Kultakausi - The Golden Age

Published in 2008.

Kultakausi - The Golden Age is an artistic work combining both male choir music and paintings from the golden age of Finnish arts. It shows the golden age of arts as a catalyst in the awakening the Finnish national identity.

On the CD, the Polytech Choir sings the best male choir works from the renowned composers Sibelius, Kuula, Madetoja and Palmgren. The art book included with the CD exhibits paintings of the Golden Age from the collection of Merita Art Foundation. The writers of the art book, Susanna Pettersson and Kimmo Korhonen, are experts of arts and music history.

Futher information about the album and its contents (e.g. sample pages) is available at kultakausi.fi (in Finnish).

Order your copy immediately from the Polytech Choir Record Store online!

The CD is also sold at well-stocked record stores.

Contents

1. Jean Sibelius: Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island)
2. Sortunut ääni (The Broken Voice)
3. Sydämeni laulu (The Song of My Heart)
4. Finlandia-hymni (Finlandia Hymn)
5. Rakastava (The Lover)
6. Terve kuu (Hail, Moon)
7. Humoreski (Humoresque)
8. Toivo Kuula: Kullervon laulu (Kullervo’s Song)
9. Virta venhettä vie (Drifting on the Stream)
10. Ne tulevat taas (They’ll Be Coming Again)
11. Syksy (Autumn)
12. Leevi Madetoja: Valkeat kaupungit (White Cities)
13. Talvinen Tiber (The Tiber in Winter)
14. Hämärän ääniä (Dusk)
15. Soita somer, helkä hiekka... (Ring, O Gravel, Sing, O Sand...)
16. Selim Palmgren: Juninatt (June Night)
17. Nokturn (Nocturne)
18. Marjatan laulu (Marjatta’s Song)
19. Muut kuuli kirkonkellon (Others Heard the Church Bell)
20. Venehessä (In a Boat)