Description
Title: Saami Requiem
Artist: Ola Stinnerbom
Label: Toccata
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5060640070172
Genre: Classical, Classical Crossover
Release Date: 2022-03-18
Number of Discs: 1
A Saami Requiem is an extraordinary meeting-place of musical cultures – western classical, Saami yoik, folk-dance, electric rock, blues, improv and more. It takes the form of a journey to Saajva, the Kingdom of Death in Saami religious practice. In this death Mass the Swedish organist Gunnar Idenstam and Saami artist Ola Stinnerbom provide a parallel to the Christian Requiem, with Ola Stinnerbom as noite, the shaman who acts as guide to the Kingdom of Death – and back to this life, celebrated in the uplifting closing hymn. Some of the percussion sounds are sampled from traditional Saami drums made by Ola Stinnerbom after ancient models; the electric guitars provide a link to rock groups like Deep Purple, and Gunnar Idenstam”s unmistakable style marries the French organ tradition with the captivating world of Swedish folk-music.
Tracks:
1.1 Entrée
1.2 Requiem Aeternam
1.3 Misterioso
1.4 Blues Yoik in C
1.5 Pols Yoik
1.6 Saaiva: The Door to the Kingdom of Death
1.7 Mirrored Chorale
1.8 Percussion Meditation
1.9 Adagio
1.10 Jaamie Ahkka”s Death Yoik
1.11 Return Voyage
1.12 Back in This World
1.13 Blues Yoik in E
1.14 Epilogue and Hymn (‘Transports De Joie”)
