Jyrki Linjama: Allenheiligertag cycle for string quartet / violin / viola da gamba
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Jyrki Linjama: Allenheiligertag cycle for string quartet / violin / viola da gamba

The material for Jyrki Linjama’s Allerheiligentag cycle is a Finnish folk chorale for All Saints’ Day (no. 146 in the Finnish Hymn Book). The second work in the cycle is a piece for orchestra (2009), the third for string quartet. The fourth and fifth are solo works for viola da gamba and violin.

Jyrki Linjama: Five Songs “himmeä, kirkas, himmeä…” for baritone & piano
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Jyrki Linjama: Five Songs “himmeä, kirkas, himmeä…” for baritone & piano

Jyrki Linjama’s (b. 1962) poetic music finds its counterpart in the poems of a Finnish modernist Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–1995). The 23-minute song cycle ”himmeä, kirkas, himmeä…” was commissioned and premiered by baritone Aarne Pelkonen and pianist Juho Alakärppä. 55011-578-1, € 29,50

Jyrki Linjama: Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen (The Sky is Blue and White)
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Jyrki Linjama: Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen (The Sky is Blue and White)

for violin and pianoNocturnes & scherzos based on a Finnish folk song. Suitable tor teaching purposes as the technical and esthetical solutions in the music open paths towards more difficult pieces of composers such as Schumann, Prokofiev, Bartok and Mendelssohn. 55011-476-0, € 14,90