This year witnesses the 150th anniversary of the birth of Erkki Melartin (7.2.1875 – 14.2.1937) – one of the most prolific Finnish composers of all times. His extensive oeuvre includes...

Kari Karjalainen has arranged these popular piano pieces by Erkki Melartin to different brass ensembles. The three pieces are: Tanssilaulu op. 16 / 3 Legend I op. 6 / 1...

The six-movement Per speculum in enigmatae suite (Through a glass, darkly) is published for the first time. Melartin assembled it from different separate pieces. The biblical heading maybe has a...

The first five symphonies by Erkki Melartin (1875–1937) represent the Finnish National Romantic music heritage based on Austo-German orchestral tradition. Melartin considered the Symphony No. 3 as his “testament” and...

The Little Quartet for Four Horns op. 185 by Erkki Melartin was commissioned by the progenitor of Finnish horn playing, Holger Fransman (1909-1997). The transcription for four saxophones (soprano/alto, alto,...

A work commissioned by Holger Fransman. The Helsinki Music Institute's horn class received this three movement quartet for the spring concert in May 1936 when a composition for four French...