List of works

(selection, please see complete list of works here)

Works for Stage

• Karvalakkiooppera (Fur Hat Opera), 2022

Commissioned by Kemijoen Kulttuurituki ry, Libretto Sami Parkkinen, based on stories by Olli Tiuraniemi. Performers: 2 female roles (sopr.), 8 male roles (3ten,3bar,2bass), female choir, chamber orchestra 1 /fl alto/1/1 /bass-cl/1 /cfg/1cor/pno/str; 105 mins

• Äidit ja tyttäret/Mothers and Daughters, opera
  Commissioned by the Finnish National Opera for the 150th anniversary of the Kalevala
  Text: Paavo Haavikko, freely after Lemminkäinen’s story (Kalevala)
  6 female singers, 1 male singer (baryt.)
  2222/2201/2 perc/keyb./ str
  100 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman, Aulos 2-CD
  1999
• Antti Puuhaara, chamber opera – melodrama
  Commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize (EU Project Sept Contes)
  Text: Erik Söderblom and Tapio Tuomela
  12 singers (in solos and ensembles)
  Instrumentation cl/Bcl, arpa, accordion, vl, vla, vc
  2008-2010 (CD-book Editions Sud)
  72 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman, Actes Sud (CD book)
• Neljäntienristeys, opera
  Commissioned by Oulu City Theatre
  Text: Sami Parkkinen after Tommi Kinnunen’s novel
  2222/2221/1 or 2 perc/keyb./ str
  95 mins
  2017

Music for Film

• Noidan kirot, Music for silent film
  Commissioned by RSO
  75 mins
  2010

Orchestral music

• Symphony 1
  2222 4231 13 0, pno+synth, str min 12-10-8-6 4 [pic,bcl]
  2nd prize in the Composition Competition held in honour of the 75th Anniversary of the Finnish Independence in 1992
  Lahti Symphony Orchestra, cond. Atso Almila, Lahti, February 10, 1994
• Symphony 2
  3333/3331/14/1, piano and celesta, strings
  Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Eivind Aadland, Helsinki, November 2, 2005
  32 mins
• Symphony 3
  2222/4221/2 perc/keyb./ str
  Commissioned by Lahti Symphony for the Centennary of the Finnish Independence
  17 mins
  Lahti Symphony, cond. Dima Slobodeniouk, December 6, 2017, Lahti
• Jokk (1997)
  2222 2221 01 0, str [2.fl+pic]
  Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sakari Oramo
  10 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman, Tapio Tuomela – CD 2000 (JASE)
• Lemminkäinen (2000/2002)
  2222/4221/Arpa/Pno/2 perc/Str
  12 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman
• Nordan (2001)
  3333/4331/Arpa/4 perc/str
  10 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman
• Lappic (2001)
  fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, 2vln, vla, vlc, db or string orchestra
  10 mins
  Commissioned by Orchestrutopica, Portugal
• Quasi Herzstück for String Orchestra (1994)

Concertos

• Piano Concerto
  Commissioned by Joensuu City Orchestra
  2222/2200/01, str
  31 mins
  Iiro Rantala, piano, Joensuu City Orchestra, dir. Esa Heikkilä, Joensuu, November 27, 2008
• Swap – Chamber Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra
  Commissioned by Joonatan Rautiola / Sibelius Foundation
  2222/2210/1 perc/str
  24 mins
  Fennica-Gehrman
  Fp Joensuu City Orchestra / Sasha Mäkilä, sol. Joonatan Rautiola
  April 2014
• Vuohenki Luohti for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
  2222 4230 01, pno/cel, str, mezzo [pic, cbsn, btrb/tba]
  15 mins
  Commissioned by Kajaani City for its 350the Anniversary
  Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sakari Oramo
  2001
• Scherzo for piano and string orchestra
  Orig. version for piano (4 hands) and strings ensemble
  8 mins
  1994

Choral works

• Mixed choir
  • Kipuloitsu, Rondo, Herzstück, Liekut ja Loitsut, Four Puuhaara-Songs, Suomenkielinen vokaliisi (on CD of Helsinki Chamber Choir 2010)
  • Gloria, Pentecote (2012)
  • Havsbild (2014)
  • Motette Unser Wandel ist im Himmel (2015)
  • Adieux (2018)
• Descant Choir
  • Rondino (1996)
  • Auld Rhymes (2014)

Vocal works

• Winnie-the-pooh (1988)
  soprano and piano
• Lemminkäisen monologi (1999)
  barytone and piano
• Lament (Itkuvirsi) (2001)
  version 1 for soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano
  Lamentation 2 for soprano and chamber orchestra
  Lament for soprano and organ / accordion
• Vuohenki Luohti, version 1 for mezzo and piano (2002)
  version 2 for mezzo, violoncello and piano
  14 mins
• Govadas (2002) alto, baryt, fl, ob, cemb, vln, vla, gamba, vlc [contralto, baroque instruments]
  Separate songs and versions for modern instruments:
  • Juoigga! (2001)
    baryt, pno, vln, vla, vlc
    10 mins
  • Maa se ani om
    contralto, pno, vln, vla, vlc
    9 mins
• Sea-Drift (2006)
  mezzo-soprano, piano and string quartet
  17 mins
• Song Pairs: bilingual songs for voice and piano
  • Song Pair 1
    (Niilo Rauhala, Christian Morgenstern)
  • Song Pair 2
    (Kuutti Lavonen, transl. Husson)
  • Song Pair 3 (Fissure)
    (Dickinson, transl. Malroux)
  • Song Pair 4
    (Rossi, transl. Moster)
• Gloria (2009) for soprano and string quartet
  (medieval texts)
  10 mins
• Friarjojk och Scen (2017)  for soprano and string quartet
  Friarjojk in Sámi, Scen in Finnish/Swedish
  16 mins
• Three Folk Songs 2015/18 for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
  (Text: Kanteletar)
  15 mins

Chamber Music

• Ladder of Escape (1988-89)
  fl, 2cl, bsn, hn, 2perc, 2vln, vla, vlc [fl+pic, cl in A]
  Recommended work of the UNESCO Rostrum 1992
• Transition (1989)
  2 pianos, tape
  Recommended work of the UNESCO electro-acoustic Rostrum 1992
• Aufschwung (1994)
  fl, guit
• Mirage 1997
  kantele, arpa
• Spurt / Pyrähdys (2000)
  accordion, cello
  Spurt 2 / Pyrähdys 2(2001)
  clarinet, accordion, cello
• Quintet (2005)
  fl, cl, vln, vlc, pno
• Pilke (2005)
  alto sax and piano
  2. version for clarinet and piano
• Crisp (kantele, guitar) 2011
• Suite Française for Wind Quintet 16’ (2012)
• String Quartet The Fiddler 17’ (2010)

Solo Works

• Pendulum (1985)
  cello
• Feux follets / Virvatulia (1996)
  accordion
• Kuura (2001)
  kantele
• Missa per Organo (2007)
  Five movements to be performed separately
• Mosaic (2000/ 2008)
  piano
• Intrada for Organ (2015)
  (wedding music)

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