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Helena Juntunen|Madetoja, L.: Okon Fuoko

Madetoja, L.: Okon Fuoko

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Relating a story of a puppet maker torn between his wife and a beautiful marionette of his own creation, Okon Fuoko is a ballet pantomime in one act for soprano and tenor voices, chamber choir, and orchestra. Leevi Madetoja's pretty 1927 score, previously excerpted as suites, is presented on this CD complete (except for the removal of Poul Knudsen's original spoken dialogue, which greatly lengthened and adversely affected the first performance). This recording seems to be a version that Madetoja would have approved, since years later he had suggested the shortening, and wished only to retain the songs in their proper places. But as grateful as listeners may be for the elimination of spoken passages, this rarefied and extremely slow-moving piece still may be too long to be appreciated by any except the most ardent of Madetoja's fans. Soprano Helena Juntunen, tenor Tuomas Katajala, and the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and Choir, directed by Arvo Volmer, deliver a gently atmospheric performance that might be effective with stage action; but works intended for the theater rarely work on disc unless filled with memorable melodies or striking scene painting. Unfortunately, though some of the music is pleasant and even stirring in places, Okon Fuoko is too sparse and static to hold one's attention for more than a few minutes at a time, and really needs dancers and actors to hold it together.

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Okon Fuoko, Op. 58 (Leevi Madetoja)

1
Scenes 1-3: Okon Fuoko paints Umegava's face
Helena Juntunen
00:04:53

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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2
Scenes 3-4: Okon Fuoko plays to Umegava
Helena Juntunen
00:03:05

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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3
Scenes 6-7: The chorus' song
Helena Juntunen
00:03:00

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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4
Scene 8: Umegava stops smiling
Helena Juntunen
00:00:56

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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5
Scene 8: Yiai's song I
Helena Juntunen
00:03:16

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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6
Scene 8: Okon Fuoko and Yiai recall their early love
Helena Juntunen
00:00:53

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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7
Scene 8: Yiai's song II
Helena Juntunen
00:01:43

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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8
Scene 8: Yiai tells of a dream
Helena Juntunen
00:00:29

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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9
Scene 9: The guests arrive I - Scene 10: The tea ceremony
Helena Juntunen
00:02:21

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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10
Scene 11: Puppet Dance I: Geishas and Warriors
Helena Juntunen
00:02:22

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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11
Scene 11: Puppet Dance II: Woman and Man
Helena Juntunen
00:03:19

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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12
Scene 12: Puppet dance III: Old man, Woman and Young warrior
Helena Juntunen
00:02:20

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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13
Scene 13: Puppet dance III: Enter 6 old men
Helena Juntunen
00:00:45

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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14
Scene 14: Hara-kiri
Helena Juntunen
00:02:28

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

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15
Scene 15: The guests converse
Helena Juntunen
00:00:44

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

16
Scene 16: The guests arrive II
Helena Juntunen
00:00:42

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

17
Scene 16: Okon Fuoko's recitative
Helena Juntunen
00:02:16

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

18
Scenes 16-17: Yiai shows the guests Umegava
Helena Juntunen
00:01:10

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

19
Scene 17: Umegava's mechanical dance
Helena Juntunen
00:01:19

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

20
Scene 18: The guests converse
Arvo Volmer
00:00:53

Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist - Leevi Madetoja, Composer

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

21
Scene 18: Okon Fuoko's dance to Umegava
Helena Juntunen
00:02:03

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

22
Scenes 18-20: The chorus' song
Helena Juntunen
00:05:38

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

23
Scene 20: Yiai dances
Helena Juntunen
00:01:49

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

24
Scene 21: Night falls
Helena Juntunen
00:02:08

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

25
Scenes 21-22: Umegava comes to life
Helena Juntunen
00:02:39

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

26
Scene 22: Okon Fuoko's and Umegava's dance I
Helena Juntunen
00:02:21

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

27
Scene 22: Okon Fuoko's and Umegava's dance II
Helena Juntunen
00:01:40

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

28
Scene 23: The storm
Helena Juntunen
00:01:23

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

29
Scenes 23-24: Umegava dances Yiai's dance
Helena Juntunen
00:01:57

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

30
Scene 24: Umegava's seductive dance
Helena Juntunen
00:01:39

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

31
Scenes 25-27: Umegava picks up the sword
Helena Juntunen
00:01:27

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

32
Scene 27: Umegava's demonic dance (sword dance)
Helena Juntunen
00:01:42

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

33
Scene 28: Puppet dance IV: The storm and Okon Fuoko’s death
Helena Juntunen
00:03:08

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

34
Scenes 28-31: Yiai's song I
Helena Juntunen
00:03:29

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

35
Scenes 31-33: Okon Fuoko dies
Helena Juntunen
00:04:34

Helena Juntunen, Performer - Tuomas Katajala, Performer - Arvo Volmer, Conductor - Oulu Chamber Choir, Choir - Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Leevi Madetoja, Composer - Poul Knudsen, Lyricist

2000 Alba 2000 Alba

Chronique

Relating a story of a puppet maker torn between his wife and a beautiful marionette of his own creation, Okon Fuoko is a ballet pantomime in one act for soprano and tenor voices, chamber choir, and orchestra. Leevi Madetoja's pretty 1927 score, previously excerpted as suites, is presented on this CD complete (except for the removal of Poul Knudsen's original spoken dialogue, which greatly lengthened and adversely affected the first performance). This recording seems to be a version that Madetoja would have approved, since years later he had suggested the shortening, and wished only to retain the songs in their proper places. But as grateful as listeners may be for the elimination of spoken passages, this rarefied and extremely slow-moving piece still may be too long to be appreciated by any except the most ardent of Madetoja's fans. Soprano Helena Juntunen, tenor Tuomas Katajala, and the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and Choir, directed by Arvo Volmer, deliver a gently atmospheric performance that might be effective with stage action; but works intended for the theater rarely work on disc unless filled with memorable melodies or striking scene painting. Unfortunately, though some of the music is pleasant and even stirring in places, Okon Fuoko is too sparse and static to hold one's attention for more than a few minutes at a time, and really needs dancers and actors to hold it together.

© TiVo

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