Eino Leino's Nocturne - a journey in search of meaning of life, through Finnish nature, as interpreted by Petrus Schroderus and Markus Vaara and visualised by Ilmari Mäenpää & his team.
Lyrics: Eino Leino
Composers: Perttu Hietanen Taisto Wesslin
The corncrake's song rings in my ears,
above the rye a full moon sails;
this summer night all sorrow clears
and woodsmoke drifts along the dales,
I do not laugh or grieve, or sigh;
the forest's darkness breathes nearby,
the red of clouds where day sinks deep,
the blue of windy hills asleep,
the twinflower's scent, the water's shade-
of these my heart's own song is made.
You, girl as sweet as summer hay,
my heart's great peace, I sing to you,
O my devotion, tune and play
a wreath of oak twigs, green and new.
I have stopped chasing Jack-o'-Lantern,
I hold gold from the Demon's mountain;
around me life tightens its ring,
time stops, the vane has ceased to swing;
the road before me through the gloom
is leading to the unknown room.
Tenor: Petrus Schroderus
Pianist: Markus Vaara
Audio recording: Ilmari Mäenpää
Audio editor: Raimo Sirkiä
Script: Ilmari Mäenpää, Aukusti Mäenpää
Director: Elias Mäenpää
Editor: Aukusti Mäenpää
Cinematographer: Vesa Taipaleenmäki
Camera assistant: Aukusti Mäenpää, Elias Mäenpää
Colorist: Jussi Finnilä
Postproduction: Hatfuls Creative
Producer: Ilmari Mäenpää
Production: Arte Povera ltd
28 авг 2022
