Harri Wessman's Concertino for trumpet and string orchestra Peilejä (Mirrors) was premiered in 1997. Suitable for student / pupil orchestra, the concertino follows fully Wessman's principle: "I don’t write children’s...

String Trio in G Minor (1893-94) is a work of Jean Sibelius's mature chamber music period, and his symphonic writing style is clearly present. The trio was never finished, and...

The lyrical title of Lotta Wennäkoski's Mellan natt och regn (Swedish for "Between Night and Rain") derives from a poem by Tua Forsström (b. 1947), and the music has both...

SumussaKalevi Aho composed a shimmering six-minute journey for string quartet under the title Sumussa ("In the fog", 2023). It was premiered by Tempera Quartet at Kaustinen Chamber Music Week in...

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) composed Ruija for flute and violoncello (2023) to be performed in Kakslauttanen planetarium dome in Saariselkä, Lapland. It is dedicated to the memory of sculptor Kari...

A new edition of the study score (2024) of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Concerto for violin and orchestra (1977) is now available. Buy now

Composer Kaj Chydenius (1939-2024) and Sami poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943-2001) celebrated their friendship with collaboration, the song cycle Pohjoiset vuodenajat (The Northern Seasons, 1989) being the most handsome result. The...

Vantaan musiikkiopiston 60-vuotisjuhlaan tilattu Eetu Ranta-ahon Avaruuslaulut on Lasten lied! -sarjan kolmas osa. Viisiosainen, nuorelle laulajalle ja pianistille sävelletty liedsarja Vantaan musiikkiopiston lied-ryhmäläisten teksteihin vie ihmettelemään ympäröivän maailmankaikkeuden salaisuuksia. Buy...

Aulis Sallinen's powerful opera Ratsumies (The Horseman, 1972) to the libretto by Paavo Haavikko is the origin of the orchestral songs "Neljä laulua unesta" (Four Dream Songs). The composer arranged...

Einojuhani Rautavaara's Orpheus singt for mixed choir to poems by Rainer Maria Rilke includes three songs: 1. Da stieg ein Baum, 2. Und fast ein Mädchen wars…, 3. Ein Gott...