Nieminen, Kai

Hymnos IV – Waterscapes… for solo clarinet is composed in 2016. Buy now

The concerto for violin and orchestra was composed in 2005 for Erkki Palola. The inspiration of the "Nonexistent Knight" was found in literature (Calvino, Cervantes), in music (Monteverdi) and in the singing of birds. Solo part & piano reduction

Kai Nieminen’s two guitar pieces pay homage to 20th century French compositions: Le Tombeau de Darius Milhaud (2021) draws inspiration from Milhaud’s short guitar composition Segoviana (1957) and Joan Miro’s series of paintings called The Dutch Interiors (1928). Le Tombeau d’Albert Roussel (2020) utilises themes and harmonies from Roussel’s ballet-pantomime Le Festin de l’Araignée (The…

This piece for 12 musicians (symphonic wind instruments and percussion) explores the mental images of autumn, melancholy and freedom. The work is in one movement, this revised version dates from 2018. Score & parts 55011-482-1, € 78,20

The music of Kai Nieminen does not conform to any “isms”. He remarks: “I feel like I am a painter in music, who having seen or experienced something attempts to give that something a shape in music.” The flute concerto Palomar was written for Patrick Gallois and premiered 2001 in Milan, Italy. Study score 55009-637-0,…

Kai Nieminen’s Fragmental Reflections (2018) draws on the melancholy mood of the Finnish folk song "Tein minä pillin pajupuusta" (I made a willow whistle), familiar to most Finns. The emotional scale of this 10-minute guitar fantasy ranges from a nostalgic striving for beauty to discordantly disruptive moments.55011-593-4, € 13,20

Three piano trios were commissioned by Trio LaRue and composed in 2004-2016.In der Winterzeit (inspired by Paul Klee’s painting Winterwinde) was composed in 2004 and revised in 2012.Score and parts 55011-525-5, € 39,90 Buy nowFrammenti dal buio… (Inspirazioni Caravaggesche, 2016) got its inspiration from the paintings of Caravaggio. Score and parts 55011-527-9, € 39,90

Kai Nieminen’s "Three Quartets of Winter" includes: 1. I Can Hear Northern Lights (1999) was inspired by arctic winter and northern lights. (score and parts) 55011-484-5, € 39,90 Buy now 3. Gestures of Winter… (Time around northern night skies) was a part of "Followers of Sibelius" project in 2017. (score and parts) 55011-486-9, € 39,90