STRAND...RAND
Folk Chorales and Songs
from the West Coast of Estonia
1.
Prologue
2. "Ensamt" / "Alone"
3. Beställ omditt hus
4. Kes Jumalat nii laseb teha?
5. Ack mitt skepp
6. Mig dagen flyr
7. Världens frälsare komhär
8. See jõulupäev
9. En stjärna gick på himlen fram
10. Ett bröllop uti Kanan stod
11. Kas sureb nii mukõige armsam elu?
12. 10 jungfrur
13. I himmelen / Neil kõrgustel
14. "Tvåsamt" / "Together"
15. A boija båne
16. Epilogue / Thanks, Ormsö!
1, 3, 5,
6, 9, 11, 13, 14 are recorded in
St.
Olaf´s Church, Ormsö/Vormsi, Estonia,
7, 10, 15, 16 in Norderön Church, Sweden,
2, 4, 8, 12 in ARM Music Studio, Tallinn
Soundengineer Arvo Urb
Cover photo Tõnu Tormis
Design
Margus Tõnnov
Sofia
Joons
song, bowed harp, fiddle
Emma
Härdelin song
Meelika Hainsoo song, bowed harp, zither
Toivo Sõmer zither
Janne Strömstedt harmonium
Two folk singers,
Emma Härdelin from Sweden and Meelika Hainsoo from Estonia, are very
dear to me, and so are the sounds of Toivo Sõmer´s zither
and Janne Strömstedt´s harmonium. We made "Strand…Rand"
together.
The way folk chorales were once sung on the west coast of Estonia, the
area of Estonian Swedish culture, has become meaningful to me. The songs
both overcome and contain the borders between Sweden and Estonia, home
and church, heaven and earth.
Sofia Joons
autumn 2001
More
about Estonian Swedish culture: www.aiboland.ee
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2001 Johanson & Vennad / Sofia Joons
(C) 2001 Johanson & Vennad
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Johanson & Vennad
Ltd., Vene 14, 10123, Tallinn, Estonia,
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