Kreeta-maria Kentala - Side By Side: Bach Partitas & Folk Music From Kaustinen (CD)

Release Date: 01/01/16

The folk tunes from Kaustinen have a certain flow and sense of breadth, reminiscent of the vast openness of the river va

The folk tunes from Kaustinen have a certain flow and sense of breadth, reminiscent of the vast openness of the river valley landscape with its surrounding fields and rocky forests. Bach's music, on the other hand, is full of chords that have been ingeniously written out and details that are small and incredibly intricate, demanding such close attention that the larger view often remains unseen. But just like Baroque music, Kaustinen music is filled with affections and surprising harmonic twists. While these intricacies often remain unnoticed in the jovial rough and tumble of playing together with others, you get to enjoy them in a completely different way when you play solo. In the course of this project, it was also exciting to see how the Baroque groove and folk music groove slowly began to merge into one another, breathing together as one.