Baltic Crossing - Firetour [CD]

Baltic Crossing - Firetour
[CD]

2010

Andy May(UK): Northumbrian pipes, piano, harmonium
Ian Stephenson(UK): Guitar, melodeon
Esko Järvelä(FI): Violin, viola
Antti Järvelä(FI): Double bass, mandolin, violin, hurdy gurdy
Kristian Bugge(DK): violin

Baltic Crossing plays a collection of folk music from the Danish Islands, Lolland and Falster Description:
The 5 musicians Esko Järvelä , Antti Järvelä , Andy May, Ian Stephenson og Kristian Bugge Finland, UK and Denmark) plays a collection of folk music from the Danish Islands, Lolland and Falster. There is music from 18th century manuscripts of Bast, Ålholm and Reventlow and music from various 19th century collections like those of the Adrian family (Hillestrup, Falster), Niels Christian Andreasen (Sandby, Western Lolland), and Hans Hansen (Toreby, Eastern Lolland). And last but not least, the CD includes a new composition, a polska tune by Frede Nielsen from Flintinge, Lolland.
Through local folk musicians Højreby Spillemandslaug a collaboration was quickly established with Kristian Bugge (graduate of the folk music department at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense and music teacher at the local music school on Lolland) and the band Baltic Crossing. Whenever the band has had concerts or workshops on Lolland, they have always stayed at Frede Nielsens home in Flintinge. During these cozy sessions the idea came up that Baltic Crossing should record a CD with music from Lolland and Falster. The guys said: "Lets do this crazy idea of Fredes!" Luckily the local municipalitys cultural departments (Lolland & Guldborgsund kommuner) liked the project and gave financial support as well as the Saugmann Bjerregaards Foundation.
text and infoes in Danish and English

1 Firetour - Tretur & Firetur (Adrian) 02:20
2 English Gimp - Engelsk Gimpe (Bast) 04:17
3 Rigel - Borcher Madsen Rigel (Hans Hansen) 01:54
4 Fredes Polska (Frede Nielsen) 02:57
5 March - La Pantouffle & La Marquise (Ålholm) 03:06
6 Lounge Mazurka - Mazurka (N.C. Andreasen) 03:46
7 Reventlow - 157 & 75 (Reventlow) 03:23
8 Hopska - Lollænderhopsa & De glade damers hopsa (N.C. Andreasen) 02:51
9 Schottis - Rheinlænder nr. 13 (N.C. Andreasen ) 02:52
10 The green skirt - Det grønne skjørt (N.C.Andreasen) 02:17
11 Waltz no 132 - Vals nr. 132 (Adrian) 02:26
12 Klinkevals (Hans Hansen) 01:26
13 The Psalm - Toreby Ligsalme, totur (Rasmus Toxsværd) 03:59