Finnish contemporary music: curated picks

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Stringendo - Contemporary works for violin and piano — Aikamme musiikkia viululle ja pianolle : Samtida verk för violin och piano
Aho, Kalevi; Hakola, Kimmo; Heiniö, Mikko; Kortekangas, Olli; Linjama, Jyrki; Puumala, Veli-Matti; Rautavaara, Einojuhani; Wennäkoski, Lotta; Wessman, Harri; Whittall, Matthew
Fennica Gehrman, 2022
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Fennica Gehrman the music publisher pays tribute to its composers with this 20th-anniversary collection of commissions for violin and piano. Stringendo - Contemporary works for violin and piano (2022) is a collection of ten pieces, which vary greatly as regards their genesis...

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Clarinet Concerto - Solo part & piano reduction
Aho, Kalevi
Fennica Gehrman, 2020
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Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) Clarinet concerto (2005) has five movements played without pause. The beginning "Tempestoso" is dramatic and powerful, but there is also a beautiful, slow middle section. The second movement consists of a virtuosic solo cadenza,...

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Nine-channeled Pearl for piano quintet - Score (piano) & parts
Hynninen, Maija
Fennica Gehrman, 2023
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Maija Hynninen's piano quintet Nine-channeled Pearl flows effortlessly. Beginning with rhythmical gamelan-inspired movement it continues through twirling scales that lead to the heart of the piece - a sonorous bell-like harmonic on the piano...

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Mot natten / Towards night - Score and parts — 3 nocturnes and 2 interludes for cello and guitar : 3 nokturnoa ja 2 interludia sellolle ja kitaralle
Heiniö, Mikko
Fennica Gehrman, 2021
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Mikko Heiniö's Mot natten (Towards night), three nocturnes and two interludes for cello and guitar was composed in 2018. This suite found its inspiration and name in Finnish poet Bo Carpelan's (1926-2011) posthumous poetry collection Mot natten (2013),...

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Clarinet Concerto (2001) - Solo part & piano reduction — Klarinettikonsertto (2001) - soolostemma & pianoreduktio
Hakola, Kimmo
Fennica Gehrman, 2021
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Kimmo Hakola's Clarinet Concerto (2001) is finally available as a piano reduction and a solo part! Hakolan Klarinettikonserton pianoreduktio vihdoin saatavilla! -- The concerto created world-wide buzz after the premiere, which was augmented after the CD release...

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Hele - study score
Wennäkoski, Lotta
Fennica Gehrman, 2020
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Lotta Wennäkoski wrote Hele (2018) for the musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. She tells about the process: “A composer works with sounds and time, but also with emotions and images. When starting a new score I usually try to find an...

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Flounce - Study score
Wennäkoski, Lotta
Fennica Gehrman, 2017
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Lotta Wennäkoski tells about the work: "Sometimes it is the title that starts to guide the musical ideas of a work in the making. This was more or less the case with the short orchestral piece Flounce, written in spring 2017...

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Solo XIV - clarinet
Aho, Kalevi
Fennica Gehrman, 2019
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Kalevi Aho has continued composing his popular Solo pieces for different instruments. Solo XIV for clarinet (2018) was premiered in October 2019 by Simon Reitmaier in Tirol, Austria. The duration of the piece is c...

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Bright Ferment - String Quartet No. 2: Score and parts
Whittall, Matthew
Fennica Gehrman, 2019
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Matthew Whittall's preface to Bright Ferment (2019): "I have a complicated history with the string quartet. Actually, it's not that complicated. I spent months writing a huge one in my early twenties and hastily withdrew it after a long delayed premiere, vowing never to write another...

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Mien for alto flute, cor anglais, clarinet, horn & bassoon - Score & parts — Wind quintet / Puhallinkvintetto
Wennäkoski, Lotta
Fennica Gehrman, 2022
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Lotta Wennäkoski's Mien (2014) for wind quintet is based on rippling, wavering, timbre changing effect of bisbigliando. The good-humoured piece has a swinging jingle, and with duration of approximately 5 minutes is suitable for many kinds of programming...

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String quartet no. 3 - Score & parts — Jousikvartetto nro 3 - Partituuri & stemmat
Koskinen, Juha T.
Fennica Gehrman, 2022
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Juha T. Koskinen's (b. 1972) responsiveness to timbre and particular inetrest to take into account the musical dramaturgy as a parameter in the duration of the movements are important in the String quartet no...

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Flute Concerto - Solo part & piano reduction
Aho, Kalevi
Fennica Gehrman, 2020
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Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) Flute Concerto (2002) was initially inspired by the magnificent, enigmatic poetry of the Swede Tomas Tranströmer, but the vocal ideas nevertheless adapted themselves to the flute...

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