Works for orchestra and ensemble

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Verve

Composed 2022.
For symphony orchestra 2222/4331/1/str. Duration 9’. Commissioned by Jyväskylä Sinfonia and Kymi Sinfonietta. Premiere by Jyväskylä Sinfonia, conductor Ville Matvejeff, Jyväskylä, Finland, 30.11.2022. Publisher Sikorski.

Swerve

Composed 2022.
For symphony orchestra 2222/2200/1/str (an adaptation of Verve). Duration 10’. Commissioned by Jyväskylä Sinfonia and Kymi Sinfonietta. Premiere by Kymi Sinfonietta, conductor Tung-Chieh Chuang, Kotka, Finland, 19.1.2023. Publisher Sikorski.

Harmattan

Composed 2019.
For symphony orchestra 3333/4331/1/3/ar/cel,pf/str. Duration 13’. Premiere by Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Hannu Lintu, 1.11.2024. Publisher Sikorski.

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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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Pragma

Composed 2020.
For chamber ensemble 1010/0000/0/pf/11110. Commissioned by Nuova consonanza. Duration 10’30. Publisher Sikorski. Premiere by NED Ensemble, conductor Andrea Mannucci, Rome, Italy, 5.12.2021. Duration 11’. Publisher Sikorski.

Swarm

Composed 2020. + WATCH
For string ensemble 4221 (a version of the string octet). Commissioned by Virtuosi di Kuhmo. Premiere by Lapland Chamber Orchestra, conductor John Storgårds, Rovaniemi, Finland, 3.11.2022. Duration 16’. Publisher Sikorski.

Stream - Jovanka Trbojević in memoriam

Composed 2017. + WATCH
For string orchestra, minimum 55331. Commissioned by Sinfonietta Lentua. Premiere by Sinfonietta Lentua, conductor Jukka-Pekka Kuusela, Kuhmo, Finland, 14.9.2017. Duration 13’. Publisher Sikorski.

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Mural

Composed 2017.
For chamber orchestra 1111/1110/1/pf/11111. Commissoned by Gewandhausorchester. Premiere by Sinfonietta Leipzig, conductor Moritz Gnann, Leipzig, Germany, 15.6.2017. Duration 16’. Publisher Sikorski.

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Myriad

Composed 2015. + WATCH
For symphony orchestra 4333/4431/1/3/ar/cel,pf/str and mixed chorus. 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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Rautasade (Iron Rain)

Composed 2008.
For symphony orchestra 4333/4331/1/3/ar/str. Commissioned by Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Premiere by Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, Helsinki, Finland, 15.10.2008. Duration 15’. Publisher Sikorski.

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Barlinnie Nine - A Tribute to Duncan Ferguson

Composed 1999/2005. + WATCH
For symphony orchestra 3(+3tin w)333/4331/1/2/ar/str. Premiere by Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sakari Oramo, Helsinki, Finland, 20.4.2005. Duration 11’30. Publisher Sikorski.

Article on Barlinnie Nine in Wikipedia

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Ardbeg - The Ultimate Piece for Orchestra 

Composed 2003.
For symphony orchestra 2222/2221/1/1/str. Premiere by Kymi Sinfonietta, conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, Kotka, Finland, 9.3.2005. Duration 17’. Publisher Uusinta.

Recommended work in the 1st International Uuno Klami Competition (2004).

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Värikallio (Rock Painting)

Composed 2003. + LISTEN
For chamber orchestra 1111/1000/pf/11111. Premiere by Uusinta Ensemble, conductor Eva Ollikainen, Helsinki, Finland, 10.10.2004. Duration 14'-17’. Publisher Uusinta.

 

Suprematisse

Composed 2009. + WATCH
For chamber orchestra 1110/0110/01/0/pf/11111. Premiere by Uusinta Ensemble, conductor Eva Ollikainen, Helsinki, Finland, 10.10.2009. Duration 11’45. Publisher Uusinta.

 

Hinchcliffe Thumper -  Tha' Bloody Intermezzo

Composed 1993.
For symphony orchestra 222soprsx2/4221/1/2/ar/str. Premiere by UNM Orchestra, conductor Peter Ettrup Larsen, Malmö, Sweden, 23.9.1994. Duration 4’30. Withdrawn.