Par LEIVISKA HELVI. Finnish composer Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982) created a broad-based output of orchestral works, solo songs and chamber music. Her style could be described as moderate modernism, deriving influences from multiple sources such as late Romanticism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Existentialism and Neo-Classicism. Leiviskä's output is characterised by philosophical and religious themes, i…

Original Repertoire for Concert Band & Symphonic Band. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Overtures & Opening Pieces (CD 1)Firework - The Swan on the Hill - Olympica - Metalla - ConZEnSus - Centennial Prelude - Homage - Nemu Susato - Dynamica - Jubilus - Ponte Romano - Algona Overture - Flashing Winds - Signature Marches & Slow Pieces (CD 2)Mercury - Canterbury Chorale - Ceremonial March - Hymnus Antverpiae -…

Par POE LARA. Lara Poe's (b. 1993) good-humoured Contradanse for eight wind instruments employs slightly off-kilter dance rhythms to create a rhythmic background structure to the piece. The melody lines constantly change timbre as they move through different instrumental combinations. Duration: 4'30'' Instruments: Flute Clarinet in B flat 2 Bassoons 2 Trumpets in B flat Tenor Trombone Bass Trombon…

Divertimento of an Irish Folksong-Oboe Piano. Vogt H

Celtiques est un ensemble de dix arrangements de mélodies traditionnelles bretonnes ou irlandaises pour choeur mixte et piano,L'écriture varie les orchestrations (voix solistes, double choeur, choeur de femmes) et mêle les langages jazz et traditionnel dans un kaleïdoscope de couleurs musicales,Il existe une version pour choeur et orchestre de cette oeuvre rassemblant trio jazz (contrebasse, batte…

Siimes for Wind Quintet by Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen (2017). Programme note Siimes is my second wind quintet and is based on the saxophone concerto Saivo. The title of the work suggests an allegorical hiding place deep in the forest from where one can easily observe the surrounding reality. The first movement flows and swirls like diving under water at times changing direction and always …

The Finnish folk melody's hymntune in this piece is called “Nyland.” It is a simple and gentle strain that Glenn Wonacott has decorated delightfully. The piano accompaniment has a Baroque feel to it as does the lovely obbligato part. Using a text by Anna Waring about God's reassuring presence at all times the sentiment is reminiscent of Bach's “Sheep May Safely Graze.” Exc…

Composer's Note When I considered the ensemble of eight cellos I first thought of matt and dark textures. I also wanted to go back to some ideas on symmetry. While I was pondering all that I saw snow flakes fallingfrom the dark sky of the Finnish autumn. Focusing on the snow the idea of writing variations on it and its various forms became clearer in my mind.Nuages de neige is a uniform and lin…

18 Ausgewahlte Stücke. Par SIBELIUS JEAN. In the meantime, piano experts tend to confirm Glenn Gould's view that Sibelius 'made an important contribution to the slim piano repertoire of the late romantic period.' With the anthology 'Jean Sibelius: Piano Pieces' compiled for the Sibelius Year 2015 (150th birthday), the Finnish composer has finally made it into the ranks of the piano composers. Kari…