Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Kimmo Hakola (b. 1958) composed the Kivi Songs in Paris in spring 2007. “Distance and pining for home conjured forth from the poems timeless echoes of the primitive folk singer. It was as if the poems had the seeds of melodies hidden deep in ageless recesses, and one only had…
The long-waited solo part with piano reduction and study score for Hakola’s Clarinet Concerto finally available! The concerto created world-wide buzz after its premiere in 2001, which was augmented after the CD release. It is a rich and original work in 4 movements lasting some 40 minutes. Solo part & piano reduction 55011-708-2, 29,90 €…
Kimmo Hakola sees that the aim of composing for wind quintet should be to have the instrument ultimately breathe and express itself as an organic, coherent subject.Score: 55011-508-8, € 15,50 Buy now
Kimmo Hakola’s String QuartetNo. 4 Op. 95 was composed in 2016 and is dedicated to Meta4 Quartet. In composer’s words, it is "the floundering, playful, if necessary defiantly dramatic, surprising, capricious and unrestrained tour de force of a youthful entity." 55011-497-5 (score), € 29,10 Buy now
for clarinet in Bb soloA thrilling piece commissioned by the ECHO Young Talents program in 2016. The work has all of Hakola’s trademarks: fast-paced passages alternating with lyric ones, rapid arpeggios and search for new sounds. 979-0-55011-359-6, € 20,00
