Downloadable and printable PDF edition / Ladattava ja itse tulostettava PDF-nuotti. Usko Meriläinen's (1930-2004) Tre notturni per piano (1966) was premiered by Meri Louhos in January 1969. Duration: c. 7 minutes. Movements: I Lento assai II Presto III Lento molto (á tempo rubato)

Usko Meriläinen's first string quartet is a serial work completed in 1965. The ground occupied by the work is closer than ever to the second Viennese school proper. Meriläinen makes a deliberate attempt to break notational taboos...

Meriläinen has established his own definition of the modern concerto in his works for soloist and orchestra and concerti for orchesrta. Like the earlier Letter to a Cellist, the Guitar Concerto investigates the dualism of virtuosity and contemplation...

The third symphony is a cornerstone of Finnish orchestral writing and a seminal work in Usko Meriläinen's output. It opens with two motivic embryos which are submitted to the 'character metamorphosis' for which Meriläinen is well known...

Small pieces for young pianists.

The tape part can be downloaded as mp3 file (the link to the file is provided with the sheet music). Meriläinen says: “Suvisoitto reflects summer thoughts. The material for the sound track accompanying the flute solo is drawn solely from the familiar...