What are the various ways to touch upon the strings of violin and harp, if the musicians are equipped – in addition to fingertips and the bow – with a sheet of paper? Lotta Wennäkoski’s good-humoured Tocca (2019 / 2020) for violin and harp strolls through the journey, listening to the colours created by various…
The piano reduction for Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Concerto for harp and orchestra (2000) is available for the first time! This product includes also the solo part edited by Kalen Smith. Buy now
Luonnonjumala (God of Nature) is Tauno Marttinen’s adaption for harp of his piano suite Taara (op. 34). The manuscript for harp was found in January 2024 by Rauno Marttinen, composer’s son. Duration: ca. 15 minutes. Buy now
Alex Freeman’s Ring Out, Wild Bells was composed in 2020. It is set for mixed choir (SSAATTBB) to the text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Buy now
The charming poem by the Swedish story-teller Elsa Beskow about a coltsfoot, the first flower to greet the northern spring, set for mixed choir and piano. Text in Swedish or English (translated by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi). Buy now
Jack Mattsson’s Katrina-svit is arranged for male choir by Lars Karlsson. It contains four movements: 1. Kaptensvisa / Einars visa (text Lars Karlsson) 2. Sommarpsalm (Lars Huldén) 3. Det skall komma en vår igen (Lars Huldén) 4. Håll räjt! (Lars Huldén) Buy now
Downloadable and printable PDF edition / Ladattava ja itse tulostettava PDF-nuotti Ahti Sonninen composed the festive overture Laulujen virta (Stream of Songs) / Preludio festivo in 1953 for Finnish book publisher WSOY’s 75th anniversary. Arvo Kuikka has arranged it for wind band. Buy now
Published for the first time in 2024! Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Concerto grottesco was composed in 1950 and is among his first orchestral works. With overall duration of 6 minutes, the work includes four movements. Buy now
Published for the first time in 2024, Einojuhani Rautavaara’s (1928-2016) Hajoaminen (Dissolution, 1956) is set to four grim poems by Finnish poet Lassi Nummi (1928-2012). Plaintive motifs and the use of ostinato creates a static athmosphere and links the songs together. Elegia (Elegy) is Rautavaara’s first composition where he used twelve-tone technique. Buy now
Quasi una fantasia for horn and organ (2011) was composed on the commission by organist Jan Lehtola, who premiered it with horn player Petri Komulainen in 2012. The piece is extremely virtuosic, and almost concerto-like in nature. At times the horn plays also quarter-tone scales by combining ‘perfect’ and ‘imperfect’ (the 7th, 11th and 13th)…
