Two Badgers
Lucas Dann, piano
Anssi Karttunen, cello and electric cello.

Two Badgers : Lucas Dann - Anssi Karttunen

Meriläinen's trio for flute, piano and cello
Mikael Helasvuo, flute
Tuija Hakkila, piano
Anssi Karttunen, cello

Usko Meriläinen: Henriette's Feast (Henrietten juhlat)

Two Badgers: 
   Lucas Dann, piano
   Anssi Karttunen, cello

Recital in Köniz, Switzerland April 5, 2022

Two Badgers:  Köniz recital  3

Two Badgers: 
   Lucas Dann, piano
   Anssi Karttunen, cello

Köniz, Switzerland April 5, 2022

Two Badgers: Köniz recital 1

Two Badgers: Beauchene recital 2 / Anssi

Two Badgers:
    Lucas Dann, piano
    Anssi Karttunen, cello

Köniz, Switzerland April 5, 2022

Two Badgers: Köniz recital 4

Two Badgers: Köniz recital 2 / Lucas

Pentti Saaritsa - Ascensus

read by Pentti Saaritsa

Pentti Saaritsa - Ascensus (poem)

Disputatio (2023), for 16 instruments

T.J. Borden, violoncello
Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia
T.J. Borden Cello Recital
04/10/2019
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When I wrote my string quartet Culs-de-sac (en passacaille) in 2009, it was evident to me that I should develop the sonic soundscape that I have created in that piece. I have decided that I write a cycle of compositions for string quartet and its subsets. Tr (épilogue) marks the second piece that I completed in this cycle. Its title has a precursor; Tr for violoncello and piano, of which I took the formal scheme as a point of reference for the solo piece. I took the duo piece, stripped away the piano part, and enlarged the piece by adding musical commentaries. As the title may suggest, I intend that this piece concludes the cycle. In the spirit of concluding the cycle, my focus in this piece was to illuminate the gestures of ‘farewell,’ in the sense that the envelope of the phrases has the conscious trajectory of fade-out. Many thanks to Patrick McGuire who, in the symposium Creative Dialogue V, premiered the work-in-progress version as a part of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Also thanks are due to Anssi Karttunen and Magnus Lindberg, whose commentaries and feedbacks were crucial to the development of the piece. Tr (épilogue) is dedicated to Pierre Morlet and Mark Andre.

Tr (épilogue) (2012/14)

Kresten Osgood, drums
Anssi Karttunen, cello
Lucas Dann, piano

March 8th 2024 Het Roode Bioskoop, Amsterdam

The Badgers: The Amsterdam Set

Toimii ensemble in studio 1998.
Anssi Karttunen, Timo Korhonen, Kari Kriikku, Magnus Lindberg, Juhani Liimatainen, Riku Niemi


Kurt Schwitters:  Ursonate,  Toimii ensemble

An improvisation inspired by and recorded looking at a monotype by Visa Norros. The picture is impossible to reproduce being all in different textures of black. I felt that the best way to share the impression of looking at it was to transform my feelings into music.

December 18th, 2020

Textures In Black I, Homage to Visa Norros

Lucas Dann, piano 
Anssi Karttunen, electric cello. 
Distanced double improvisations
Recorded during Covid between Helsinki and Copenhagen.

Two Badgers: Beauchene recital 2 / Anssi

Anssi Karttunen

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