Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra & Juha Kangas - Wiljami Niittykoski: Works for String Orchestra (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 62:28 minutes | 1,13 GB
Classical | Label: Alba Records, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 62:28 minutes | 1,13 GB
Classical | Label: Alba Records, Official Digital Download
Composer, poet and folk fiddler, Wiljami Niittykoski (1895–1985) came from the Kaustinen village of Salonkylä in Western Finland, a region renowned for its lively folk music tradition. With the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival first held in the 1960s and the new folk music era he came to be an artist famous and popular the length and breadth of Finland. As a young man, he initially made a living as a joiner, then by tending the farm hacked out of the wilds by his parents where he spent his whole long life.