Four songs for voice and piano. Par RAUTAVAARA EINOJUHAI. Published for the first time in 2024, Einojuhani Rautavaara's (1928-2016) Hajoaminen (Finnish for Dissolution, 1956) is set to four grim poems by Finnish poet Lassi Nummi (1928-2012). Plaintive motifs and the use of ostinato creates a static athmosphere and links the songs together. Elegia (Elegy) is Rautavaara's first composition where he …

Kolme kappaletta pienille viulisteille. Par AHO KALEVI. Kalevi Aho's Three pieces for young violin players (2023) celebrates the full potential of open strings, first position, glissandos that end up on natural harmonics. The young violin player gets the tell three stories: I Storming (Myrsky) II Meowing (Kissa naukuu) III Rain making (Sadetanssi) Premiere by the pupils of Pirkanmaa Music In…

Par AHO KALEVI. Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) composed Sonata III (2022) for the accordionist Janne Valkeajoki. It is in six fairly short movements performed without a break. The quick first movement (Allegro assai) generates expectations, as it were, trying out options but not fully developing them. The following Allegretto is a short passacaglia, from which the musical journey continues to a shadowy Alle…

Par MAENPAA ROOPE. Roope Mäenpää's Sonata for flute and piano (2020) was composed on a small island Utö in the Archipelago Sea (in the Baltic Sea). Isolated from his normal environment the composer didn't find so much peace or harmony as insecurity and introversion. These sensations of otherness, together with an intensive creative project, left a diary-like mark on the sonata. It is commissioned …

Five Christmas Songs op. 1. Par SIBELIUS JEAN. The Urtext edition (2023) of Jean Sibelius’ Five Christmas Songs op. 1 for voice and piano is based on the critical edition presented in the volume VIII/2 Works for Solo Voice Vol. 2 of Jean Sibelius Works (JSW) edited by Jukka Tiilikainen. The lyrics are included in Swedish, Finnish and English. Sakari Ylivuori's introduction illuminates the histor…

Par MARTTINEN TAUNO. Luonnonjumala (God of Nature) is Tauno Marttinen’s adaption for harp of his piano suite Taara op. 34. The manuscript for harp was found in January 2024 by Rauno Marttinen, composer’s son. Duration: c. 15’ Movements: 1. Virran ääniä | The Voices of the Stream 2. Luonnonjumalan lähde | The Spring of God of Nature 3. Metsässä tuulee |The Wind Blows through the Forest Taun…

Par RAUTAVAARA EINOJUHANI. Piano reduction for Einojuhani Rautavaara's Concerto for harp and orchestra (2000) available for the first time (2024)! This product includes also the solo part edited by Kalen Smith. The composer tells about the three-movement work: 'The concerto is in three movements. After the orchestral introduction, the harp leads into a gradually thickening texture that progresse…

Par WENNAKOSKI LOTTA. Lotta Wennäkoski's Balai for solo guitar (2009) was inspired by the most common technique on the world’s most common instrument – strumming. The Ballet interlude momentarily interrupts the rhythmic continuum with its decadent dance steps. “Balai” is French for a lute, a broom, or a dust mop. Duration: 9' / Date parution : 2024-06-01/ Répertoire / Guitare

Book A. Par SIMOJOKI PIRKKO / SZILVAY GÉZA. This viola tutor based on the Colourstrings method is ideally suited for small viola players. The four colourful symbols represent the fours strings of the instrument and the visual stimuli makes learning easy and fun. This is a new and expanded edition (2019), which is better suited for teachers teaching also the violin. This new Viola ABC Book A is mod…

Reconstruction by Anssi Mattila. Par TULINDBERG ERIK. The first composer to warrant a place in the musical history of Finland, Erik Tulindberg (1761-1814) was an excellent violinist, and he also played the cello. His musical reputation spread all the way to Stockholm (Finland was at that time part of the Kingdom of Sweden), and in 1797 was there admitted as a member of the Royal Academy of Music. …