Järnefelt, Armas
Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958) was a composer and conductor. He studied under Martin Wegelius and Ferruccio Busoni in Helsinki in 1887–90, with Albert Becker in Berlin in 1890 and with Jules Massenet in Paris in 1893–04. After minor conducting posts in Germany he became conductor of the Viipuri Municipal Orchestra. Following guest engagements at the Helsinki and Stockholm opera houses and a year as director of the Helsinki Music Institute in 1906–07, he settled in Stockholm as conductor of the Royal Opera. In 1910, on his additional appointment as court conductor, he took Swedish nationality. In 1923 he became the Royal Opera’s principal conductor.
Armas Järnefelt returned to Finland as director of the Finnish National Opera, and later became conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (1942–43). He was an authoritative interpreter of Sibelius, whose wife, Aino Sibelius, was Järnefelt’s sister.
His own works are Romantic in style, often with a national basis. They include the short but charming Berceuse and Praeludium, both for small orchestra, which became exceedingly popular and are still frequently heard in concert programs. Other orchestral works include his symphonic poem Korsholm (1984), Suite for Small Orchestra (1895), Suite in E Flat Major (1897) and Symphonic Fantasy (1895) which have been recorded by the Lahti Symphony on BIS label.
Järnefelt has also composed a wealth of vocal music . His songs spring from the National-Romantic ethos and the folk-like elements of his youthful songs were in time joined by Impressionistic and in places even Expressionistic timbres.
Aallon kehtolaulu / Der Welle Wiegenlied
The Wave's Lullaby
for medium voice and orchestra
2120-2000-hp-str
Duration: 4
Aamulla varhain (Early in the Morning)
for string orchestra
str(with vl solo)
Duration: 4
Adagio
(1895)
for violin and string orchestra
str
Duration: 8
Berceuse
(1904)
for orchestra
0021-2000-str
Duration: 3
Du / Sinä
You
for high voice and orchestra
0022-2000-str D major
Duration: 2
En drömmares sång till livet
Uneksijan laulu elämälle (Dreamer's Song to Life) (1940)
for high voice and orchestra
2222-4231-10-str
Duration: 4
Festouverture [D Major]
Juhla-alkusoitto Kansallisteatterin vihkiäisiin [D-duuri] (1902)
for orchestra
3(I=picc).2.2.2-4.3.3.1-1.2-str Perc: Campanelli, Tamburo, Tamburino, Triangolo, Piatti, Gran cassa
Duration: 8
Isänmaan kasvot
arr. Ilkka Kuusisto
for baritone and orchestra
2222-4331-11-hp-str
Duration: 3
Isänmaan kasvot. Kantaatti
(1927)
Cantata for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra
2(I&II+picc)2(II+c.ing)22-4331-11-hp-org-kantele-str
Duration: 25
Korsholm (Korsholma)
(1894)
for orchestra
3(III+picc)222-433(III=btrb)1-12-hp-str Percussione: Snare drum, Gran cassa, Piatti, Tamtam, Triangolo
Duration: 13
Miranda
Melodrama 1901 (?)
for narrator and ochestra
2(I&II+picc)1(+ca)21-2210-03(/4)-str Perc: Tamburino, Gran cassa, Piatti, Campanelli, Triangolo
Duration: 15
Miranda - Suite
for Orchestra from the music of the Melodrama (1901/2021)
2(I&II+picc)1(+ca)21-2210-03(/4)-str Perc: Tamburino, Gran cassa, Piatti, Campanelli, Triangolo
Duration: 12
Ouverture lyrique
Lyyrinen alkusoitto (1892)
for orchestra
2222-2121-10-str
Duration: 11
Pastorale [Pastoraali]
(1894-98)
for orchestra
2222-4231-10-str
Duration: 6
Praeludium
for orchestra
1121-2200-11-str
Duration: 3
Serenade
(1893)
for orchestra
2222-4231-10-hp-str
Duration: 30
Solsken / Sonnenschein
Sunshine
for high voice and orchestra
1121-2000-hp-str F major
Duration: 2
Suite for Small Orchestra
Sarja pienelle orkesterille (1895)
for orchestra
1(+picc)121-2200-13-str
Duration: 15
Suite in E flat Major [Kleine Suite]
Sarja Es-duuri [Pieni sarja] (1897-98)
for orchestra
2(II+picc)222-4231-12-str
Duration: 21
Symphonic Fantasy
Sinfoninen fantasia (1895)
for orchestra
3(III+picc).3(III=c.ing).3(III=cl.b).3(III=c.fg)-4331-13-hp-str
Duration: 20
Titania
for voice and orchestra
Duration: 0