Einojuhani Rautavaara: Concerto for violin and orchestra
A new edition of the study score (2024) of Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Concerto for violin and orchestra (1977) is now available. Buy now
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Kaj Chydenius: Pohjoiset vuodenajat (The Northern Seasons) for mezzo-soprano and piano
Composer Kaj Chydenius (1939-2024) and Sami poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943-2001) celebrated their friendship with collaboration, the song cycle Pohjoiset vuodenajat (The Northern Seasons, 1989) being the most handsome result. The four poems tranlated in Finnish by Anneli Rosell depict the seasons. Buy now
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Eetu Ranta-aho: Lasten lied! 3 – Avaruuslaulut
Vantaan musiikkiopiston 60-vuotisjuhlaan tilattu Eetu Ranta-ahon Avaruuslaulut on Lasten lied! -sarjan kolmas osa. Viisiosainen, nuorelle laulajalle ja pianistille sävelletty liedsarja Vantaan musiikkiopiston lied-ryhmäläisten teksteihin vie ihmettelemään ympäröivän maailmankaikkeuden salaisuuksia. Buy now
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Aulis Sallinen: Four Dream Songs for soprano and six violoncellos
Aulis Sallinen’s powerful opera Ratsumies (The Horseman, 1972) to the libretto by Paavo Haavikko is the origin of the orchestral songs “Neljä laulua unesta” (Four Dream Songs). The composer arranged the songs for soprano and six violoncellos on the request of Total Cello Ensemble in 2020. Buy now
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Einojuhani Rautavaara: Orpheus singt for mixed chorus
Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Orpheus singt for mixed choir to poems by Rainer Maria Rilke includes three songs: 1. Da stieg ein Baum, 2. Und fast ein Mädchen wars…, 3. Ein Gott vermags Buy now
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Joonas Kokkonen: Laudatio Domini for mixed chorus and soprano
New edition 2024 of the Finnish choir classics! Joonas Kokkonen’s (1921-1996) Laudate Domini (1966) for mixed chorus and soprano is the most important of Kokkonen’s works for choir. In these five movements the composer demonstrates his skill at achieving orchestral proportions using choral resources. Buy now
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Jennah Vainio: Let it be forgotten for mixed choir
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 fire, it fades, but the memory remains, and time frosts it. Over time, sadness takes on a gold lining. The beautifully luminous harmonies of the…
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Olli Kortekangas: Ave Maria for mixed choir
Olli Kortekangas’s Ave Maria (2023) for mixed choir brings colours of Italian folk music into the Angelical salutation. Buy now
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Aarre Merikanto: Juha – vocal score
Juha is a three-act opera by Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958), with a Finnish libretto by Aino Ackté-Jalander (based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Juhani Aho). Although completed by 1922, it was finally staged at the music college in Lahti only in 1963. This vocal score is based on the piano arrangement by…
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Aulis Sallinen: Ratsumies – vocal score
Erä vuoden 1979 painosta Aulis Sallisen Ratsumies-oopperan pianopartituuria erikoishintaan! Alunperin Olavinlinnan 500-vuotisjuhlaan syntynyt Ratsumiehen kantaesitys oli merkkitapaus: moderni mutta helposti omaksuttava sävelkieli yhdistettynä Paavo Haavikon monisyiseen librettoon johti suomalaista oopperaa uuteen suuntaan. Buy now
