Kaija Saariaho

A setting texts by Sylvia Plath, this 1988 work is for Soprano and Mezzo Soprano voices. Commissioned for the 1988 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. A cycle of five duets, the texts originate...

Commissioned by the Tapiola Chamber Choir and the Helsinki Chamber Choir Week, with support of the Madetoja Foundation and the National Council for Music.

Tag des Jahrs for mixed choir and electronics was commissioned by the Tapiola Chamber Choir and the Helsinki Chamber Choir Week, with support from the Madetoja Foundation and the National Council for...

Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) is a Finnish composer of chamber music, opera, orchestral works and electroacoustic music. Ballade was written for Emanuel Ax, who premiered the work at Wigmore Hall (London)...

Arabesques Et Adages was commissioned by the Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition, 2017.

Composer's Note When I considered the ensemble of eight cellos, I first thought of matt and dark textures. I also wanted to go back to some ideas on symmetry. While I was pondering all that, I saw sno...

Kaija Saariaho is the most successful of contemporary Finnish composers, having won a number of international compositions, and has become best known for her works which exploit electronics. The inspi...

This 1992 work by the Finnish spectral composer Kaija Saariaho is an intense and complex piece for solo Cello and electronics. The music is derived from preliminary recordings made by the composer wit...

The score for the original version of Miranda's Lament. Composed in 1997, the piece is part of 'The Tempest Songbook' and was dedicated as a birthday present for Paavo Heininen. The set of parts for t...

The set of parts for the original version of Miranda's Lament. Composed in 1997, the piece is part of 'The Tempest Songbook' and was dedicated as a birthday present for Paavo Heininen. The score for t...

Score and parts for Saariaho's Cendres, arranged for Alto Flute, Cello and Piano. Quoting Saariaho: While writing Cendres, I was mainly concentrating on the interpretation of particular musical ideas...

This score edition of Saariaho's , New Gates is arranged for flute, viola (cello), and harp. It was commissioned by the Sabbath Trio and composed in 1996. Duration: 12 minutes.

Score edition of Die Aussicht. Arranged for Soprano, Flute, Cello and Piano.

Caliban's Dream was written as a 50th birthday tribute to Brian Ferneyhough in 1993. Arranged for baritone voice, clarinet, mandolin, guitar, harp and double bass. This edition includes the parts only...

Caliban's Dream was written as a 50th birthday tribute to Brian Ferneyhough in 1993. Arranged for baritone voice, clarinet, mandolin, guitar, harp and double bass. Score edition only. Separate parts a...

Hypnotic Ciel Étoilé it means 'starry sky' in French uses the bass as a dark night of sound dotted with pointillist percussive sounds from the cymbals and crotales. The work is written in thirty-six b...

This version is arranged for bass voice, alto flute, harpsichord and cello. Score edition only. Separate parts are also available on sale.

This setting of a text from Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest is written for Baritone soloist with a small chamber ensemble. Characterised by Saariaho's unusual and progressive instrumental writing, th...

Terrestre' was commissioned by Eleanor Eisenmenger in honour of Kaija Saariaho's 50th birthday. It is based on the second movement of the composer's Flute concert 'Aile du Songe', of which the she say...

Terrestre' was commissioned by Eleanor Eisenmenger in honour of Kaija Saariaho's 50th birthday. It is based on the second movement of the composer's Flute concert 'Aile du Songe', of which the she say...

Composed in 2004, this concise and compelling work is part of Saariaho's Tempest Songs and is written for Soprano and Baritone soloists with chamber ensemble. Also included in the Tempest Songs cycle...

Composed in 2004, this concise and compelling work is part of Saariaho's Tempest Songs and is written for Soprano and Baritone soloists with chamber ensemble. Also included in the Tempest Songs cycle...

The score for the updated version of Miranda's Lament. Composed in 1997 and revised in 2000, the piece is part of 'The Tempest Songbook' and was dedicated as a birthday present for Paavo Heininen. The...