Composers

    The music of Matthew Whittall opens up landscapes: vast silences, currents of melodies, arches of meditative sound that make time stand still. Since the mid-2000s, his soundscapes have dwelled on...

    Aulis Sallinen's powerful opera Ratsumies (The Horseman, 1972) to the libretto by Paavo Haavikko is the origin of the orchestral songs "Neljä laulua unesta" (Four Dream Songs). The composer arranged...

    Einojuhani Rautavaara's Orpheus singt for mixed choir to poems by Rainer Maria Rilke includes three songs: 1. Da stieg ein Baum, 2. Und fast ein Mädchen wars…, 3. Ein Gott...

    New edition 2024 of the Finnish choir classics! Joonas Kokkonen's (1921-1996) Laudate Domini (1966) for mixed chorus and soprano is the most important of Kokkonen's works for choir. In these...

    Jennah Vainio's Let it be forgotten (2019) to a poem by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was commissioned by the Juvenalia Choir. "Like life itself, love withers in time. Like flowers and...

    Olli Kortekangas's Ave Maria (2023) for mixed choir brings colours of Italian folk music into the Angelical salutation. Buy now

    Juha is a three-act opera by Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958), with a Finnish libretto by Aino Ackté-Jalander (based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Juhani Aho). Although completed...

    Erä vuoden 1979 painosta Aulis Sallisen Ratsumies-oopperan pianopartituuria erikoishintaan! Alunperin Olavinlinnan 500-vuotisjuhlaan syntynyt Ratsumiehen kantaesitys oli merkkitapaus: moderni mutta helposti omaksuttava sävelkieli yhdistettynä Paavo Haavikon monisyiseen librettoon johti suomalaista oopperaa...

    Jennah Vainio's Saxophone Quintet (2004) is scored for alto saxophone and string quartet. The composer tells: "I began to compose the Saxophone Quintet in the late summer months of 2002....

    Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Vestige for violin and piano is based on the aria for soprano and instrumental ensemble Minä odotin Lotta Wennäkoski composed in 2003. This aria is...