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Rent Romus' Life's Blood Ensemble Present Itkuja Suite, Invocations On Lament at Finnish Kaleva Hall
Courtesy of Rent Romus | Posted on May 5, 2023
When
Sun, May 28, 2023
4:00 pm
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Musicians
Rent Romus
saxophone, altoHeikki Koskinen
trumpetTimothy Orr
drumsJoshua Marshall
saxophone, tenorErika Oba
fluteSafa Shokrai
bassCory Combs
bass, acousticMax Judelson
celloMark Clifford
vibraphoneAnn McChesney-Young
accordionAbout
The Finnish Heritage Society & Outsound co-present Rent Romus' Life's Blood Ensemble performing the complete Itkuja Suite, invocations on lament, a deep and rich exploration of the healing music of Finnish Nordic lament and life affirming elements of jazz.
Crafted by Finnish-American Rent Romus award winning Finnish composer Heikki Koskinen, this full suite will be performed by the Life’s Blood Ensemble celebrating the release of the album from Bay Area label Edgetone Records.
About Itkuja Suite: The tradition of song through lament has served as a form of community expression spanning millennia, invoking processes of healing in profound ways. The Finnish word itkuja (eet-koo-yaw) literally means crying, but hidden within this translation embodies deeper undercurrents of meaning. Itkuja surpasses the biopic Western acceptance of polar opposites (i.e. happy/sad, good/bad), drawing a more all-encompassing world view of the definition of existence, loss, and change....