Sanat
Encyclopedia
Sanat is the third album of Finnish
a cappella
ensemble Rajaton
, released in 2002. The word sanat means "words" in Finnish, and "heals" in Latin. The album consists of sacred
Christian songs and features music in Finnish
, Latin, English
, and Medieval Irish.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
ensemble Rajaton
Rajaton
Rajaton is a Finnish a cappella ensemble, founded in Helsinki in 1997. The Finnish word rajaton means "boundless", to indicate the breadth of their repertoire, from sacred classical to near Europop...
, released in 2002. The word sanat means "words" in Finnish, and "heals" in Latin. The album consists of sacred
Religious music
Religious music is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.A lot of music has been composed to complement religion, and many composers have derived inspiration from their own religion. Many forms of traditional music have been adapted to fit religions'...
Christian songs and features music in Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
, Latin, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and Medieval Irish.
Tracks
Title (Composer / Lyricist)- 1. Aurinkolaulu (Anna-Mari Kähärä / Mika Waltari)
- 2. Were You There? (trad., arr. Mia Makaroff)
- 3. Benedic anima mea Domino (Jaakko Mäntyjärvi / Psalm 102:1-5, 20-22)
- 4. Stabat Mater (Kaj ChydeniusKaj ChydeniusKaj Chydenius is a Finnish composer probably best known for his left-wing political songs interpreted by various artists. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki School of Economics, starting his career with avant-garde music, happening, instrumental theatre...
/ Jacopone Da Todi, Aale Tynni) - 5. Vain taivasta kukkaset katsovat (Jussi Chydenius / Aale Tynni)
- 6. Kaikki maat, te riemuitkaatte (Mia Makaroff / Johann Franck)
- 7. Iltavirsi (Armas Maasalo, Heikki Klemetti / Hilija Haahti, arr. Jarmo Saari)
- 8. Tórramat Do Nóebaengil (Jaakko Mäntyjärvi / anon. Irish, 12th century)
- 9. Nearer, My God, To Thee (Jussi ChydeniusJussi ChydeniusJussi Chydenius is a Finnish musician and composer. He is best known for singing bass in the vocal ensemble Rajaton.He is the son of composer Kaj Chydenius and director Kaisa Korhonen. His brother is music producer Kalle Chydenius. He played drums for the rock band Don Huonot from 1989–2001 and...
/ Sarah Flower Adams) - 10. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? (trad., arr. Mia Makaroff)
- 11. Weary In Well-Doing (Anna-Mari Kähärä / Christina RossettiChristina RossettiChristina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems...
) - 12. Pia Desideria (Hannu Lepola / Marjo Hakamäki)
Other Rajaton Albums
- NovaNova (Rajaton album)Nova is the debut album of Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released August 14, 2000. It consists of vocal arrangements of folk and contemporary Finnish poetry. The first takes were recorded in June 1999, after Rajaton won the Tampere Vocal Music Festival 1999.-Track listing:-External links:* *...
- BoundlessBoundlessBoundless is the second album of Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released on October 26, 2001. To reach out to a wider audience, Rajaton released this CD with all but two songs in English.-Tracks:Title ...
- Joulu
- Joulu DVD
- KevätKevätKevät is an album by Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released in 2005. The word kevät means "spring" in Finnish. This Finnish pop album is decidedly different from the previous, more traditional albums. In each of the songs, one member acts as the soloist, with the other five as back up...
- Out of BoundsOut of Bounds (Rajaton)Out of Bounds is the sixth album of Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released in 2006. Like their 2001 album Boundless, this album is almost entirely in English, and was originally intended to be export only in order to reach out to foreign listeners...
External links
- official Rajaton website
- Rajaton - Sanat at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....