Light And Matter was jointly commissioned by the Library of Congress, Britten Sinfonia, Norrbotten NEO and the Aeolian Chamber Players in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Composed in 2014 by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, the piece is for Violin, Cello and Piano.Saariaho states that her inspiration for this work came from looking out of her window in Ne…

Score and parts for Saariaho's Cendres , arranged for Alto Flute, Cello and Piano. Quoting Saariaho: While writing Cendres , I was mainly concentrating on the interpretation of particular musical ideas by the three different instruments of the trio, each of which has its unique character and palette of colours. Musical tension is created and regulated by sometimes bringing the instruments as close…

Je Sens Un Deuxième Coeur was commissioned for Emanuel Ax by The Carnegie Hall Corporation. The world premiere was given at the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City on 12 April 2004 by Emanuel Ax, Paul Neubauer and Fred Sherry. / Alto, Violoncelle Et Piano

Saariaho's L'armour De Loin is an opera in five acts and was premiered in Salzburg in August 2000, with additional productions being staged at the theatre Bern in Switzerland. The story is based on the life of Prince of Bleye , one of the first great troubadours of the 12th century, and follows his glowing passion for a woman from the East of whom he has only heard is the central theme of the libr…

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Figura is a work by composerKaija Saariaho for Solo Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet. This is the score and parts. Figura is a work by composer Kaija Saariaho for Solo Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet. This is the score and parts./ Répertoire / Clarinette, Piano et Quatuor à Cordes

Score édition du spectacle de la 'Folia' Saariaho arrangé pour contrebasse solo et électronique en option. Durée 10 minutes. / Scores

Written for SA chorus and piano. / Chant Et Piano

A setting by Kaija Saariaho of texts by Amin Maalouf for solo Soprano with Piano. A joint commission between the Théâtre De Châtelet Paris and the Barbican Centre London, the piece was first performed in Paris, April 2003. The text features four short writings Attente, Douleur, Parfum De L'Instant and Résonances , with a complex Piano part that bubbles with effervescent textures and glissandi. / S…

Terrestre was commissioned to celebrate the composer's fiftieth birthday and while the name Terrestre calls to mind earthbound things, the score suggests the physical sensation of taking wing. The first of the two movements, l'Oiseau dansant, describes an aboriginal tale of a bird that teaches a village to dance, while the second movement, l'Oiseau, un satellite infime (infinitesimal) takes flight…

Kaija Saariaho is the most successful of contemporary Finnish composers, having won a number of international compositions, and has become best known for her works which exploit electronics. The inspiration for writing NoaNoa came at the time of writing the music for the ballet Maa. and quot - I wanted to write down, exaggerate, even abuse certain flute mannerisms that had been haunting me for som…