Vocal works
Três Canções – soprano and piano (2025)
Text: Fernando Pessoa
Voicing & instrumentation: Soprano and piano
Duration: 15 minutes
World premiere: Iida Antola (soprano) and Pauliina Tukiainen (piano), 2025
Three Folk Songs for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (2015/2018)
Text: Kanteletar
Instrumentation: Mezzosoprano and string quartet
Duration: 15 minutes
World premiere: Virpi Räisänen ja Zagros Quartet
Friarjojk och Scen for soprano and string quartet (2017)
Commissioned by Hetta Music Days
Text: Tapio Tuomela ja Bo-Kennet Sågbom
Friarjojk: in Sámi
Scen: in Finnish and Swedish
Instrumentation: Soprano and string quartet
Duration: 16 minutes
World premiere: Piia Komsi and Zagros Quartet
Song Pairs: bilingual songs for voice and piano (2008-2012)
Song Pair 1:
Text: Niilo Rauhala, Christian Morgenstern
Song Pair 2:
Text and pictures: Kuutti Lavonen, translation Gerard Husson
Song Pair 3 ”Fissure”
Text: Emily Dickinson, käännös Claire Malroux
Song Pair 4 ”Three Rossi Songs”
Text: Martta Rossi, translation Stefan Moster
Instrumentation: voice and piano
Duration: 8 minutes
World premiere:
Song Pair 1: Soile Isokoski (voice) and Marita Viitasalo-Pohjola (piano)
Song Pair 2: Piia Komsi (voice) and Tapio Tuomela (piano)
Song Pair 3 ”Fissure”: Henri Tikkanen (baritoni), Heta Aho (huilu), Taavi Oramo (klarinetti), Hannu Vasara (viulu), Miikka Uuksulainen (sello), Tapio Tuomela (piano)
Song Pair 4: Virva Puumala (laulu) ja Juho Lepistö (piano)
Gloria – soprano and string quartet (2009)
Text: Medieval Latin church texts
Instrumentation: Soprano and string quartet
Duration: 10 minutes
World premiere: Piia Komsi and Zagros Quartet
Sea-Drift (2006)
Text: Walt Whitman
Instrumentation: mezzosoprano, piano and string quartet
Duration: 17 minutes
World premiere: Monica Groop (mezzosoprano), Ilmo Ranta (piano), Tempera Quartet
Govadas (2002)
Original version for alto, baritone, flute, oboe, harpsichord, violin, viola, viol, and cello (counter-alto role, Baroque instruments
Part 1 - Juoigga! (2001)
Text: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
Instrumentation: baritone, piano, violin, viola and cello
Duration: 10 minutes
World premiere: soloist Juha Kotilainen (3rd Prize, Uussoitto Composition Competition, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
Part 2 - Maa se ani om
Text: Raida Lardot
Kokoonpano: altto, huilu, oboe, piano, viulu, alttoviulu ja sello
Duration: 9 minutes
World premiere: soloist Säde Rissanen-Bartling
Vuohenki Luohti, (alkuperäinen versio mezzosopraanolle ja orkesterille (2001; ks.konsertot))
Text: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
Instrumentation:
Chamber version 1: mezzosoprano and piano (2002)
Chamber version 2: mezzosoprano, cello and piano (2003)
Duration: 15 minutes
Kantaesitys: solisti Rayanne Dupuis (mezzosopraano)
Lament (”Itkuvirsi”) (2001)
Text: Paavo Haavikko
Instrumentation:
Version 1: soprano or mezzosoprano and piano
Valitus 2: soprano and chamber orchestra
Valitus: soprano and organs or accordion
Kesto: 4 minuuttia
World premiere: soloist Piia Freund (soprano)
Lemminkäisen monologi (1999)
Text: Paavo Haavikko
Instrumentation: baritone and piano
Duration: 5 minutes
World premiere: Tommi Hakala (baritone) and Tapio Tuomela (piano), Time of Music Festival, 2000
Winnie-the-Pooh (1988)
Text: A.A. Milne
Voicing & instrumentation: Soprano and piano
Duration: 8 minutes
World premiere: Tuula-Marja Tuomela (soprano) and Jouko Laivuori (piano)