2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-879-9 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-879-9
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-879-9.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-879-9).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-880-5 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-880-5
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-880-5.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-880-5).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14019121 For Orchestra. Composed by Magnus Lindb...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14019121
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Magnus Lindberg. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2003. 84 pages. Chester
Music #CH61348. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14019121).
ISBN
9781844492954.
9.0x12.0x0.303
inches.
Commissione
d by the first Sibelius
Conductor's Competition
held in Helsinki in May
1995, as an obligatory
piece to be rehearsed by
all the competitors,
Arena was performed in
its totality at the
annual Avanti! Chamber
Orchestra's festival in
Porvoo (Finland).
Thematic thinking has
never been a main feature
in Lindberg's music, but
here horizontal lines
(one would not yet dare
to call them melodies)
gain some independence,
for example in ornamental
figures and in the
intense cello solo around
the middle of the piece.
Arena also reveals some
clearly new material -
Lindberg has talked about
Beethoven-like formal
thinking, referring to a
passage where the sense
of movement seems to
accelerate to an extreme
so that finally one
perceives only a
motionless surface.
Another new element -
which was already used to
some extent at the warmly
hovering ending of Aura -
is the almost romantic
sound world and the
suspension of the
harmonies in the final
climax, which can make
one think of Mahler and
Berg, or Lindberg's grand
predecessor and
compatriot, Sibelius.
This is the Score,
published by Chester
Music; the duration of
the pieces is
approximately 16
minutes.
Malinconia Op. 20 Violoncelle, Piano [Conducteur] Breitkopf & Härtel
Cello and piano SKU: BR.EB-9391 Urtext based on the Complete Edition J...(+)
Cello and piano
SKU:
BR.EB-9391
Urtext
based on the Complete
Edition Jean Sibelius
Works (JSW). Composed
by Jean Sibelius. Edited
by Anna Pulkkis. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
Late-romantic; Early
modern. Score. 28 pages.
Duration 12'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9391.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9391).
ISBN 9790004188651. 9
x 12 inches.
Jean
Sibelius composed far
less music for the cello
than for the violin.
Malinconia (op. 20) -
published in 1911 but
composed in 1900 under
the title Fantasia -
remained his only
opus-numbered work
exclusively for cello and
piano. The Fantasia for
cello and piano, an early
stage of Malinconia , was
premiered at a soiree in
the Solemnity Hall of the
University of Helsinki on
12 March 1900 and was
given positive press
reviews: The work, which
mainly drew attention
with its logical and
clear structure, begins
with a powerful and
substantial cello solo,
to which the piano
responds with a
glimmering series of
arpeggiated chords. At
the end where the
instruments unite in a
harmonious, deeply
emotional song, the
harmonic impression they
create is very bright and
lovely. The autograph
manuscript of Fantasia
shows that Sibelius
omitted a larger passage
of music between the
present bars 24 and 25
and that he made further
revisions to the work,
either before the
publishing process or in
the proofs he read in
April 1911 for
Breitkopf.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-884-3 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-884-3
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-884-3.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-884-3).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
Saxophone Quartet SKU: FG.55011-533-0 Little Quartet for Four Saxes op...(+)
Saxophone Quartet
SKU:
FG.55011-533-0
Little Quartet for
Four Saxes op 185.
Composed by Erkki
Melartin. Arranged by
Jari Eskola. Score and
parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-533-0. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-533-0).
ISBN
9790550115330.
The
Little Quartet for Four
Horns op. 185 by Erkki
Melartin was commissioned
by the progenitor of
Finnish horn playing,
Holger Fransman
(1909-1997). The Helsinki
Music Institute's horn
class received this three
movement quartet from
their principal for the
spring concert in May
1936. A composition for
four French horns was a
rarity in 1930s Finland.
The quartet was performed
for decades as Holger
Fransman's arrangement.
This edition is based on
the original version of
the composer.
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-522-4 Composed by Harri Vuori. Fennica Gehrman #5501...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-522-4
Composed by Harri Vuori.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-522-4. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-522-4).
ISBN
9790550115224.
Harr
i Vuori's Chiroptera
(2017) for guitar
embraces the instrument
with several
compositional solutions
born from the attributes
of the guitar. Dedicated
to Patrik Kleemola this
12 minutes work is
devided in three
movements. The textures
of Chiroptera are complex
but their build-up,
fade-out, measuring and
timing of these changes
is clearly defined and
understandable. According
to the composer the name
Chiroptera has the same
beautiful sound as the
composition in whole. In
addition he currently
lives in an area
populated with lots of
bats both in the woods
and in the atticks. Harri
Vuori (b. 1957) studied
composition with Paavo
Heininen, Eero
Hameenniemi and
Einojuhani Rautavaara at
the Sibelius Academy. He
has been composer in
residence of the Hyvinkaa
Orchestra since 1997 and
has taught in the
Department of Musicology
at the University of
Helsinki since 1993. HIs
guitar concerto Ctulhu's
Dreams (2016) based on
the Ctulhu mythology by
H.P. Lovecraft was
commissioned by the
Lappeenranta City
Orchestra and premiered
in 2016.
Violin, piano SKU: FG.55011-754-9 Viulusonaatti. By Walter Wolff. ...(+)
Violin, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-754-9
Viulusonaatti. By
Walter Wolff. By Yrjö
Kilpinen. Classical.
Book. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-754-9. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-754-9).
ISBN
9790550117549.
YrjÃ
ƒÂ¶ Kilpinen (1892-1959)
is most known for his
hundreds of lieds and
song cycles. His
instrumental compositions
have been less know, ie.
the six piano sonatas and
suite for gamba and
piano. Large-scale Sonata
for violin and piano is
dated in 1935 with opus
number 87. The work was
never finished, and
National Library in
Helsinki holds several
sketches and versions in
its Kilpinen collection.
In 2015 violinist
Frida Backman
commissioned a completion
of the Sonata from
composer Walter Wolff.
Wolff worked on the
sketches and versions
until 2018, when the work
was completed and the
Sonata premiered.
The present
publication is the first
publication of the
Sonata. It sheds light to
Kilpinen as an
instrumental composer.
Yrjö Kilpinen
(1892-1959) tunnetaan
lähinnä
lied-sävellyksistäÃ
ƒÂ¤n, joita aktiivisina
sävellysvuosina
syntyikin satoja.
Vähemmälle
huomiolle ovat
jääneet hänen
instrumentaalisävellyk
sensä, mm. kuusi
pianosonaattia,
sellosonaatti, sarja
gamballe ja pianolle
sekä muutamat
pikkukappaleet.
Vuodelle 1935
päivätty
neliosainen,
laajamuotoinen sonaatti
viululle ja pianolle (op.
87) jäi
keskeneräiseksi.
Suomen Kansalliskirjaston
Kilpinen-kokoelmassa oli
useita luonnoksia ja eri
versioita. Sonaatin
osista neljäs oli
keskeneräisin.
Viulutaiteilija
Frida Backman tilasi
konserttiaan varten
sonaatin
täydennöksen
säveltäjä Walter
Wolffilta. Hän sai
työnsä
päätöksen 2018,
jonka jälkeen sonaatti
kantaesitettiin.
Fennica Gehrmanin
julkaisu on sonaatin
ensipainos, ja siten
laajentaa kuvaamme
Yrjö Kilpisestä
instrumenttiteosten
säveltäjänä.
Teoksen osat:
Allegro - Andante -
Andante Moderato -
Allegro.
SKU: HL.50605288 For Soprano and String Quartet. Composed by Kaija...(+)
SKU: HL.50605288
For Soprano and String
Quartet. Composed by
Kaija Saariaho. Score.
Softcover. 12 pages.
Duration 240 seconds.
Chester Music #CH88089.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.50605288).
ISBN 9781705174593.
UPC: 196288095736.
9.0x12.0x0.081
inches.
This
arrangement of Die
Aussicht, for soprano and
string quartet, was first
performed in August 2019
during the Creative
Dialogue Workshop at the
Sibelius Academy,
Helsinki, Finland.
Piano and orchestra SKU: FG.55011-372-5 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Stu...(+)
Piano and orchestra
SKU:
FG.55011-372-5
Composed by Matthew
Whittall. Study score.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-372-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-372-5).
ISBN
9790550113725.
Imag
es of the sea figure
prominently throughout my
life and memories: from
holidays on the Atlantic
coast during my Canadian
childhood to my current
Baltic home, and the
imagined, only later
experienced Mediterranean
of my ancestral heritage.
As an immigrant (son of
an immigrant) bound to
two northern countries,
the sea is emblematic of
my twin homelands, from
the expanses of water
surrounding them to those
separating them. A Mari
usque ad Mare. The sea is
also an enduring image of
the unknown, of expanses
unexplored, of the raw
power of nature and, for
too many currently, of
terror holding a hope of
refuge - or the pain of
loss. Such disparate
ideas were captured for
me in the seascapes of
the New York painter
MaryBeth Thielhelm, whom
I met in 2008 during a
residency on the Gulf of
Mexico. Her vast,
abstract, nearly
monochromatic depictions
of imaginary seas in
wildly varying moods were
the catalyst for a
concerto where the piano
is frequently far from a
hero battling a
collective, but rather
acts as a channel for
elemental forces surging
up from the orchestra,
floating - sometimes
barely so - on its
constantly shifting
surface. There are few
themes to speak of,
beyond a handful of
iconic ideas that
periodically cycle
upward. Rather, the
piano's material is
largely an ornamentation
of the more primal
rhythmic and harmonic
impulses from the
orchestra below - a
poetic interpretation, if
you will, of the more
immediate experience of
facing the vastness of
some unknown body of
water. The title
Nameless Seas is borrowed
from one of Thielhelm's
exhibitions, as are those
of the four movements,
which are bridged
together into two halves
of roughly equal weight -
one rhapsodic and free,
the other more
single-minded and direct,
separated only by a short
breath. The opening
movement, Nocturne, is
predominantly calm, if
brooding, darkness and
light alternating
throughout. Lyrical
arabesques sparkle over
gently lapping
cross-currents in the
strings and mirrored
timpani, the piano's full
power only rarely
deployed. The waves
gradually build, drawing
in the full orchestra for
a meeting of forces in
Land and Sea, a brighter,
more warmly lyrical scene
that unfolds in series of
dreamlike, sometimes even
nostalgic visions, which
for me carry strong
memories of sitting on
rocks above surging
Atlantic waves. The third
movement, Wake, is a
fast, perpetual-motion
texture of glinting,
darting rhythms and
sudden shafts of light,
with a prominent part for
the steel drums, limning
the piano's quicksilver
figurations. An ecstatic
climax crashes into a
solo cadenza that grows
progressively calmer and
more introspective rather
than virtuosic. Much of
the tension finally
releases into Unclaimed
Waters, a drifting,
meditative seascape in
which the piano is
progressively engulfed by
a series of ever-taller
waves, ultimately
dissolving into a
tolling, rippling
continuum of sound.
It has been a great
privilege to realize such
a long-held dream as this
piece, and to write it
for not one, but two
great pianists.
Risto-Matti Marin and
Angela Hewitt, both of
whose friendship and
support have been
unfailing and humbling,
share the dedication.
Nameless Seas was
commissioned by the
PianoEspoo festival and
Canada's National Arts
Centre, with the
premieres in Ottawa and
Helsinki led by Hannu
Lintu and Olari Elts.
Thanks are due also to
the Jenny and Antti
Wihuri fund, whose
generous grant provided
me with much-needed time,
and Escape to Create in
Seaside, Florida, the
source to which I
returned to do a large
part of the work.
Mixed choir SKU: FG.55011-568-2 Composed by Alex Freeman. Fennica Gehrman...(+)
Mixed choir
SKU:
FG.55011-568-2
Composed by Alex Freeman.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-568-2. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-568-2).
ISBN
9790550115682.
The
texts of Alex Freeman's
Calle sin nombre for
mixed choir (2019) are
drawn from quotations of
families seeking asylum
who are victims of the
policies of family
separation aggressively
and abruptly enacted by
the administration of
President Donald John
Trump. These desperate
words tread with bare
feet across shards of
fragmented lines from
Emma Lazarus's The New
Colossus (the iconic poem
enshrined at the base of
The Statue of Liberty). A
rehearsal reduction for
piano is included in the
publication. Alex Freeman
(b. 1972) grew up in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Around the age of 13 he
became interested in
composing. In 1998 he
moved to New York to
begin his Doctoral
studies at the Juilliard
School, studying with
Christopher Rouse. The
focus of his doctoral
document led him to
Finland. The recipient of
a Fulbright Full
Fellowship, he moved to
Helsinki in 2001 to
research Sibelius's
sketches and study
composition with Eero
Hameenniemi at the
Sibelius Academy. Dr.
Freeman is currently
composing full-time and
lives with his wife and
children in Finland.
Violin, piano SKU: FG.55011-502-6 Composed by Paavo Heininen. Fennica Geh...(+)
Violin, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-502-6
Composed by Paavo
Heininen. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-502-6. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-502-6).
ISBN
9790550115026.
Even
though I was and remain a
proponent of absolute
music, the things that we
see and experience
inevitably colour and
energise our thought
processes. The grand old
man of Finnish Modernism
Paavo Heininen (b. 1938)
turned his impressions of
Boston into violin
sonatas op. 134 (2016).
All the three sonatas -
Boston Sonata, Boston
Variations and Boston
Ballade - were premiered
in one concert in
Helsinki celebrating the
composer's 80th birthday
in May 2018 by Kaija
Saarikettu (violin) and
Juhani Lagerspetz
(piano).
Brass Band - Grade 2 SKU: BT.DHP-0981111-030 Composed by Johan Nijs. Appl...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 2
SKU:
BT.DHP-0981111-030
Composed by Johan Nijs.
Applause Series. Festive
and Solemn Music. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
1998. De Haske
Publications #DHP
0981111-030. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-0981111-030).
For this
composition he Flemish
composer Johan Nijs takes
his inspiration from
people and events in his
life. It was written for
the birth and is
dedicated to his daughter
‘Laurena’.
It’s beautiful
simple melodic lines
makes it a perfect item
to ‘bring a little
peace and calm any
concert.
De
Vlaamse componist Johan
Nijs componeert veel over
mensen en gebeurtenissen
uit zijn nabije omgeving.
Zo schreef hij Santa
Pepita als
huwelijksgeschenk voor
zijn vrouw. De compositie
Laurena heeft hij
opgedragen aan
zijndochtertje. Het werk
kenmerkt zich door
eenvoudige en lieflijke
melodielijnen.
Der
flämische Komponist
Johan Nijs schöpft
seine musikalische
Inspiration häufig aus
Geschehnissen in seiner
näheren Umgebung. so
ist zum Beispiel bekannt,
dass er das Werk Santa
Pepita als
Hochzeitsgeschenk für
seine zukünftige
Ehefrau komponierte.
Seine neue Komposition
Laurena widmete er
seiner neugeborenen
Tochter. Charakteristisch
für diese Komposition
sind die einfachen und
lieblichen Melodielinien.
SSA Chorus SKU: FG.55011-569-9 Composed by Alex Freeman. Fennica Gehrman ...(+)
SSA Chorus
SKU:
FG.55011-569-9
Composed by Alex Freeman.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-569-9. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-569-9).
ISBN
9790550115699.
Alex
Freeman's I Feel the Same
Way, Three songs of
Lilian Moore (2015) for
children's chorus (SSA)
captures little moments
of childhood wonder.
Lilian Moore (1909-2004)
was a poet and editor,
who helped make
children's books more
affordable and worked to
combat racial stereotypes
in children's literature.
In the printed
collection, the ambiance
of each poem is enhanced
by the artwork of Robert
Quackenbush. His
illustrations for each of
the poems that Freeman
has set to music here are
reproduced within this
score with the aim of
transporting young
singers into the micro
universes of Moore's
poems. Alex Freeman (b.
1972) grew up in Raleigh,
North Carolina. Around
the age of 13 he became
interested in composing.
In 1998 he moved to New
York to begin his
Doctoral studies at the
Juilliard School,
studying with Christopher
Rouse. The focus of his
doctoral document led him
to Finland. The recipient
of a Fulbright Full
Fellowship, he moved to
Helsinki in 2001 to
research Sibelius's
sketches and study
composition with Eero
Hameenniemi at the
Sibelius Academy. Dr.
Freeman is currently
composing full-time and
lives with his wife and
children in Finland.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.48024683 Orchestra Study Score. Co...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.48024683
Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Magnus Lindberg. Boosey &
Hawkes Scores/Books.
Classical. Softcover. 144
pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060135880. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024683).
ISBN
9781784545062. UPC:
888680952570. 8.25x11.75
inches.
TEMPUS
FUGIT was commissioned to
celebrate the centenary
of Finnish independence
on 6 December 2017 and it
received its first
performance in Helsinki
on that day, given by the
Finnish Radio Symphony
Orchestra.
The
composer says that
“if you translate
TEMPUS FUGIT as 'Time
Flies', you could say
that Finland has
travelled a long way
already -but 100 years is
a short time-span, and
living as a human in this
part of the world started
long ago and, we hope,
will continue
formillennia to come.
This relates to my
fascination with Bernd
Alois Zimmermann's
concept of spherical time
- that the past, the
present and the future
are continuously linked
and within reach. You can
also examine the
inter-connection of
musical time in the
earlier works of
Stockhausen such as
Kontakte and Gruppen
which had a big impact on
me as a young composer. A
translation of TEMPUS
FUGIT that I prefer is
'Time in Flight',
offering the idea that
time escapes from us but
bequeaths a tangible
residue, rather like
aplane travelling towards
the distance but leaving
a visible vapour
trail.” This
30-minute score is a
major addition to the
orchestral repertory.
Voice, Piano SKU: FG.042-08585-1 Composed by Armas Jarnefelt. Edited by M...(+)
Voice, Piano
SKU:
FG.042-08585-1
Composed by Armas
Jarnefelt. Edited by
Matti Tuloisela. Album.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.042-08585-1).
ISBN
979-0-042-08585-1.
The collection of the
main solo songs by Armas
Jarnefelt was accelerated
by a donation made by his
son, Arvi, in Stockholm
to the University of
Helsinki: dozens of
previously unpublished
manuscripts thus found
their way home to
Finland. Sweden was
father Jarnefelt's second
home, since he spent a
couple of decades as
conductor of the Royal
Opera in Stockholm. He
concentrated almost
exclusively on solo
songs, the reason no
doubt being that his
father-in-law was Jean
Sibelius, a master of
large-scale form.
Jarnefelt's vocal lyrics
spring from the
National-Romantic ethos
nurtured on the archaic
rune-singing of the
national epic, the
Kalevala, and the distant
lands of Karelia. The
folk-like elements of his
youthful songs were in
time joined by
Impressionistic and in
places even
Expressionistic timbres.
This collection is edited
by Matti Tuloisela.
Contents: Aallon
kehtolaulu / Vagens
vaggsang / Der Welle
Wiegenlied * Am stillen
Dorfe erhebt sich *
Berceuse / Kehtolaulu *
En spel- och dansvisa *
Hamara / Skymning /
Dammerung * I
solnedgangen / Im
Sonnenuntergang *
Isanmaan kasvot *
Kanteleelle * Kehtolaulu
/ Vaggsang (Liekku liiku)
* Kehtolaulu / Vaggsang
(Hiljaa, hiljaa) * Laula,
laula! * Leivo / Larkan *
Liina / Lina / Line *
Milloin muistelet minua?
/ Sag, nar minnes du mig?
/ Sag', gedenkst Du
meiner? * Nar alla
klockor klamtat tolf /
Wenn alle Uhren zwolf
geschlagen * Sina / Du *
Solsken / Sonnenschein *
Sunnuntaina / Sondag *
Suvirannalla / Sommarnatt
pa stranden * Titania *
Toivoni / Onskan *
Uneksijan laulu elamalle
/ En drommarens sang till
livet / Eines Traumers
Sang an das Leben *
Unelma / Drom * Viel' ois
virtta tieossani / An en
visa vill jag sjunga.
2 violins, viola, violoncello SKU: FG.55011-881-2 Reconstruction by An...(+)
2 violins, viola,
violoncello
SKU:
FG.55011-881-2
Reconstruction by
Anssi Mattila.
Composed by Erik
Tulindberg. Arranged by
Anssi Mattila. Classical.
Score & parts. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-881-2.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-881-2).
The first
composer to warrant a
place in the musical
history of Finland, Erik
Tulindberg (1761-1814)
was an excellent
violinist, and he also
played the cello. His
musical reputation spread
all the way to Stockholm
(Finland was at that time
part of the Kingdom of
Sweden), and in 1797 was
there admitted as a
member of the Royal
Academy of
Music.
The I
violin, viola and cello
parts of
Tulindberg’s
String Quartets were
discovered in 1923 in the
collections of Helsinki
University Library. They
were copies of the
instrumental parts
presumably made by
Tulindberg himself,
though they were possibly
never used during his
lifetime. Not only is the
whole of the II violin
part missing; the first
movement of the viola
part of the fifth Quartet
stops in the middle of a
phrase, and the last 60
bars or so of the
movement’s
manuscript page are just
empty staves.
In
the early 2000s, the
Rantatie Quartet asked
Anssi Mattila whether he
would like to reconstruct
the missing II violin
part. The job was
finished in 2004 and the
Rantatie Quartet released
a Classical Emma-winning
disc of the Quartets in
2006.
This product
includes the full score
and the set of parts.
Barcarolle Violon et Piano SATB, Orchestre Fennica Gehrman
Violin and piano SKU: FG.55011-177-6 Composed by Jyrki Linjama. Published...(+)
Violin and piano
SKU:
FG.55011-177-6
Composed by Jyrki
Linjama. Published by
Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-177-6).
ISBN
979-0-55011-177-6.
Linjama's new work was
commissioned by Kaija
Saarikettu and premiered
on 3 June 20114 in
Helsinki by Kaija
Saarikettu (violin) and
Sonja Fraki (piano).
Wind quintet SKU: FG.55011-296-4 Composed by Kirmo Lintinen. Set of parts...(+)
Wind quintet
SKU:
FG.55011-296-4
Composed by Kirmo
Lintinen. Set of parts.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-296-4).
ISBN
9790-55011-296-4.
T
his work was premiered by
Idee Fixe Wind Quintet in
Helsinki in January 2010.
The first movement is a
four-voiced canon, the
second a fantastic
variation on one tone:
F-sharp/G-flat. Danza,
the last movement further
develops the thematic
material from Canon. The
duration of the work is
ca. 12 minutes.
SKU: BR.SON-621 Composed by Jean Sibelius. Edited by Anna Pulkkis. Linen....(+)
SKU: BR.SON-621
Composed by Jean
Sibelius. Edited by Anna
Pulkkis. Linen. Complete
Works.
Chamber music
by Jean Sibelius - a
welcome addition to the
chamber music repertoire
for strings with
piano.
Late-romantic;
Early modern. Complete
Works. 352 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 621. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.SON-621).
ISBN
9790004803233. 9 x 12
inches.
This volume
presents partly less
known, but undoubtedly
interesting and highly
welcome additions to the
chamber music repertoire
for violinists and
cellists in the reliable
Urtext of the Complete
Edition. The violin was
Sibelius's instrument. He
was active as a violinist
mainly during his studies
at the Helsinki Music
Institute from 1885-1889
and for a short time
thereafter. The present
volume contains Jean
Sibelius's opus-numbered
works for violin or cello
and piano, 36
compositions in total.
Most of the works of this
volume were created at
the beginning of the 20th
century and remained
unpublished until the
early 1920s. Sibelius
composed far less music
for the cello than for
the violin. Malinconia
(Op. 20), published in
1911, remained his only
opus-numbered work
exclusively for cello and
piano. This volume also
includes Two Pieces (Op.
77) and Four Pieces (Op.
78) as versions for
violin with piano and for
cello with
piano.
Chamber
music by Jean Sibelius -
a welcome addition to the
chamber music repertoire
for strings with
piano.