I would like to find out some info on 'Barlinnie Nine', composed by Osmo Tapio Räihälä. Anyone heard it or heard of it?
Was it well received in Finland? Is it possible to get to hear it somehow (internet, theatre, cd etc)? And while I'm writing, what other stuff has Räihälä come up with?
Barlinnie Nine (Räihälä)
Barlinnie is a prison located in the residential suburb of Riddrie, in the north-east of Glasgow, Scotland
Barlinnie Nine, is a tribute to the Scottish football player Duncan Ferguson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Ferguson
Barlinnie Nine, was composed by Osmo Tapio Räihälä
The name comes about by way of Barlinnie prison and Ferguson’s shirt number; nine.
Of his work, Räihälä said: “I got the idea for it when he was facing jail and had just become something of a cult figure for Everton. It takes into account the contradictions in him: he has an aggressive side but there is a lyrical undertone to him, as the fact that he keeps pigeons shows.”
Barlinnie Nine was premiered on April 20, 2005 by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, in the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki.
On this same day Ferguson scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Manchester United at Goodison Park. It was the first time in ten years that Everton had beaten Manchester United in a league encounter and both matches were decided by a Ferguson goal. The significance of this was not lost on Räihälä who said: “There I was describing Duncan as a failure in Finland, and thousands of miles away at Everton he rises like a phoenix from the ashes to score against Manchester United. If there are gods of football up there, this proves they have got a most twisted sense of humour.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Tapio ... %A4l%C3%A4
Barlinnie Nine, is a tribute to the Scottish football player Duncan Ferguson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Ferguson
Barlinnie Nine, was composed by Osmo Tapio Räihälä
The name comes about by way of Barlinnie prison and Ferguson’s shirt number; nine.
Of his work, Räihälä said: “I got the idea for it when he was facing jail and had just become something of a cult figure for Everton. It takes into account the contradictions in him: he has an aggressive side but there is a lyrical undertone to him, as the fact that he keeps pigeons shows.”
Barlinnie Nine was premiered on April 20, 2005 by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo, in the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki.
On this same day Ferguson scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Manchester United at Goodison Park. It was the first time in ten years that Everton had beaten Manchester United in a league encounter and both matches were decided by a Ferguson goal. The significance of this was not lost on Räihälä who said: “There I was describing Duncan as a failure in Finland, and thousands of miles away at Everton he rises like a phoenix from the ashes to score against Manchester United. If there are gods of football up there, this proves they have got a most twisted sense of humour.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Tapio ... %A4l%C3%A4
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Re: Barlinnie Nine (Räihälä)
Räihälä's "Barlinnie Nine" can be heard via your computer on May 7th at 03:05 am [01:05 London, England time]. To hear this, log onto this URL:
http://ohjelmat.yle.fi/ylenklassinen/etusivu
Click on "Ohjelmatiedot" [button on left of screen] to go to Programme Information [which is what Ohjelmatiedot means]; then select "Perjantai 6.5" [see row of days of the week and the date, given as dd/mm] and scroll down to almost the bottom, where you will find:
03:05 Räihälä: Barlinnie Nine (RSO/Sakari Oramo).
RSO here = Finnish Radio S. O.
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Tapio ... %A4l%C3%A4
http://www.raihala.com/Works.html
To listen, return to the home page [http://ohjelmat.yle.fi/ylenklassinen/etusivu] and click on "Kuuntele Ylen Klassista" [located about the middle of the screen].
I don't know how much you know about the Finnish language, so I'm assuming that you know very little [as do I], but reading names of works to be played is fascinating; you can work out most of them without a dictionary, and Google Translate can sometimes help with other titles.
Good luck!
Ted Wilks
Program Annotator
Lancaster (PA) Symphony Orchestra
http://ohjelmat.yle.fi/ylenklassinen/etusivu
Click on "Ohjelmatiedot" [button on left of screen] to go to Programme Information [which is what Ohjelmatiedot means]; then select "Perjantai 6.5" [see row of days of the week and the date, given as dd/mm] and scroll down to almost the bottom, where you will find:
03:05 Räihälä: Barlinnie Nine (RSO/Sakari Oramo).
RSO here = Finnish Radio S. O.
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmo_Tapio ... %A4l%C3%A4
http://www.raihala.com/Works.html
To listen, return to the home page [http://ohjelmat.yle.fi/ylenklassinen/etusivu] and click on "Kuuntele Ylen Klassista" [located about the middle of the screen].
I don't know how much you know about the Finnish language, so I'm assuming that you know very little [as do I], but reading names of works to be played is fascinating; you can work out most of them without a dictionary, and Google Translate can sometimes help with other titles.
Good luck!
Ted Wilks
Program Annotator
Lancaster (PA) Symphony Orchestra