Jennah Vainio’s Let it be forgotten (2019) to a poem by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was commissioned by the Juvenalia Choir. “Like life itself, love withers in time. Like flowers and fire, it fades, but the memory remains, and time frosts it. Over time, sadness takes on a gold lining. The beautifully luminous harmonies of the…
Olli Kortekangas’s Ave Maria (2023) for mixed choir brings colours of Italian folk music into the Angelical salutation. Buy now
Juha is a three-act opera by Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958), with a Finnish libretto by Aino Ackté-Jalander (based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Juhani Aho). Although completed by 1922, it was finally staged at the music college in Lahti only in 1963. This vocal score is based on the piano arrangement by…
Erä vuoden 1979 painosta Aulis Sallisen Ratsumies-oopperan pianopartituuria erikoishintaan! Alunperin Olavinlinnan 500-vuotisjuhlaan syntynyt Ratsumiehen kantaesitys oli merkkitapaus: moderni mutta helposti omaksuttava sävelkieli yhdistettynä Paavo Haavikon monisyiseen librettoon johti suomalaista oopperaa uuteen suuntaan. Buy now
Erityisesti 5-8-vuotiaille suunnatussa Minun pianoni -alkeiskirjassa opitaan yli 60 viehättävän pikkukappaleen kautta perusrytmit, tahtiosoitukset sekä nuottien paikat ja nimet kahden oktaavin alueella. Osaan kappaleista on liitetty myös sanat. Moniin kappaleisiin on lisätty opettajalle säestys, ja eri soittimia yhdistäviä nauhoitettuja säestyksiä löytyy kappaleisiin liitettyjen QR-koodien takaa. Yksinkertaiset teoriatehtävät tukevat oppimista, ja pienet musiikkileikit rohkaisevat tutustumaan soittimeen…
How to explain to a child, what scales are and why they are played? Géza Szilvay’s child-centered scale books (completely renewed editions in 2024) start the journey one step at a time, with inner hearing leading the fingers. Alongside the letter names and staff writing of the notes the child gets familiar with their locations…
Jennah Vainio’s Saxophone Quintet (2004) is scored for alto saxophone and string quartet. The composer tells: “I began to compose the Saxophone Quintet in the late summer months of 2002. The air in the city was thick with heat, and behind the window mother nature was blossoming to her fullest extent. During autumn the same…
Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Vestige for violin and piano is based on the aria for soprano and instrumental ensemble Minä odotin Lotta Wennäkoski composed in 2003. This aria is part of the cycle Naisen rakkautta ja elämää (Love and Life of a Woman) designed for performance on stage together with the song cycle of…
Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Einojuhani Rautavaara ended his opera Aleksis Kivi (1995–1996) with the comforting words of The Song of my Heart: “Far from war and persecution, far from the cruel world.” He made the version for cello and piano in 2000, in memory of his composer colleague Lepo Sumera. The arrangement for violin…
Downloadable and printable PDF edition. The composer tells: “Waiting to hear was commissioned by my publisher, Fennica Gehrman, as part of a volume of new duos celebrating their 20th anniversary. I got the request shortly before the untimely death of my friend the violinist, composer and conductor Jaakko Kuusisto, and I wanted to write something…
