Violin, piano

SKU: FG.55011-723-5

Composed by Robert Kajanus. Edited by Sebastian Silen. Classical. Score & part. Fennica Gehrman #55011-723-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-723-5).

ISBN 9790550117235.

Robe rt Kajanus (1856-1933) was a highly influential Finnish conductor and composer. He studied in Helsinki and Germany, established the Helsinki Orchestra Society (later Helsinki Philharmonic) and its orchestra school, and was the orchestra's chief conductor for over 50 years. Kajanus is often regarded only as a conductor, but he was indeed a skilled composer whose music is largely unknown. This Urtext volume, edited by Sebastian Silen, contains all of Kajanus's works for violin -- his own instrument. Contents: Nocturne, Menuet ancien, Spiccato, Ronde courante, Air elegiaque, Berceuse (Huutolaistyton kehtolaulu).

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.

Yrjà 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.

The movements are: Allegro - Andante - Andante Moderato - Allegro

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Yrjö Kilpinen (1892-1959) tunnetaan lähinnä lied-sävellyksistäà 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.

Violin, piano

SKU: FG.041-00719-8

Composed by Minna von Knorring. Fennica Gehrman #041-00719-8. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.041-00719-8).

Minna (Vilhelmina Matilda Augusta) von Knorring (1846-1918) was a fascinating character in the musical scene of Helsinki. She had no formal music education, but composed and published nevertheles several songs. Some of them were part of the repertoire of Aino Ackte and Jenny Spennert, the most celebrated Finnish singers of the period. Dramatic Nocturne f minor for violin and piano is marked to be arranged by X.

Violin, piano

SKU: FG.55011-500-2

Composed by Paavo Heininen. Fennica Gehrman #55011-500-2. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-500-2).

ISBN 9790550115002.

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).

Violin, piano

SKU: FG.55011-501-9

Composed by Paavo Heininen. Fennica Gehrman #55011-501-9. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-501-9).

ISBN 9790550115019.

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).

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).

Violin, piano

SKU: FG.55011-466-1

Composed by Armas Jarnefelt. Fennica Gehrman #55011-466-1. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-466-1).

ISBN 9790550114661.

Arma s Jarnefelt (1869-1958) was a Finnish composer and conductor. Jarnefelt studied in Berlin in 1890-91 with Albert Becker as his teacher. In addition to composing studies, Jarnefelt fully enjoyed the life that a bustling metropolis could offer to a young man - concerts, operas, cafe life etc. Romanze, composed for Geraldine Morgan, was premiered in Helsinki in February 1892. According to critics (notably Bis Wasenius) the work was un-Finnish, perhaps echoing the continental winds Jarnefelt had experienced in Berlin. That aside, Jarnefelt's future brother-in-law, Jean Sibelius, analyzed the Romanze in a letter to his fiancee, Aino, sister of Armas: I think Romanze is a fine technical accomplishment, even the structure works well, given the theme as it is. But Armas certainly can do better than this, he should not waste his efforts in small-scale [salon] music. - Armas will find his own way and will be hailed as the greatest musician of this country..

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).