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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In spring 2006 Kalevi Aho came across the posthumously published The Book of Questions (1974) by Pablo Neruda. It consists of short, exquisite questions which force the reader to look...