Värttinä Archive Live DVD

Värttinä Videos

Riena

Recorded live at MIDEM, Cannes, January 2006. Directed by Markku Hietala of RGB Oy.
The original song appears on the album Miero, music by Antto Varilo, words by Mari Kaasinen and Johanna Virtanen.

Quicktime (mov) (20.5 Mb)
Windows Media (wmv) (16.1 Mb)

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Maahinen Neito

Recorded live at the Värttinä 20th Anniversary Concert, February 2003 at Aleksanterin Teatteri, Helsinki. Directed by Harri Anttila. Produced by DeCo Media. The original song appears on the album iki, music by Susan Aho, words by Timo Kiiskinen.

Quicktime (mov) (23.5 Mb)
Windows Media (wmv) (20.5 Mb)

Äijö

Värttinä's third video is the live version of "Äijö", originally appearing as a studio recording on their album Ilmatar. The song, composed by Värttinä guitarist Antto Varilo, with lyrics by Kirsi Kähkönen, is one of the band's most powerful stage pieces. It tells the story of a crazy old coot "äijö" who is bitten by a snake and resorts to casting an ancient spell to rid himself of the poison and the snake's very existence. On the Ilmatar album, distinguished rock singer Ismo Alanko guests as "Äijö", while in the video, Kirsi screeches out the spell with magnificent effect. At the time, the "Äijö" video, also a bonus track on the 6.12 CD, featured brand new Värttinä singer Johanna Virtanen, replacing Riikka Timonen and percussionist Jaska Lukkarinen, replacing Marko Timonen.

Quicktime (mov) (16.8 Mb)
Windows Media (wmv) (14.7 Mb)