Ensemble Ambrosius is a Finnish chamber music

Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...

 group that plays on baroque

Baroque

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 instruments. It originated in 1995 when three music students performed music of Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

 at a school concert. They added a fourth member and began touring in 1997, adding original music to their repertoire. They have since increased to eight members and have produced two albums, The Zappa Album, and Metrix, the latter being original compositions blending classical, jazz

Jazz

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, and rock

Rock and roll

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Current set-up

• Olli Virtaperko (cello),
• Ere Lievonen (harpsichord),
• Eira Karlson (violin),
• Eija Kankaanranta (kantele)
• Susanne Kujala (organ)
• Veli Kujala (accordion)
• Joni Leino (drums)

Past members

• Jonte Knif (keyboards etc.)
• Matti Vanhamäki (baroque violin)
• Anni Haapaniemi (baroque oboe)
• Jani Sunnarborg (baroque bassoon)
• Tuukka Terho (archlute)
• Ricardo Padilla (percussion)
• Jasu Moisio (baroque oboe, 1995-2000)

The Zappa Album

(Bis Records BIS-NL-CD-5013, © 2000)

1. Night School
2. Sofa
3. Black Page #2
   The Black Page
   "The Black Page" is a piece by American composer Frank Zappa known for being extraordinarily difficult to play. Originally written for the drum kit and melodic percussion, the piece was later rearranged in several versions, including a disco and a so-called New Age version.Drummer Terry Bozzio said...
   
   
4. Uncle Meat
5. Igor's Boogie
6. Zoot Allures
7. Big Swifty
8. T'mershi Duween
9. Alien Orifice
10. The Idiot Bastard Son
11. Rdnzl
12. The Orange County Lumber Truck
13. Echidna's Arf (Of You)
14. Inca Roads
15. G-Spot Tornado

Metrix

(Ambrosius Entertainment AMBRACD 002, © 2002)

1. Wällkommen II ( Virtaperko & Knif )
2. Pienet sienet ( Knif )
3. John ( Virtaperko )
4. USO ( Knif )
5. Momentum ( Ensemble Ambrosius )
6. Metrix ( Virtaperko )
7. Laiska Anni ( Virtaperko )
8. Hymni ( Virtaperko )