Kalevi Aho: Le Tombeau de J. K. for violin and piano (PDF)

Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Kalevi Aho composed Le Tombeau de J. K. in memory of Jaakko Kuusisto, who died on February 23, 2022. “Jaakko and I had quite a partnership over the years – he recorded most of my violin works and conducted many of my compositions. I was deeply touched by his illness and untimely death and decided there and then to write a little piece for violin and piano in his memory. The initial motif of this elegiac piece is later repeated twice, each time a minor second lower than before, until at the end the music rises to the violin’s extreme, weightless heights.” Buy now