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    The air is heavy with flashy comments, when the flute, the bassoon and the piano start their debate in “Storm in a Teacup” (2014) by Kirmo Lintinen (b. 1967). Less...

    Olli Kortekangas (b. 1955) was struggling when looking for a suitable chorale or theme after a commission from Tomi Satomaa to compose a variation work for organ. He finally found...

    Lauri Kilpiö’s Memories and Impressions is a 14-movement suite for solo piano of 24 minutes. It was commissioned by the Music School of St. Michel. The duration and the level...

    A missa brevis for descant choir and piano (organ ad lib.) by Olli Kortekangas gets a Finnish colour in Laudamus, the text of which "Luotujen virsi" by Pekka Kivekäs is...

    (Six Ostrobothnian folk songs)During his folklore gathering trips to South Ostrobothnia in the west coast of Finland in 1907, Toivo Kuula wrote down a total of 362 songs. Of these...

    (The Legend of Oskari Juliini - New Ostrobothnian Folk Songs)The Ostrobothnian folk songs collected by Toivo Kuula offer an interesting look at the Finnish folk music, especially in regard what...

    Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958) composed his Festouverture (Festive Overture) for the official opening of the Finnish National Theatre on 9 April 1902. This was a great event in the history of...

    Uuno Klami probably began composing the C minor Sonata as early as May 1920. He completed two movements but only sketched the finale. The reason why he never finished it...

    Einar Englund's (1916–99) musical language is based on sweeping terms and great symphonic lines. As a neo-classicist his music is based on tonality and includes long, compact and even romantic...

    Lars Karlsson (b. 1952) has followed his own distinctive route on the Finnish contemporary music scene as a ”romantic modernist”. The song cycle (2010–12) for baritone and chamber orchestra was...