Juhani Nuorvala, described as an “electro-acoustic urban minimalist”, seeks inspiration from widely varied sources. With the enthusiasm of an explorer, he has delved into microtonality, French spectral music, techno and rock. It all becomes organically fused into his own idiom, often characterised by a frenzied rhythmic drive. Prélude non retouché (2012) for organ in ¼…
This piano piece is a fantasy meditation on the Train/Spaceship chords in the opera "Einstein on the Beach" by Philip Glass. There is something strange in the repeating five-chord progression (Fm – Db – A – B7 – E) "because it never fails to lift the audience to its feet". Nuorvala’s piece was written in…
Juhani Nuorvala’s (b. 1961) Variationes ex ”Bene quondam” for string orchestra was commissioned by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra in 2017. Collaboration with the musicians led to experiments with microtonality. The work is based on a late medieval song from the Finnish collection Piae cantiones (Pious songs). Study score 55011-618-4, € 19,80
Nuorvala has been described as an “electro-acoustic urban minimalist”, he seeks inspiration from widely varied sources. With the enthusiasm of an explorer, he has delved into microtonality, French spectral music, techno and rock. Boost (2009) celebrates all these features. 55011-629-0, € 14,50
