Piirpauke: Sweet is the sound of my sorrow

“I listened diligently to Jorma Hynninen’s and Ralf Gothoni’s Merikanto recording (then new) and chose this evergreen as part of our repertoire; it’s as if it were comissioned for Piirpauke. This became one of our most popular pieces, it could be because it’s in the key A flat minor (the same as in the ’Church bells of Konevitsa’)“. - Sakari Kukko -