This piano trio, Frammenti dal buio... (Inspirazioni Caravaggesche), by Kai Nieminen was written in 2016 for Trio la Rue. As title suggest, the composer was inspired by paintings of Caravaggio. Kai Niemisen pianotrio Frammenti dal buio...

In this one-movement concerto the flute is a highly adaptable soloist: at times a whispering breath on a starry sky, at others an arctic bird soaring above a winter landscape, taking startled flight on spotting a human figure...

Nieminen's first work for orchestra, Vicoli in ombra, looks ahead to the world of his flute concerto Palomar. The orchestral writing is again limpid and airy and the music exudes a sense of serenity, calm and enjoyment of the mood of the moment...

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 captures impressionistic qualities of the Scandinavian summer and the midnight sun...

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...

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...

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...

Kitarasonaatti A Walk to the Mysterious Woods (2012-13) on säveltäjän omalle soittimelleen sävelletyistä teoksista laajin tähän mennessä. Niemisen musiikille ominainen virtuoottisen herkkä sointikontrolli asettaa esittäjän tekniset ja runolliset kyvyt koetukselle...

Kai Niemisen (s. 1953) kitarateoksessa Quadri Morandi (2014) yhdistyy kaksi hänen säveltäjyydessään keskeistä ilmiötä: kitara ja Italiasta ammennettu aihepiiri. Kitaran vahva läsnäolo hänen tuotannossaan on sikäli luontevaa, että hän esiintyy itse aktiivisena...

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...

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