New arrangement for a traditional tune from that crazy part of Sweden known as Värmland. Hopefully the arrangement is as crazy as the tune. 
Ah, and the "Somebody", as I found out not too long ago, is the legendary Mats Berglund. 
The traditional name of the tune is "Polska efter Gubben Kihlstedt".

BIVIOLA is
Krishna Nagaraja - violas, recording, editing, mixing
Diego Ceruti - mixing, mastering

Polska efter Somebody in Värmland

Me and Samuli Karjalainen fooling around with a Finnish Polska taken from Samuel Rinda-Nickola's collection, before a Vento di Borèa concert in Helsinki in November 2013.

Polska after Samuel Rinda-Nickola_improv

Mats Edén - Vals from Älvdalen

Biviola live in Dublin at Bello Bar, 2.12.2015 for Kaleidoscope Nights!
Esko Järvelä, 5-string fiddle

Esko amazes the audience with his rendition of a menuet and a polska from the Swedish speaking regions in Finland.

Recorded live with a simple Zoom and nothing more.

Live in Dublin: Esko's Solo (trad. Finnish, arr. E. Järvelä)

My first public attempt with a hardingfele tune that's as monumental as its name suggests: the Northern Mountain. 
Recorded live with a Zoom during a concert of the contemporary music group NEO Suomi at the artArctica festival, 13.2.2016. Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki. 
Electronics by Hugh Sheehan.
Poem by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, recited by Anna-Maija Perttunen.
Hardingfele by Einar Løndal, 1975; mounted entirely with gut strings, tuned at A=415Hz. 

Nordafjells

My first public attempt with the first of the hardingfele Rammeslått tunes from the magical valley of Setesdal. 
Recorded live with a Zoom during a concert of the contemporary music group NEO Suomi at the artArctica festival, 13.2.2016. Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki. 
Electronics by Hugh Sheehan.
Hardingfele by Einar Løndal, 1975; mounted entirely with gut strings, tuned at A=415Hz.

Rammeslått I

The 2 1⁄2 Seasons - Concerto for Jouhikko and (possibly Baroque) string orchestra (2017) 
Krishna Nagaraja (1975)
I. Syksy
II. Talvi
III. Kevät
IV. Kesä

Performers:
James Kahane, conductor 
Ilkka Heinonen: solo jouhikko

SibA FolkBaroque string orchestra, on period instruments:
Peter Spissky, concertmaster
Christine Cooper, Inka Eerola, Marina García Magdaleno, Alina Järvelä, Mirva Laine, Marianne Mieskolainen, Anna Pohjola, Kaisa Ruotsalainen: violins
Valerie Albrecht, Maria Bocelli, Krishna Nagaraja, Anna Pohjola: violas 
Pieta Mattila, Norah O'Leary: cellos
Aapo Kyyhkynen: double bass
Marianne Henriksson: harpsichord

General Rehearsal, Helsinki Music Centre - Musiikkitalo, Camerata Hall - January 19, 2017

Sound: Jon-Patrik Kuhlefelt
Producer: Eeva Hohti

K. Nagaraja: The 2 ½ Seasons - Concerto for Fiideli-Jouhikko and (possibly Baroque) strings (2017)

A collection of Finnish traditional folk dance tunes arranged in baroque style.

I. Ouverture-Fugue-Lentement
II. Polonesses
III. Minuet from Oravais: Gammel Torsin
IV. Polonesses
V. Minuet from Jeppo: Gästbåds annandagsmenuett
VI. Karhunkulma: Karhunpeijaispolska/Bear dance at Kengis
VII. Dantz/Polonesse/Double/Polonesse

Performers
SibA FolkBaroque string orchestra, on period instruments:

Peter Spissky, concertmaster
Christine Cooper, Inka Eerola, Marina García Magdaleno, Alina Järvelä, Mirva Laine, Marianne Mieskolainen, Anna Pohjola, Kaisa Ruotsalainen: violins
Valerie Albrecht, Maria Bocelli, Krishna Nagaraja, Anna Pohjola: violas 
Pieta Mattila, Norah O'Leary: cellos
Aapo Kyyhkynen: double bass
Marianne Henriksson: harpsichord

Recorded live in Helsinki, Music Centre, Camerata Hall
19.1.2017

Sound: Jon-Patrik Kuhlefelt 
Producer: Eeva Hohti

VII. Finnish Suite - Polonesse

V./VI. Finnish Suite - Gästbåds Annandagsmenuett/Karhunkulma

IV. Finnish Suite - Polonesses

III. Finnish Suite - Gammel Torsin

II. Finnish Suite - Polonesses

I. Finnish Suite - Ouverture

Arto Järvelä lends his fiddling to the Lappfjärd set, based on two minuets and a polska he learnt from the great masters Valter Enlund and Torsten Pärus, in a combination that is commonly heard at weddings in the Western regions of Ostrobothnia.

Recorded live in Helsinki, Camerata, Music Centre
19.1.2017

Violin solo: Arto Järvelä

Sibelius Academy Baroque Orchestra
Violins: Peter Spissky (concertmaster), Christine Cooper, Inka Eerola, Marina García Magdaleno, Alina Järvelä,  Mirva Laine, Marianne Mieskolainen, Anna Pohjola, Kaisa Ruotsalainen
Violas: Valerie Albrecht, Maria Bocelli, Krishna Nagaraja
Cellos: Pieta Mattila, Norah O'Leary
Double Bass: Aapo Kyyhkynen
Harpsichord: Marianna Henriksson

Uniarts TV Video Production
Video effects: Keijo Lahtinen
Sound: Jon-Patrik Kuhlefelt
Lights: Jukka Kolimaa
Producer: Eeva Hohti

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