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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

You can listen to the work on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLQA3nm9gTs&feature=youtu.be

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...

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...

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...

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...