Reflections/Muistelmia
Finnish and Finnish-American Dance Tunes
Performed by Finn Hall

1. Kultainen nuoruus	Kullervo Linna	waltz	[3:02]
2. Kesän tullessa (At Summer’s Arrival)	Konsta Jylhä	waltz	[3:24
3. Sellainen ol’ Viipuri	Ralph Benatsky	humppa	[3:43]
4. Väliaikainen (Transient)	Matti Jurva; lyrics Tatu Pekkarinen	schottische	[2:44]
5. Unelma valssi (The Dream Waltz)	William Syrjälä		[3:30]
6. Murheesi suista/Värvindar Friska      (Fresh Spring Winds)	Traditional Finnish lyrics Martti Korpilahti Swedish lyrics Julia Nyberg		[3:31]
7. Kauhavan polkka	Composr Unknown		[2:23]
8. Satumaa (Fairyland)	Unto Mononen	tango	[4:13]
9. Karjalan Katjuusa	Matvei Blanter		[2:46]
10. Vapaa Venäjä (Free Russia)	Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin lyrics, author unknown		[3:17]
11. Ullan masurkka (Ulla’s Masuka)	Konsta Jylhä; lyrics Paul Holm		[3:10]
12. Lännen lokari (The Western Logger)	Hiski Salomaa	schottische	[3:11]
13. Suomen lempein lintu       (Finland’s Favorite Bird)	Traditional	schottische	[2:30]
14. Tiskarin polkka       (The Dishwasher’s Polka)	Hiski Salomaa		[2:24]
15. Täysikuu (Full Moon)	Pedro de Punta (Toivu Kärki)	tango	[3:15]
16. Koskisen Sakarin valssi       (Zachary Koskinen’s Waltz)	Traditional		[2:45]
17. Moskovan valot (The Lights of Moscow)	T. Hrennikov Finnish lyrics Pauli Salonen	foxtrot	[3:32]
18. Kulkurin valssi (The Vagabond Waltz)	Traditional; lyrics J. Alfred Tanner		[4:15]

Recorded by Steve Wiese and Steve Peterson at Creation Audio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April-May 2002.
Additional Recording by Jerry Kippola at North Star Studio, Marquette, Michigan.
Mixed by Steve Wiese and Finn Hall.

CD Cover Design - Thong Nguyen

Funding for this project was provided by The Finlandia Foundation.

 

Finn Hall, also known as “the Minnesota Pelimannit,” performs a diverse range of traditional Finnish and Finnish-American dance music, including both original folk tunes and styles popularized in the 50’s and 60’s. In addition to appearing in the upper Midwest, the band has appeared nationally and internationally at ethnic festivals and events. They have accompanied the Twin Cities Finnish folkdance group Kisarit. Their joyful work is also featured on the video The Old Finn Hall Variety Show, Parts I & II, which was recorded in 1997, and they can be found on several tracks of the CD A Finnish American Christmas, produced in 1998 by Koivun Kaiku. Finn Hall’s first full-length CD, Reflections/Muistelmia, was released in 2002. The band is fervently dedicated to carrying into the 21st century the spirited music played in the Finn Halls so central to social life in most Finnish-American communities from the late 1800s through the 1950s.

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