Choral (Mixed Choir)

SKU: HL.48025028

Mixed Choir. Composed by Alex Freeman. BH Large Choral. Classical. Octavo. 26 pages. Fennica Gehrman #M550115682. Published by Fennica Gehrman (HL.48025028).

UPC: 196288019909.

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 liveswith his wife and children in Finland.

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was accelerated by a donation made by his son, Arvi, in Stockholm to the University of Helsinki: dozens of previously unpublished manuscripts thus found their way home to Finland.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.

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.

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.

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.