A popular song cycle which includes three songs to texts by Emily Dickinson. 1. Its Like the Light, 2. A Little Road Not Made of Man & 3. On This Wondrous Sea. Emily Dickinsonin teksteihin perustuva suosittu, kolmiosainen laulusarja...

Kai Nieminen's music has been described as "often constructed according to a narrative logic, as fantasy journeys in imaginary or dream-like worlds". Most of his works have an extra-musical stimulus, alluded to in their titles...

Kai Nieminen's music has been described as "often constructed according to a narrative logic, as fantasy journeys in imaginary or dream-like worlds". Most of his works have an extra-musical stimulus, alluded to in their titles...

Shades around Stonehenge is an ambitious solo guitar work by Kai Nieminen in four movements that illustrates his poetic vision of the instrument. Through his writing, the guitar is an extremely versatile instrument, rich in colour shades, able to imitate...

Kai Nieminen's Fragmental Reflections (2018) draws on the melancholy mood of the Finnish folk song Tein mina pillin pajupuusta (I made a willow whistle) familiar to most Finns. The emotional scale of this 10-minute guitar fantasy ranges from a nostalgic...

The Temple - Igor Stravinsky in memoriam is a work of wide musical contrasts and varying atmospheres. It explores the tonal range of the guitar superbly, and makes much use of the pizzicato or etouffé effext...

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...

Riflessioni sul nome Amedeo Modigliani (Omaggio a Oscar Ghiglia) is divided in two movements that follow each other attacca. The first movement of the piece is named by the composer …Il Pittore…sta…dipingendo… (…the painter…is…painting…)...

Kai Niemisen soolokitarateos ”Northern Spells” (pohjoisia loitsuja), yhdistää ainutlaatuisella tavalla pohjoista mystiikkaa, luontoa ja ikivanhoja rituaaleja. Teoksen avausosassa ”Invocation and Spell” (Manaus ja Loitsu), on hyvin mystinen tunnelma, johon...

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...

The Smile of the Flamboyant Wings (Hommage à Miró) pianolle sai inspiraationsa Joan Mirón samannimisestä taulusta vuodelta 1953. Siinä sarkasmi ja leikkisyys kohtaavat eri värien vastakohdissa ja kontrastoivassa viivan käytössä...

In der Winterzeit... (in memoriam Paul Klee) by Kai Nieminen (1953-) was is musical picture of arctic winter. Winterwinde, painting by Paul Klee was also in composers mind while he was writing the piece...

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...