Vainio, Jennah

    Kalevi Aho: Neljä joululaulua (Four Christmas Songs)The extremely hardworking composer Kalevi Aho has written almost nothing to choirs in recent years. The more interesting are these new Christmas songs for...

    The Comet by Jennah Vainio (2004) was commissioned by the Danish Ensemble Nordlys for their H.C. Andersen 200 Years Project and is dedicated to them. The 11-minute piece draws its...

    Jennah Vainio's (b. 1972) Nerve-Wreck Blues Overture (2010, rev, 2023) is a fast-paced and engaging blues overture written for string orchestra. It respects the traditions of the blues while sparingly...

    Jennah Vainio's For Such a Time As This was commissioned for YL Male Voice Choir's 140th anniversary concert in 2023. The songs deal with topics such as motherhood, war, longing...

    Jennah Vainio's Let it be forgotten (2019) to a poem by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was commissioned by the Juvenalia Choir. "Like life itself, love withers in time. Like flowers and...

    Jennah Vainio's Saxophone Quintet (2004) is scored for alto saxophone and string quartet. The composer tells: "I began to compose the Saxophone Quintet in the late summer months of 2002....

    Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Jennah Vainio’s Beatbox Concerto Fujiko’s Fairy Tale has been performed close to 20 times, mostly in the USA, where the beatboxer Shodekeh added it to...

    The string trio End Credits (2016) is intended to play together with a video projection. Composer Jennah Vainio sees it as a portrayal of a person's inner mind: "It is...

    Queen Bee is a solo work for bass tuba or contrabass tuba. The piece starts with a melodic phrase, which is followed by and intersected with, a groove in varying...
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