Percussion

Kalevi Aho's percussion concerto Sieidi (2010) is one of the most often performed percussion concertos of our time. The Sieidi concerto is in one movement but divided into several sections both faster and slower, wildly rhythmic, lyrical and more static...

Downloadable and printable PDF edition / Ladattava ja itse tulostettava PDF-nuotti. Antti Auvinen's Karkija for bass clarinet and marimba was a commission of Duo Xylokosmos. The work was premiered on 22 November 2007 by Ingolfur Vilhjalmsson (bass...

Downloadable and printable PDF edition / Ladattava ja itse tulostettava PDF-nuotti. Kalevi Aho's Solo XV for marimba and three triangles (2018) proceeds to a motor-like beat in music dominated by semiquavers momentarily interrupted by eight short triangle entries...

Kalevi Aho composed Quartet for flute, alto saxophone, guitar & percussion in 1982 for Cluster ensemble, which is the reason for the particular combination of instruments. The work was premiered in Amsterdam...

From the very start of the composing process, the work started to sound Japanese in my mind's ear. I could not find a specific reason for this, but perhaps the idea came from the sound marimba, which for me easily reminds Far Eastern colours...

Kalevi Aho's Solo XV for marimba and three triangles (2018) proceeds to a motor-like beat in music dominated by semiquavers momentarily interrupted by eight short triangle entries. The triangle parts gradually get longer towards the end, and during them...

Composed to extracts for Virgil's Georgica, Hannu Pohjannoro's Carmen de sole (2002) for male choir and percussion was a commission of the YL Male Voice Choir. Have a look inside by clicking "sample". Vergiliuksen latinankielisiin Georgicus-runoelman...

Antti Auvinen's Karkija for bass clarinet and marimba was a commission of Duo Xylokosmos. The work was premiered on 22 November 2007 by Ingolfur Vilhjalmsson (bass clarinet) and Tobias Kuttman (marimba) in Neumarkt, Austria...

Tauno Marttinen's Loitsu (The Conjuration) op. 15 for three percussion players was composed in 1963. Duration: c. 14' I Andante II Adagio III Allegro con brio Tauno Marttinen (1912-2008) studied in Viipuri and later in Helsinki at the Helsinki Conservatoire...

Kimmo Hakola's Five Clips for clarinet and marimba (2003) was commissioned by Jani Niinimäki. This product includes a playing score (loose B4 sized pages in a folder). Have a look inside by clicking "sample".

Kalevi Aho's Concerto for timpani and orchestra (2015) was premiered in Turku, Finland 22nd April 2016 Ari-Pekka Mäenpää as soloists and Erkki Lasonpalo as conductor. Performance material is available for hire from the publisher...