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On Ulysses

admin — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:43:03 +0000

Two recent pieces on Ulysses by Joyce (and me): “‘Mutta kuka oli Gerty?’” (”‘But who was Gerty?’” On the theme of “who’s talking” in Episode 13 — and the function of stylistic variation in Ulysses in general, published in the Finnish philosophical magazine, niin&näin, 3/2012); “Ulysses ja haamut” (”Ulysses and Ghosts”, my lecture in a meeting of Finnish Translators’ and Interpretators’ Union (literary translators’ section), Oct 8, 2012, Helsinki). Both are in Finnish.

M=A=N=N=E=R

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:50 +0000

Salla Hakkola (folkharp), Tero Valkonen (floor tom), and me (voice) performed three poems by the Finnish Modernist master, Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995) in a matinée dedicated to her 90th birthday: “Kirjoituskone” (Typewriter, 1966; with introductions by Tuula Hökkä and me), “Virsi hirsipuusta” (A Psalm From the Gallows, 1956), and “Kävely” (A Walk, 1966).

Translations into Estonian

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:42:22 +0000

“Ananke. Pantun” by Hasso Krull; “Soome kommunistid Ida-Karjalas” (by Elo Viiding).

Concert Stream

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:05:11 +0000

Two and a half hours of my birthday “concert” stream recorded here and here. Will itemize the previous one with start and end times for all the individual pieces soon. Thanks to everyone involved and the fabulous audience (who, hopefully, got involved as well).

“LEEVI LEHTO @ 60 & IN CONCERT WITH HIMSELF”

admin — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:58:44 +0000

Please feel welcome to my 60th birthday-cum-concert, Feb. 20, 2011, 6 to 11 PM, Kulttuuriareena GLORIA, Helsinki (plus online web cast) - with collaborations with Tero Valkonen, drums, Salla Hakkola, folk harp, Saara Lehto, dance. Read more: English, Finnish.

“Tattisaarna” (Antti Nylénin esseiden kirvoittamaa)

admin — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:35:51 +0000

My speech in “Jesus versus Jesus”, a conversation between writers Antti Nylén and Janne Kortteinen, with Marko Gylén and me as moderators, Wed., Dec. 15, 2010, in Lasipalatsi, Helsinki.

Tähdet, tähdet

admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:30:22 +0000

My rejected editorial for the Kritiikkiportti.fi portal for literary criticism.

”Suloinen kuulla kuitenkin tuo oisi.” Suomenkielisen maailmankirjallisuuden mahdollisuudesta

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:24:19 +0000

Text and audio for my lecture in the Annual Seminar of the Finnish Literary Research Society, June 10, 2010

Leino, Haavikko, me & “music”

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:34:05 +0000

Some preliminary results of my recent forays onto the border-area between “poetry” and “music”: 1) a demo of my “singing” (mp3, 2:30) (of four stanzas of) that beloved classic of traditional Finnish poetry, “Lapin kesä” (The Summer of Lapland, from Kangastuksia, 1902; for the lyrics, in Finnish and in English transl., click here) by Eino Leino, over Chuck Berry’s orig. recording of “Rock and Roll Music”; 2) a well-known poem by the late Finnish Modernist master, Paavo Haavikko, “Kukaan ei ymmärrä minua (tässä ravintolassa)” [No One Understands Me (In This Restaurant), from Viiniä, kirjoitusta, Otava 1976] performed by me (mp3, 3:35) against the 1966 Rolling Stones classic, “Paint It, Black” in my on arrangement ; 3) my sonnet, “Vedekieltä, kai” from Ääninen (Like 1997), read as accompaniment, so to say, to a small musical composition of my own (mp3, 1:21). I welcome you to listen and to be horrified - I for my part continue to be fascinated with “doing things I cannot do”, as well as with a larger perspective of “putting music into language” (instead of other way round).

Translating Ulysses from Saarikoski to Joyce

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:45:07 +0000

Text for an interview with me by Lauri Niskanen, published in the newsletter (”Circularundbrev”) of The James Joyce Society of Sweden and Finland, #1 Jan 2010: English / Finnish.