Composers

    Nils-Eric Fougstedt's bright and playful suite for string orchestra in three movements (1953) is perfect addition to student orchestras' repertoire.

    Salon Latino (2017–21) has three movements: 1. Salsa y guacamole combines jazz and samba, 2. Fresas con crema is a slow Venezuelan merengue and 3. Tequila y tacos is a...

    Kalevi Aho wrote the hilarious, virtuosic and compact "Berliner Bagatelle" in winter 2018 at the request of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet as a sort of concert encore. Duration 5...

    Beneath for wind quintet (2007) was commissioned by the quintet Arktinen hysteria. The work was premiered in 2007.

    Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982) created a broad-based output of orchestral works, solo songs and chamber music. Her style could be described as moderate modernism, deriving influences from multiple sources such as...

    The concerto for violin and orchestra was composed in 2005 for Erkki Palola. The inspiration of the "Nonexistent Knight" was found in literature (Calvino, Cervantes), in music (Monteverdi) and in...

    The latest addition to Aho's sequel for solo instrument pieces: Solo XVII takes a notice to the special features of the clavichord, which is different from that of a piano...

    Suite for Helena (Svit för Helena, 1994) for wind quintet is built on folk tunes from Åland Islands. In five movements, it takes a form from classical models (French suite,...

    Mien (2014) for alto flute, English horn, clarinet, horn & bassoon is based on rippling, wavering, timbre changing effect of bisbigliando. The good-humoured piece has a swinging jingle, and with...

    Päärme (Hem) has a pulsative character, especially in the outer sections, and the idea of steady but erratically colourful stitching prompted the amusing and highly unusual word the composer chose...