Arja Suorsa-Rannanmäki: Colour Keys the Piano ABC, Teacher’s Guide A

Arja Suorsa-Rannanmäki: Colour Keys the Piano ABC, Teacher’s Guide A

ByKatja Lampela

Colour Keys is designed for young begin­ners. As a child-centered method it intro­duces new musical concepts in the simplest man­ner possible. The coloured staff is constructed gradually from a single-line staff into a five-line staff. The teacher’s guide is now available in Finnish and in English.55011-168-4 (in Finnish) € 6,10 Buy now

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Four Romances from the opera Rasputin

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Four Romances from the opera Rasputin

ByKatja Lampela

Neljä romanssia oopperasta Rasputin (for mixed choir)According to Rautavaara it was a pity to leave the melancholy, moonlit songs of his opera Rasputin to languish within the confines of the opera. He therefore arranged the set of "unabashedly sentimental and thoroughly melodic" pieces, first for male choir, and in 2012 for mixed choir. 55011-148-6, €…

Jean Sibelius: Theme and Variations
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Jean Sibelius: Theme and Variations

ByKatja Lampela

for solo celloFIRST PUBLICATIONA work that was probably never performed in public during Sibelius’s lifetime. It dates from 1887 when Sibelius was 21 years, and the music owes much to Bach in terms of its style, although the theme on which the variations are based has a certain Finnish-Nordic flavour. It was refound and performed…

Lászlo Rossa-Jaana Laasonen: Huilukamari 1-4 (Flute Chamber 1-4)

ByKatja Lampela

Chamber music for young flutists based on original versions for violin duos by Lászlo Rossa and Gèza Szilvay. Book I is intended for groups of players of different standards, II includes duos, II is a selection of trios and IV is a book of quartets.55011-089-2 (I), € 19,20 Buy now, 55011-090-8 (II) € 19,20 Buy…