Veli-Matti Puumala, who will be 60 on 18 July [2025], here answers questions about his composing process, work as a teacher of the new composer generation and the guiding stars...
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Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA: CANTUS ARCTICUSConcerto for birds and orchestra (including versions for wind orchestra or piano) We recommend downloading the files to your device for more secure performance. Movement I mp3Download...
The grand old man of Finnish opera Ilkka Kuusisto passed away recently. In addition to almost 20 operas he also wrote an enormous amount of off-stage vocal music: choir works...
Lotta Wennäkoski (b. 1970) wrote her song cycle I stället för vingar (Instead of wings, 2014-16) to poems of Eva-Stina Byggmästar. The original suite is for mezzo-soprano and ensemble. The...
Ahti Sonninen (1914-84) sovitti suomalaisen hengellisen kansanperinteen aarteita sellolle ja uruille (tai pianolle). Melodiat "Siionin virret" -kokoelmasta ovat peräisin eri puolilta Suomea. Buy now
Jyrki Linjama wrote Prélude oublié (2021/24) for Juho Pohjonen. The title alludes to Baroque tradition of arpeggiated keyboard preludes, filtered in a similar way as French baroque elements appear in...
The Pelimannit (Fiddlers, 1952) suite, numbered opus 1, was the first “real” composition by Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016), written even before he was accepted by the Sibelius Academy to study composition....