| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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True & false unicorn : a tapestry of voices. Before the arras. The unicorn questions the nature of the chase ; The lion, reading ; Sigmund of Vienna ; The unicorn ; Horn and hounds. Entering the wilderness the unicorn is beset by voices ; Young Sagittarius ; A virgin, waiting ; The empress of Byzantium ; Queen Victoria ; His honor the mayor ; Big black Sambo ; Snare and delusion. In the heart of the desert the silence is pearcing ; The unicorn, wounded ; Mon seul désir. The unicorn reaches a temple in a clearing ; Sigmund of Vienna ; The lion ; The unicorn ; Tom fool ; The virgin's lullaby ; The unicorn (46:41) -- Canción nuestro tiempo = Song of our time. Fragmentos de agonía = Fragments of agony ; Meditación primera y ultima = First and last meditation ; Ciudad sin sueño (Nocturno del Sarajevo) = Sleepless city (Nocturno of Sarajevo) (14:49) -- Halavan himmeän alla = In the shade of the willow. Ikävyys = Melancholy ; Laulu oravasta = The squirrel ; Sydämeni laulu = Song of my heart (10:57) |
| Notes |
Choral music, with orchestra (1st work) and a cappella (2nd and 3rd works) |
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Texts by James Broughton (1st work), Frederico García Lorca (2nd work), and Aleksis Kivi (3rd work) |
| Performer |
Finnish Radio Chamber Choir; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (1st work); Timo Nuoranne, conductor; Mia Huhta, soprano (2nd work) |
| Event |
Recorded at the House of Culture, Helsinki, May 2002 (1st work), St John's Church, Helsinki, Oct. 2002 (remainder) |
| Notes |
Sung in English, Spanish or Finnish |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 -- Musical settings
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García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 -- Musical settings
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Kivi, Aleksis, 1834-1872 -- Musical settings
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Broughton, James, 1913-1999 |
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García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 |
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Kivi, Aleksis, 1834-1872 |
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Unicorns -- Songs and music
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
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Unicorns
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Streaming audio
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Music
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Musical settings
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Art music
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Songs and music
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Musical settings.
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Art music.
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Mises en musique.
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Musique savante.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Nuoranne, Timo.
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Huhta, Mia.
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Broughton, James, 1913-1999.
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García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.
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Kivi, Aleksis, 1834-1872.
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Rautavaara, Einojuhani, 1928-2016.
True & false unicorn
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Rautavaara, Einojuhani, 1928-2016.
Canción de nuestro tiempo
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Rautavaara, Einojuhani, 1928-2016.
Halavan himmeän alla
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Radion kamarikuoro (Finland)
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Radion sinfoniaorkesteri.
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