Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Ululations for mixed choir
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s Ululation (2023) for mixed choir developes entirely from the “ululating” gesture. Ululations can be taken as a ritualistic expression of mourning commenting on the turbulent…
Jean Sibelius (sov. Salakka): Viisi joululaulua / Five Christmas songs op. 1 for male choir
Sibelius’ Christmas songs op. 1 (texts in Finnish) arranged for male choir by Teppo Salakka. Buy now
Matthew Whittall: Songs of Travel for mixed choir
Matthew Whittall’s large-scale choral song cycle Songs of Travel (2020-2021) is set to poems by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), compiled and adapted by the composer. Duration 30…
Matthew Whittall: love is a place – Three Songs after E.E. Cummings for mixed choir
In this set of love songs “love is a place” after one of the great poets of the genre, Matthew Whittall wanted to create a sense of…
Matthew Whittall: Två psalmer for mixed choir
Matthew Whittall’s pair of psalm-based settings was a commission from the Finnish union of church musicians, for Swedish-language pieces specifically intended for liturgical use. Du kröner året…
Jennah Vainio: For Such a Time As This – Three songs for male choir with percussion
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…
Timo-Juhani Kyllönen: Julen sveper in for mixed choir & piano
Timo-Juhani Kyllönen’s Julen sveper in op. 101b (Swedish, “Christmas sweeps in”) for mixed choir and piano was commissioned for Espoo Arbis Chamber Choir in 2023. The composition…
Johanna Almark: Tänään ja tuhat vuotta for descant choir & piano
Laulun voiman ja luonnon monimuotoisuuden ylistystä säteilevä Johanna Almarkin ja Heta Ahon Tänään ja tuhat vuotta on kirjoitettu kolmiääniselle (SSA) diskanttikuorolle ja pianolle. Neliminuuttinen teos sopii niin…
Taru Aarnio: Opettajan ja vanhempien opas (Colourstrings Cello ABC Book A)
Opettajan ja vanhempien opas Géza ja Csaba Szilvayn luomaan Colourstrings-metodiin käy Colourstrings Cello ABC -sarjan ensimmäisen osan sivu sivulta läpi. Musiikin, tekniikan ja oivallusten innostava ja tasapainoinen…
Harri Wessman: Concertino for trumpet and string orchestra “Mirrors”
Harri Wessman’s Concertino for trumpet and string orchestra Peilejä (Mirrors) was premiered in 1997. Suitable for student / pupil orchestra, the concertino follows fully Wessman’s principle: “I…
Jean Sibelius (arr. Flanagan): String Trio in G Minor – arrangement for string orchestra
String Trio in G Minor (1893-94) is a work of Jean Sibelius’s mature chamber music period, and his symphonic writing style is clearly present. The trio was…
Lotta Wennäkoski: Mellan natt och regn for guitar and string quartet
The lyrical title of Lotta Wennäkoski’s Mellan natt och regn (Swedish for “Between Night and Rain”) derives from a poem by Tua Forsström (b. 1947), and the…
Kalevi Aho: Works for string quartet
SumussaKalevi Aho composed a shimmering six-minute journey for string quartet under the title Sumussa (“In the fog”, 2023). It was premiered by Tempera Quartet at Kaustinen Chamber…
Kalevi Aho: Ruija for flute and violoncello
Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) composed Ruija for flute and violoncello (2023) to be performed in Kakslauttanen planetarium dome in Saariselkä, Lapland. It is dedicated to the memory…
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
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…
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…
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)…
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…,…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
Julia Reinikainen: Minun pianoni – Alkeiskirja
Erityisesti 5-8-vuotiaille suunnatussa Minun pianoni -alkeiskirjassa opitaan yli 60 viehättävän pikkukappaleen kautta perusrytmit, tahtiosoitukset sekä nuottien paikat ja nimet kahden oktaavin alueella. Osaan kappaleista on liitetty myös…
Géza Szilvay: Violon Scales
How to explain to a child, what scales are and why they are played? Géza Szilvay’s child-centered scale books (completely renewed editions in 2024) start the journey…
Jennah Vainio: Saxophone Quintet
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…
Lotta Wennäkoski: Vestige for violin and piano (PDF)
Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Vestige for violin and piano is based on the aria for soprano and instrumental ensemble Minä odotin Lotta Wennäkoski composed in 2003…
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Song of my heart for violin and piano (PDF)
Downloadable and printable PDF edition. Einojuhani Rautavaara ended his opera Aleksis Kivi (1995–1996) with the comforting words of The Song of my Heart: “Far from war and…
Matthew Whittall: Le Tombeau de J. K. for violin and piano (PDF)
Downloadable and printable PDF edition. The composer tells: “Waiting to hear was commissioned by my publisher, Fennica Gehrman, as part of a volume of new duos celebrating…