Nordischer Sommer - The Summer Of The North Op.39 No.1-5 for Piano solo by Selim Palmgren. Edited and revised by Julia A. Burt No.1 Abendstück - Evening Piece. No.2 Am Bach - On The Brook. No.3 Tanzstück - Dancing Piece. No.4 Kleine Ballade - Little Ballade. No.5 Hocbzeitsmarsch - Wedding March.

Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) was a Finnish composer pianist and conductor whose talents often led to him being compared to Chopin. He studied in Helsinki and Berlin before touring successfully as a concert pianistacross Scandinavia and the United States. He later held posts as a Professor of Composition on both sides of the Atlantic. He was one of the last members of the Romantic movement but struggled to find his own individual stylefrom behind the domination of Sibelius. The Sea was written in 1907 as the twelfth of a set of 24 Piano preludes (Op. 17). It is generally regarded as one of his best Piano preludes and makes a stunningaddition to any recital.

Evening Op. 50 No. 3-Afton (Evening) from 'En Pastoral i Tre Scener' by the Finnish composer Selim Palmgren. Scored for Piano.

Vestfinsk Dans (West-Finnish Dance) by Selim Palmgren an ABRSM Piano syllabus 2013-14 alternative piece grade 5.

Regndropper (or Raindrops) is the first part of Selim Palmgren's 3 Pianostycken Op.54 for Solo Piano.

Light And Shade Op.51 No.4 'Serenade' by the Finnish composer Selim Palmgren for solo Piano.

My youngest son Leif was learning the piano part. We wanted tosurprise his teacher Graeme Humphrey with a private performance. Itwas during piano practise that I started thinking 'why not!' why notcompose my own swan! The idea is not a new one. There is a beautiful- and difficult! - Swan by Finnish composer Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) and a variante on Saint-Saëns' original by his student LeopoldGodowsky (1870-1938) enriched in the deliciously imaginative way sotypical of him. For my own undertaking I wanted part of the materialto associate with Saint-Saëns' Swan to be immediately recognisable.Beyond beauty and resplendence I sought no further.Two different endings hint at Saint-Saëns' original in which the lastchord of the piano part has the length of an eighth-note. A remarkableend to a piece of such dignity and grandeur possibly eccentric butit often leads to performances ending on a fermata for both players.This is unquestionably very beautiful and atmospheric and comeswith a guaranteed effect on an audience which is ready to seek reliefin a sigh. This to be weighed of course against the composer's owndesign. Your call.

Sieben Klavierstücke. Par PALMGREN SELIM. Seven Piano Works/ Répertoire / Piano