles, we see folk music as something that lives strongly in the present. It doesnt belong in museums; we live with it every single day. The Folk Big Band is a part of a 10,000-year continuum, and the only way to continue is to keep creating new folk music. The end result is something unprecedented, powerful and contagious it glows with pride for our own musical traditions! Sometimes more is more!
