These arrangements of popular carols (for e.g. 2 violins, cello and piano ad.lib.) bring joy to Christmas celebration. Suitable for children and adults with all instruments in C. trad.: Heinillä härkien kaukalon (Entre le boeuf et l’ane gris) 55016-525-0, € 4,90 Buy nowtrad.: Maa on niin kaunis (Härlig är jorden) 55016-522-9, € 4,90 Buy now…
Antti Auvinen’s (b. 1974) Eliangelis (2005) challenges the conventional way of writing for a monophonic solo instrument: at times the multi-layered multiphonic figures create an illusion of polyfony, and at times the timbres for the clarinet are augmented by a combination of broken sound and pitchless hissing. 55011-649-8, € 13,40
The popular series of four carols now available on digital download. Suosittu joululaulusarja saatavana nyt sähköisenä lataustiedostona.1. Jouluna (Johannes Suomalainen) 2. Aattoiltana (Ester Ahokainen) 3. Metsän joulu (Oiva Paloheimo) 4. Legenda (Jaakko Haavio)55016-514-4, € 5,90
In the series which celebrates the historical Finnish women who wrote music we introduce Anne-Marie Mechelin’s (1892–1929) piano pieces, also suitable for pedagogical use. Christmas Gavotte (Joulu-Gavotti) 55016-515-1, € 5,90 Buy nowNocturno 55016-517-5, € 5,90
Five Aphorisms (1973, originally for piano) combines playful characters with long-lined melodies. Kari Jämbäck’s arrangement for flute and guitar is suitable also for pedagogical use.Score & parts 55011-648-1, € 17,20
Capriccio (1989) puts the idea of caprice into practice in various ways. The 10-minute-long work in three movements is scored for the same instruments as Mozart’s Serenades for winds. The piece was commissioned and premiered by the wind players of Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in 1989. Score & parts 55011-647-4, € 36,50
Popular Christmas carols first published in the collection "Joulun aikaan" (The Time of Christmas, 2001) now available as pdf:s. J. S. Bach: Mä seimes ääreen seisahdun (Ich steh’ an deiner Krippe hier) 55016-502-1, € 2,00 Buy nowP. J. Hannikainen: Joulun kellot (Hiljaa, hiljaa helkkyellen) 55016-503-8, € 2,30 Buy nowMartti Hela: Hiljainen joululaulu 55016-494-9, € 2,30…
Hele (2018) was written for the musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. It is set up for an ensemble consisting of woodwind quintet, trumpet, percussion and string quintet. Wennäkoski tells about the process: “A composer works with sounds and time, but also with emotions and images. When starting a new score I usually try…
The six-movement Per speculum in enigmatae suite (Through a glass, darkly) is published for the first time. Melartin assembled it from different separate pieces. The biblical heading maybe has a spiritual rather than a religious connotation, though some of the movements – and the title – are programmatic. 55011-630-6, € 12,50
This work is scored for a string orchestra of twenty players. The piano part is honouring the ‘Beethovenian-Lisztian-Brahmsian’ pianistic tradition. At times it is lean and linear, but the work also contains multi-layered, full-toned piano textures and massive rolling octaves. The 30-minute concerto requires great artistry on the part of the performer. It comprises 3…
