Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958) sävelsi kantaatin Isänmaan kasvot V. A. Koskenniemen tekstiin Turun Suomalaisen Yliopiston vihkimäjuhlaan, jota vietettiin 12. toukokuuta vuonna 1927. Kantaatista irroitetun yksinlaulun Isänmaan kasvot sovitti mieskuorolle (TTBB) Arvo Kuikka. Buy now
Roope Mäenpää’s Sonata for flute and piano (2020) was composed on a small island Utö in the Archipelago Sea (in the Baltic Sea). Isolated from his normal environment the composer didn’t find so much peace or harmony as insecurity and introversion. These sensations of otherness, together with an intensive creative project, left a diary-like mark…
Lauri Mäntysaari’s solo accordion work Élégie (2020-2021) was forming into a serene, melancholic passacaglia, when the devastating news shocked the world: the iconic cathedral of Notre Dame was on fire. The composer decided to reform the plan for his work, going through purgatory towards a distant reminiscence of the earliest example of European musical polyhphony,…
Viisi joululaulua – Fem julsånger – Five Christmas Songs op. 1 for voice and piano The long-awaited Urtext edition (2023) of Jean Sibelius’ Five Christmas Songs op. 1 for voice and piano is based on the critical edition presented in the volume VIII/2 Works for Solo Voice Vol. 2 of Jean Sibelius Works (JSW) edited…
Night Rowing on the Lake for piano Lauri Kilpiö’s (b. 1974) Night Rowing on the Lake (Yösoutu järvellä, 2021) for solo piano was commissioned by the Tapiola Youth Piano Competition and first peformed by its participants in November 2021. In about four minutes’ duration the work travels from dreamlike floating visions to bright and powerful…
Balai for guitar Balai for solo guitar (2009) was inspired by the most common technique on the world’s most common instrument – strumming. The Ballet interlude momentarily interrupts the rhythmic continuum with its decadent dance steps. “Balai” is French for a lute, a broom, or a dust mop. Balayettes for two guitars Lotta Wennäkoski’s Balayettes…
Jyrki Linjama (b. 1962) composed Chants and Spirituals for brass quintet in winter 2022/2023 for the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s chamber music series. The title of the work points in two directions: to Gregorian chant and to American negro spirituals. The serious antiphon Apud Dominum meets summer chamber jazz vibes – as well as skillful…
Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Mikko Heiniö’s Five Preludes for guitar (2013) was commissioned by Patrik Kleemola. The premiere of these preludes took place at the Gionate Festival in Milan, Italy in March 2014. Buy now
Olli Koskelin’s compositional style covers a vast area from the neo-impressionism to the post-expressionist echoes. He uses breakneck virtuosity, rich romantic textures and overtone series like the French spectral composers and avoids dramatic culmination. Tintinnio II for flute The high-spirited Tintinnio II (2022) gives a new definition to virtuoso piece! then when A-go for guitar…
The imaginative and sparkling arrangements of Finnish and Hungarian folk songs by László Rossa in this collection “Chamber Music for young string players I” offer the possibility to play chamber music from the very beginning of instrumental studies. The third part is written for 3rd violin, viola and cello, and it applies mostly open strings….
