SKU: FG.55011-431-9
ISBN 9790550114319.
Einojuhani Rautavaara reworked his touching song from the opera Aleksis Kivi for cello and piano in 2000, to commemorate his late composer colleague Lepo Sumera. The melody is solemn and calm, in the style of chanson sans paroles - fit for many occasions.
SKU: BR.CHB-5374
ISBN 9790004413043. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. Finnish.
Jean Sibelius's Six Songs for Male Choir Op. 18 are published as Urtext with the original Finnish lyrics for the first time in this edition. Most of these stem from the Finnish national epics Kalevala and Kanteletar, but the texts of Sydameni laulu [Song of My Heart] and Metsamiehen laulu [Song of the Woodmen] are from the poet Aleksis Kivi. The individual pieces originated over a couple of years for different choirs and occasions and were only later combined by Sibelius under a common Opus number. Venematka [Boat Trip] originated as early as 1893, Saarellaa palaa [Fire on the Island] was first performed in 1895 and Sortunut aani [The Broken Voice] in 1899. Sydameni laulu was published in the same year together with Metsamiehen laulu, while Terve kuu [Greetings to the Moon] was not composed by Sibelius until 1901. The contents of the collection Op. 18 were subsequently extended, revised and repositioned by Sibelius many times; the final shape with six settings was established in 1930. Four of these settings were also arranged for mixed choir and have already been published as an Urtext edition (CHB 5372). The edition includes translations of the lyrics in German and English as well as an informative preface that is based on volume VII/2 of the complete edition Jean Sibelius Works, just like the score.
SKU: BR.CHB-5374-00
Jean Sibelius's Six Songs for Male Choir Op. 18 are published as Urtext with the original Finnish lyrics for the first time in this edition. Most of these stem from the Finnish national epics Kalevala and Kanteletar, but the texts of Sydameni laulu [Song of My Heart] and Metsamiehen laulu [Song of the Woodmen] are from the poet Aleksis Kivi. The individual pieces originated over a couple of years for different choirs and occasions and were only later combined by Sibelius under a common Opus number. Venematka [Boat Trip] originated as early as 1893, Saarellaa palaa [Fire on the Island] was first performed in 1895 and Sortunut aani [The Broken Voice] in 1899. Sydameni laulu was published in the same year together with Metsamiehen laulu, while Terve kuu [Greetings to the Moon] was not composed by Sibelius until 1901. The contents of the collection Op. 18 were subsequently extended, revised and repositioned by Sibelius many times; the final shape with six settings was established in 1930. Four of these settings were also arranged for mixed choir and have already been published as an Urtext edition (ChB 5372). The edition includes translations of the lyrics in German and English as well as an informative preface that is based on volume VII/2 of the complete edition Jean Sibelius Works, just like the score.
SKU: BR.CHB-5372
ISBN 9790004413029. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. Finnish.
The four choral settings in this edition from Jean Sibelius's Op. 18, in the original six settings for male choir, were arranged for mixed choir by Sibelius himself. While Sortunut aani Op. 18,1 and Saarella palaa Op. 18,4 were first published in this version in a choral collection in 1898, Venematka Op. 18,3 was only arranged by Sibelius in 1904 for a summer class and Sydameni laulu Op. 18,6 another ten years later as a reaction to an unauthorized arrangement. In the long and changeful history of the collection Op. 18, its contents were extended, revised and repositioned many times. The four current settings are all those that are also present in the final version of Op. 18 for male choir and of which there are original arrangements.The texts for Sortunut aani (The Broken Voice), Venematka (Boat Trip) and Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island) stem from the Finnish national epics Kalevala and Kanteletar, while the text of Sydameni laulu (Song of My Heart) stems from the poet Aleksis Kivi, but refers to the Kalevala, too. The edition includes translations of the texts in German and English as well as an informative preface that is based on the complete edition Jean Sibelius Works, just like the score.
SKU: FG.55011-785-3
ISBN 9790550117853.
Fennica Gehrman the music publisher pays tribute to its composers with this 20th-anniversary collection of commissions for violin and piano. Stringendo - Contemporary works for violin and piano (2022) is a collection of ten pieces, which vary greatly as regards their genesis. That by Harri Wessman is playful and exhilarating; Mikko Heiniö wrote his on Women's Day, while the duets by Kalevi Aho and Matthew Whittall are tributes to the late Jaakko Kuusisto. Einojuhani Rautavaara is also represented, in an arrangement for violin and piano of his plaintive, melodic Sydämeni laulu (The Song of my Heart). The title of Lotta Wennäkoski's work, Vestige, is a fitting symbol for the whole collection.Short introductions to the pieces by their composers are included in the collection in English, Finnish, and Swedish.ContentsKalevi Aho (b. 1949): Le Tombeau de J. K.Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016): Sydämeni laulu - Song of my heartMikko Heiniö (b.1948): Naisten päivä - Women's DayJyrki Linjama (b. 1962): De Profundis ILotta Wennäkoski (b. 1970): VestigeMatthew Whittall (b.1975): Waiting to hearOlli Kortekangas (b. 1955): CapricciettoHarri Wessman (b.1949): GiocosoVeli-Matti Puumala (b. 1965): Édera IVKimmo Hakola (b.1958): A Double Jubilee.
SKU: BR.CHB-5372-02
SKU: HL.48021068
8.25x11.75x0.01 inches.
SKU: HL.48021069
8.25x11.75x0.006 inches.
SKU: FG.55011-743-3
ISBN 9790550117433.
Alex Freeman’s Under the arching heavens: A Requiem (2018) was commissioned by Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Finnish civil war. Structured around the Latin liturgy of the mass for the dead, the work has a duration of more than an hour and also incorporates poems in Finnish, Swedish and English, reflecting both the specific reason for the commission and the universality of human suffering caused by war. In the non-liturgical texts chosen by Freeman, birds are a recurring image, as is that of a mother and child. The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War; lines described by the composer as ‘some of the most comforting poetry in the English language.’ Also included on the disc is A Wilderness of Sea, another recent choral piece which draws on works by Shakespeare, and the poet’s images of the sea, and of mankind’s relationship with it. Contents: I. Sydämeni laulu (Aleksis Kivi) II. Requiem aeternam III. Sequentia Dies irae Thrushes (Siegfried Sassoon) (Rex tremendae) Fientliga stjärnor (Edith Södergran) (Inter oves) IV. Sanctus V. Mikä lienee se lintu ollut? (Viljo Kajava) VI. Agnus Dei VII. O Years and Graves! (Walt Whitman) Duration: c. 67’.
SKU: FG.042-12675-2
ISBN 979-0-042-12675-2.
SKU: FG.042-09126-5
ISBN 979-0-042-09126-5.
Taneli Kuusisto (1905-88) was a versatile influence in Finnish musical life: composer, pianist, organist, church musician, writer on music, and Rector of the Sibelius Academy. Of the more than 120 solo songs penned by him, Suomalainen rukous (A Finnish Prayer), a setting of a poem by Uuno Kailas composed in 1939 on the eve of the Winter War, has acquired a status all of its own. The solo songs of Taneli Kuusisto are published in two volumes edited by Ismo Lahdetie. Contents of Volume 1: Sydanmaan lammella * Nocturne * Oceania * Jo luovutko luotani * Nocturne * Kuin linnut tumman veen * Tahtilaulu * Ilta * Sun etehes, Lapsi Betlehemin * Sun ristis juurehen * Muuttolintujen tullessa / Flyttfaglarna komma * En viipya voi / Jag kan icke droja * Venematka / Batfard * Yovieras / Nattlig gast * Harhailu * Ilta * Odotus * Karavaani * Korpirastas * Viittatie / Snomorgon * Smorzando * Sordiini * Hiljaista / Stille * Serenadi / Kleine Serenade * Iltavirsi / Aftonpsalm * Iltarukous / Aftonbon * Suvivirsi / Sommarpsalm * Erottua / Avsked * Kohtaaminen / Mote * Sielut / Sjalarna * Suomalainen rukous / Finsk bon * Suvi-illan vieno tuuli / Sommarkvallens milda flaktar * Iltatunnelma / Aftonstamning * Han kulkevi kuin yli kukkien / Hon vandrade som over blomstervang * Meren rannalla / Vid havets strand * Joki / Floden * Tumma ritva / Den dyster gren * Yli rajan / Over gransen * Lintu aavalla / Fageln pa oppen sjo * Tahdenlento / Ett stjarnfall * Kahlittu salama / Fjattrad blixt * Vaelluslaulu * Finaali / Final * Iaisyyden vana * Ratsumies / Ryttaren * Kurkien kiila / Tranornas plog * Sinulle * Armahin muisto / Det karaste minnet * Vanha soittorasia / Den gamla speldosan * Talvineitsyt * Saunakamariini paistaa kuu * Kissan selkakaaren takaa * Pari mannynoksaa * Mina, kuu ja kissa * Uusi myllari * Hiiren sielu * Sinisessa hamarassa * Mokin aija * Du, som blommor sar * Tuli ilta.
