Mikko Heiniö: Alla madre – Concerto for violin
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Mikko Heiniö: Alla madre – Concerto for violin

Mikko Heiniö’s violin concerto Alla madre (2007) abandons the traditional virtuoso concerto concept: here a large orchestra engages in dialogue with a solo violin. The first movement is called Arrivo, “Arrival”: the soloist literally arrives later, and by degrees, playing his/her first two solos offstage. Solo part & piano reduction Buy now

Mikko Heiniö: When the Boys… Theme & Variations based on a Finnish folk song for organ
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Mikko Heiniö: When the Boys… Theme & Variations based on a Finnish folk song for organ

These seven variations and theme based on a Finnish folk song were composed in 2016. The folk song in question begins with the phrase "When the boys went singing around the village / the girls believed somebody was playing the organ."