CHORAL AND VOCAL MUSIC

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(new work)

Composed 2024. For female choir. Commissioned by Female Choir Välke. Premiere 2024.

Elävää vettä

(Living Water)

Composed 2024. For soprano, flutes, violin and violoncello. Text by Mirkka Rekola (in Finnish). Premiere (scheduled) by Olga Heikkilä (soprano), Kaisa Kortelainen (flutes), Maria Puusaari (violin) and Pinja Nuñez (violoncello), Helsinki, Finland, 28.9.2024. Duration 15’. Publisher Sikorski.

RAJAT

(Die Grenzen/The Borders)

Composed 2021. For soprano, French horn, violin and piano. Commissioned by Olga Heikkilä. Text by Riina Katajavuori (in Finnish). Premiere by Olga Heikkilä (soprano), Jukka Harju (French horn), Maria Puusaari (violin) and Kirill Kozlovski (piano), Helsinki, Finland, 31.5.2023. Duration 14’. Publisher Sikorski.

Pronounciation guide for Rajat texts. Read by the composer.

JOYS

Composed 2020. For mixed chamber choir SATB (min. 3222). Lyrics by Osmo Tapio Räihälä, composed of fragments from James Joyce’s novels. Duration 10’. Publisher Sikorski.

AUF DEN BEINEN

Composed 2019, revised 2023. For soprano and symphony orchestra 2(+picc)22(+cl.Eb,+cl.Bs.Bb)2(+cfg)/2210/12/ar/cel/sop/str. Text Suvi Valli. Duration 30’. Publisher Sikorski.

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MYRIAD

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Composed 2015. For symphony orchestra 4333/4331/13/1/str and mixed chorus SATB. Commissioned by Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Premiere by Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Musiikkitalo Choir, conductor Hannu Lintu, Helsinki, Finland, 20.4.2016. Duration 23’. Publisher Sikorski.

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ZEN

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Composed 2011. For soprano, flute, clarinet, violin and violoncello. Text by Maître Zen Seung Sahn and Maître Zen Dōgen. Premiere by Eija Räisänen (soprano), Heljä Räty (flute), Okko Kivikataja (clarinet), Pasi Eerikäinen (violin), Sami Mäkelä (violoncello) and Elina Jukola (conductor), Helsinki, Finland, 18.10.2013. Duration 11’40. Publisher Sikorski.

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TYÖNHAKUSKEIDAA

(Job Seeking Crap)

Composed 2010. For mixed chamber choir SATB. Lyrics by Aïda Räihälä. Commissioned and premiered by Helsinki Chamber Choir, conductor Nils Schweckendiek, Helsinki, Finland, 23.10.2010. Duration 6’. Distribution Music Finland.