FIKA
"Fika, the delightful custom of enjoying a coffee and a treat with friends, is as Swedish as ABBA."
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John Cage (1912–1992): Living Room Music (1940, lyrics quoted from The World is Round by Gertrude Stein)

Anna Caroline Olesen
Minna Pensola
Antti Tikkanen
Ari Vihjälmsson

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Ilkka Kuusisto (1933–2025): Suomalainen vieraanvarra (Finnish Hospitality) (1972, lyrics: Helena Vuorensuuri)

Pii Komsi, soprano
Naoko Ichihashi, piano

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J. S. Bach (1685–1750): Cantata Schweigt still, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 (‘Coffee Cantata’) (1734, lyrics: Christian Friedrich Henrici)

Theatre of Voices:
Else Torp, soprano
Paul Bentley-Angell, tenor
Jakob Bloch Jespersen, bass
Kaisa Kortelainen, flute
Anna Gebert, violin
Kreeta-Maria Kentala, violin
Barbara Hippo, viola
Jussi Seppänen, cello
Jani Pensola, double bass
Nicolas Achten, harpsichord