Finnished Business #1139
…performances by and conversation with the vigorous virtuoso from Finland, Kalevi Kiviniemi.
Hour 1
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble-bee (1938 Kangasala/Cathedral, Lapua, Finland) Art Inn CD-107
LÉON BOËLLMANN: Allegro Vivace, from Les heures mystiques (1954 Kangasala/Kangasniemi Kirkko, Finland) Art Inn CD-107
JEAN SIBELIUS: Elegie, Opus 27, number 1 –Jussi Peltonen, cello (1989 Kangasala/Leppävirta Church, Finland) Fine 105
JEAN SIBELIUS: Intrada, Opus 111, number 1, published version (1938 Kangasala/Cathedral, Lapua, Finland) Art Inn CD-102
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Danses Sacree et Profane –Kirsi Kiviharju, harp (1993 Paschen/Kerava Church, Kerava, Finland) Forsius 001
VITTORIO MONTI: Czardas. OSKAR MERIKANTO: Valse lente (1927 Wurlitzer/Place de la Musique, Sanfilippo Residence, Barrington, IL) Fuga 9217
KALEVI KIVINIEMI: Visions (1952 Weigl; 1975 Berner/St. Matthew Church, Stuttgart, Germany) Lahti Organ Festival 105
Filler –RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble-bee (see above)
Hour 2
JEAN LANGLAIS: Chant de Joie. ANTON RUBINSTEIN: Reve Angélique, Opus 10, number 22 (1938 Kangasala/Cathedral, Lapua, Finland) Fuga 9163 & Fuga 9164
KALEVI KIVINIEMI: Improvisation on a Tagalog Folk Song, Pagpitas ng Bulaklak. GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: Sonata in C. (1824 Cera Bamboo organ/Parish Church, Las Piñas, Philippines) Fuga 9161
JEAN SIBELIUS: Selected Songs –Jorma Hynninen, baritone; Laura Hynninen, harp; Kalevi Kiviniemi (1989 Kangasala/Leppävirta Church, Finland) tracks 2, 11, 1 & 17 from Fuga-9264
FRITZ SPINDLER: Schmetterling, Opus 66, number 2 (1929 Hall, Norman & Beard; 2000 Schantz/Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia) Fuga 9196
HENRI NIBELLE: Toccata (1890 Cavaillé-Coll/Église Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France) Fuga 9282
OSKAR MERIKANTO: Passacaglia in f# (1960 Kangasala/Lakeuden Risti Church, Seinäjoki, Finland) Fuga 9285
Filler –JEAN SIBELIUS: Elegie (see above)
Kalevi Kiviniemi travels the world, performing more than 100 concerts annually. He has made dozens of recordings on instruments at home and as far-flung as Australia and the Philippines, some excerpts from which can be found on his YouTube Channel.
While checking out the various links related to this program keep in mind that the Finnish term for organ is urut, and the Finnish words for organ specificiation would be urut dispositio.
The history of organ-building in Finland dates back more than 500 years. You can also view a collection of Finnish church and pipe organ pictures.
