Veljo Tormis "Raua needmine / Curse Upon Iron"

From new CD "From the Baltic Coast", State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais

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Music

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• Raua
• needmine

[beccaisonnn]

im scared

[quikom]

It's great!! the hungarian radio adults choir describe this song that night

[dottedpig]

SpavnOvHel, in this case your assumption is wrong. The lyrics are indeed from Kalevala, making much more sense than Kalevipoeg when considering the music. :)

[MERTx123]

Holy fucking shit! Love it

[SpavnOvHel]

This being an Estonian composition, I wonder if it was not actually based on the Kalevipoeg, the Estonian counterpart to the Kalevala.

[sonicjourneys]

Iron is cursed in this piece because from it, men were able to make weapons of war. Though the piece is written in Estonian, the legend of the text is from the Kalevala, the national saga of Finland.

[spargelkapsas]

@keeelane /watch?v=HyCnhiBhJOg found the english translation under this vid. hope it helps

[keeelane]

@YTzHK oh i really don't know as i don't speak estonian. i was just wondering if the title is correct because it didn't make sense, but as a peace statement it does make sense as someone suggested...

[YTzHK]

@keeelane how would you translate it? i red somewhere that this piece was about the worship of the iron deity. does it match to your translation?

thanks and be happy

[lashelboo93]

I was listening to this & my friend thought spirits were gunna eff my house up lol

[keeelane]

@Hyardacil i see, thanks

[Hyardacil]

@keeelane It represents an anti-war statement.