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Kai Nieminen's work for clarinet and piano dating from 1981 was premiered by Jarmo Munter (clarinet) and Pentti Koskimies (piano).

Kai Nieminen has been for a long time an admirer of the work of artist Paul Klee (1879-1940), and the solo presented in its final form here is influenced by the painting “Dances caused by Fear” or as it is often refered to “Dancing from Fear” painted towards the end of Klee's life in Bern, 1938...

Finnish composer Kai Nieminen (1953-) has written four pieces for organ published here for the first time. From Winter'sNight, Temple II, Preghiera (di Francesco di Assisi), and Pre-Inter-Post are pieces inspired by the organ writing traditionand by the Finnish nature...

This piano trio, Reflecting Landscapes by Kai Nieminen was composed in 2011 for Trio la Rue. The piece was inspired by poem "A, Bird, came down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson. Kai Niemisen pianotrio Reflecting Landscapes on sävelletty vuonna 2011 Trio la Ruelle...

The music of Finnish composer Kai Nieminen (b. 1953) does not conform to any “isms”. He remarks: “I feel like I am a painter in music, who having seen or experienced something attempts to give that something a shape in music...

Canti Notturnali for cello and guitar has two movements played attacca, duration about 12-13 minutes. The harmonic and melodic material uses mainly the scale build from the open strings of both instruments...

Kai Nieminen has an intense awareness of colours, and the possibilities of expressing these on the classical guitar, an instrument on which he is himself a fine performer. Estampes - Frank Martin in Memoriam demands a more orchestral approach from the performer...

Fragmentos de la vida del mar - Homenaje a Joaquin Turina has a dark, brooding quality, the use of tremolo often with a ponticello colour creating a mystery and unease, perhaps even depicting a storm on the horizon...

Night Sonata is a guitar suite consisting of three pieces: 1. Night Preludes - Hommage à Joan Miró, 2. Gnomes of the Night - Hommage à Marc Chagall, 3. Night Poems in a Clockshop - Hommage à Salvador Dali...

Assonata by Kai Nieminen dates from 1982. It is a joyful exploration of clarinet's possibilities; cascades, flatterzunge, large jumps from one end of the compass to the other are thorougly charted. The work's duration is ca...

Nieminen has an intense awareness of colours, and the possibilities of expressing these on the classical guitar, an instrument on which he is himself a fine performer. This piece is Nieminen's touching tribute to Segovia...