Some new works by Antti Auvinen are to premiere in autumn 2024. In November, the Sointi Big Band and the Helsinki Chamber Choir will be performing a work for choir and big band conducted by Atso Almila in Tampere, Helsinki and Kuopio. A double concerto commissioned by the Finnish Baroque Orchestra for soprano and recorder…
Karkija for bass clarinet and marimba was a commission of Duo Xylokosmos and was premiered in Austria 2007. The product includes one performance score (B4 sized loose pages) in a folder.
Beneath for wind quintet (2007) was commissioned by the quintet Arktinen hysteria. The work was premiered in 2007.
Singel excelsis is composed using the material from an earlier work for three organs. Auvinen finds fascinating the rhythmic characteristics of the organ: "Many of the vibrations and rhythmic fluctuations derived from the overtone series and the natural virtuosity of the instrument is utterly fascinating."
Delfiinimeditaatio (A Dolphin Meditation) is set to Harry Salmenniemi’s short story (in Finnish). Salmenniemi’s prose gets a modern treatment by Auvinen: repetitions of words and syllables, cutting, onomatopoetism, hissing and sprechgesang methods are employed. Buy now
Post-Tarrega Stress Funk (2020) is a whirlwind showcase piece for the guitar. Exceptionally demanding technically, it was composed for the guitar virtuoso Otto Tolonen, who premiered the work at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in february 2020. A download link to practice score is included in the printed version.55011-732-7, 21,20 € Buy now
