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Theremin And Electric Kantele
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- čas přidán 9. 12. 2009
- I call this composition LEMMINKAINEN'S DREAM. Lemminkainen was one of the heroes in the Finnish national epic known as the KALEVALA. The writer of The Lord Of The Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien, based much of his vision of Middle Earth on ideas and images from the Kalevala which he had read as a teenager. He liked it so much he actually learned Finnish in order to read the book in its native language, and later went on to invent a language entirely of his own (the language of the Elves called "Quenya") which was based on Finnish.
The kantele (pronounced "kan - teh - leh") is the national instrument of Finland and belongs to the family of instruments known as "psalteries". The one you see in this video is a 38 string, steel strung, electric kantele. It's magnetic pickups (which are eight inches long) were custom made by Jason Lollar for Bart Hopkin of Experimental Musical Instruments. If you are curious about them, visit Bart's website, windworld.com.
The kantele is an extremely resonant instrument and larger "concert" models are provided with a damper consisting of a thick felt strip similar to what you might find on a piano, in order to mute the strings. I left the damper box open in the middle part of this video so you could see what it looks like. These electroacoustic kanteles bear little resemblance to the traditional 5 and 10 string folk instruments but they open up all sorts of doors for modern musicians. The high tension and steel strings on the instrument in this video allow me, if I wish, to play the kantele with a bar which I hold in my left hand. Players of steel guitars and of certain traditional instruments of India also play in this way. The effect of it is a very pure and strangely lonely "northern" sound which I found appropriate for the piece.
The theremin I used is a Moog Etherwave Pro.
I know this video is over decade old, but can we get more Theremin with
electric Kantele.
its really giving me chills from other worlds.
It's so cool to see someone with a Theramin who can actually play it properly.
And this is lovely.
Carolina Eyck plays some amazing stuff with it.
This is Kantele
Katica Illényi is
At the start I was reminded of the old west gun slingers and dusty canyons. Anyone else get that?
+Siggy Cloud Yes. Very like Morricone.
I hear a Borderlands wastelands at the start.
Great. Now I can not hear that and see that. As well as later in the song it sounds like we are walking around the streets during the Ming dynasty.
Yes i heard that aswell
Exactly
I have never heard someone play the theremin so beautifully. My wife mistook it for a Chinese violin because she couldn't see the screen.
What an incredible experience for me to hear this! I lived down the road from Robert Moog, learning of his synthesizer as a teenager. At more or less the same time, I read and fell in love with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. To top it all off, my mother was a first generation Finnish American who gave me my appreciation for literature and an interest in her mysterious tongue. It is no wonder that Tolkien chose this unique language as a base for his Elvish lexicon. Some years later, my husband gave me a beautiful gift of a Kantele, which I passed on to our son, an avid string musician. Talk about degrees of separation. This theremin/kantele piece describes several connections in my life. Thank you, Peter Pringle.
Good theremin players are a rare breed.
That electric Kantele has an exquisite, rich sound. Your mastery of the Theremin is inspiring and beautiful.
wonderful music to hear Patricia
Have you and David Lynch ever talked. You should score one of his movies. It's so haunting and deep. The bass strings do have such a resonance. I'm in love with this music.
Can honestly say I’ve never heard anything quite like that. Funny to hear my brain trying to categorize it, slide guitar, kyoto, harp, hawaiian.
Elegant hand ‘dancing’
Ugh yes
As a finn, I really enjoy the kantele being used.. especially in such a beautiful way. Very nice melody.. and the theremin is just hauntingly beautiful with it.
It must be very difficult to play Theremin, but you do it amazingly clean and the melody is charming. Thank you for the Music.
Csodálatos! Varázslat! Ez a két hangszer... és a nagy mágus!
Rendszeresen hallgatom és minden elismerésem az ősi hangszerek és dallamvilág megszólaltatásáért! :)
I don't know how in the world anyone could ever master such a bizarre but haunting instrument. Fascinating!
I remember listening to this when I was a little kid. it took me years to find this again. I'm so happy i found it again
I never tire of listening to this. I hear this for over 5 years from time to time.
I've never heard a pleasant song played on the theremin until now, great playing
Solo una profonda e completa sensibilità musicale può riuscire a coniugare così bene l'antico e il moderno. Bravo!
Как приятно слушать и смотреть на игру на кантале! Всех приветствую из Карелии и калевальского района! 🍷🗿🤌)))
Do you speak Karelian or Finnish? I'm not attacking you, just a curious question :)
@@CZcamsCEOisaPAJEET К сожалению нет. Пока нет возможности изучить их(
2022 and this popped up on my recommended. Still awesome.
Absolutely fascinating and mesmerizing!
I just discovered both of these instruments and they are already on par with opers, violion, piano, and cello!
Greetings from Finland. The kantele is a traditional old Finnish player. This was a great video. The great thing about music.
Thank you for your masterful composition and performance, and your interest in the Finnish culture. You are truly an amazing musician.
Sounds like a Pink floyd experiment *-*
That's exactly what I thought!!!
Joel MacDougall me too! ;)
I was gonnna type that same comment out haha
+Gaboo Ortíz truuuee
True that... -To me this one has also echoes of definite influence of Brian Eno's work.
You are so unbelievably talented. You can pick up absolutely anything and find its reason for existing. So thankful we have people like you with this gift.
Wunderbar. A fantastic performance. Excellent musicianship. BRAVO.
That was breath-taking and soul-shaking. Thank you for the marvelous mental moments.
If blade runner was made in the 1700s.
Exquisitely evocative of ancient futures
This is so beautiful.. I love it when the theremin starts.
Kalevala an good music, that's all I need in a video
As a Finn, it's great to hear you play the kantele. I love your work and especially the Sumerian performances, it would be really interesting to hear what you could do with just a basic 5-string kantele, like the poem-singers of old.
Hello my dear friend!!! I'm from republic Karelia 🍷🗿🤌)))
@@RayanGosling303 hello and greetings from Turku! You live in the home region of the wise old poem-singers 🧙🏻♂️😄
It's really amazing to be able to play music that can sound like a human voice, by waving his hands in the air between two antennas. After that we can not say that the waves have no effect. QED
Masterpiece...
Music from Heaven..... simply beautiful!!!
Magnificent, as always. Sounds very psychedelic and experimental, it's just lovely.
Buddy, you had me at 'BAOomm duuUR!' 0:06
This is the beautiful music and most beautiful musical instrument I've ever seen Sir.
Music of the Spheres, and the Master himself. Loved it.
Волшебно....
simply amazing, a joy for the soul, thank you for the beautiful sound
Man, you are the god of Theremin, and a incredible compositor too, the melody is very beautiful, you are very talented, thanks for your music.
this is a very beautiful piece and I also learned a lot from the video description!
Apparently very good artists playing in the background. But I'm sure you can play on any stage in the world, without hide you.
Thank you for the beautiful music.
ASOMBROSO!!-ME ENCANTO!!
Magnificent skill and talent on the theremin. Bravo!
Bravo Peter. I have heard the Kantele playied a number of times in Finland and on recordings, but you are right the electronic 'kahuna' 38 string approaches the dampened electronic hammered dulcimer in diversity. I loved the sound and your composition. Many thanks.
Impressive and beautiful! Thank you so much for the lovely music! and your notes regarding the kantele were welcome.
The intro sounded like something Pink Floyd would make a sound off . Any Floyd fans should know what I'm talking about.
Like Welcome to the Machine!
+Ross Randolph yeah, but i was thinking maybe one of their later albums or early? Maybe from The Division Bell
+Alberto Cortez Gilmour without Water ? pff... that's no longer pink floyd...
it sounds like the beginning of "a boat lies waiting" from Gilmour's latest album
Yeah like the intro of smoke on the water by black sabbath
After hearing this beautifully crafted composition, I must say it is now among my favorites in its respective genre of music, and I find myself listening to it quite often. Great work!
Just great! And very nice kantele you got there. It both sounds and looks great!
Very moving. Beautiful. I really love the sound of both instruments combined. Thank you for posting this.
this was truly beautiful.
IT IS SO MAGICAL..THE WAY THE MAN SEEMS TO BE SNAKE CHARMING THE INSTRUMENT, CREATING MUSIC OUT OF SOUNDWAVES..LOVE IT...THANKS FOR THE POST
This is wonderful music. Thanks for sharing.
Wow!! It sounds so sade the Kantel. How is it played? The other instrument looks like the hammered dulcimer. Both have awesome sounds. I love your rendition of Gilgamesh...I love how you bring life into the sounds of historical instruments and voices, how they sounded...I know that the Elliade was soung, would like to here it. Keep the sounds of history alive..
Kantele is a Finnish/Karelian instrument with magical powers :)
It is so perfect, so beautiful. I wish it lasted for hours.
I feel a Vangelis influence in this stuff, very interesting btw.
i love its. this is just wonderful and makes me feel so calm which hardly other songs are able to do.
so beautiful...
Sounds great.. Sad and wandering simultaneously.
absolutely beautiful
Beautiful!
Such beautiful rich music. You are very talented. This world needs more of you.
This is so perfect. It made me feel so good... Thanks, Peter.
This is just heaven in a piece of music. Simply wonderful.
wonderful music to hear, thank you for enjoying music
Virtuoso performance of exquisite piece on fascinating instruments! Wonderful!
So beautiful!
Stunning. Love it! What a beautiful piece of music.
This was so beautiful it brought me to tears
This is the coolest thing I've heard all night.
This is absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing!
This is the most beautiful video I ever saw on youtube...
thank you peter, great playing, beautiful composition.
THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME MUSIC IV,E EVER LISTEN TO, I NEED TO GET ONE OF THOSE THERAMINS QUICK, I DON,T THINK I,D SLEEP ANY MORE, I,D BE PLAYING IT NON STOP UNTIL I MASTERED IT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO
Wonderful! Again a perfect combination of performance, lighting and setting. And the composition is really lovely.
Here I saw for the first time the modified stand of your EPro. That looks really fine!
Thank you very much, Peter
Gorgeous piece.
Beautiful!!!!
ez egyszerűen gyönyörű!! bravó!
Thank you so much
wonderful, beautiful & inspiring....true music.....nice musical wishes, simon
What a beautiful melody!
🤔This was the second time I heard this instrument(s) :) Theremin and instantly loved it.😔
Love the Kantele, has an amazing sound to it.
Какая волшебная музыка , чудо ! Гусли и Темерин - прекрасное сочетание . Благодарность
No idea what you said, but, it looks lovely in that writting.
It's Kantele
Perfect piece.
Cream for my ears, love it. Ty
Very beautiful!
This is so beautiful...wow
Bravo. Magnifique !
It is a pleasure to hear music for theramin that understands what he meant it to be. Thank you.
Such a simple and amazing sound!
I love it. thank you!
What a Beautiful kantele!
absolutely brilliant!
So beautiful and dream-like....
splendide mci trop beau a écouter je ne connaissais pas l' instrument
Breathtaking!
so enchanting. I'm ready float away on a lucid dream now
Beautiful.