Lotta Wennäkoski: Tocca for violin and harp
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Lotta Wennäkoski: Tocca for violin and harp

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…

Ahti Sonninen (arr. Kuikka): Preludio festivo for wind band (PDF)
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Ahti Sonninen (arr. Kuikka): Preludio festivo for wind band (PDF)

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

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Hajoaminen – Four songs for voice & piano
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Einojuhani Rautavaara: Hajoaminen – Four songs for voice & piano

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