Aho will turn 60 years on 9 March. His 14th symphony features Arabian and Chinese hues and hypnotic rhythms with an extensive role for the percussion (darabuka, djembe, gongs). The work was inspired b...
Text: Mawlana Rumi, translated into Finnish by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila. Aho's lyrical interpretation of Rumi's impressive poem (for small SSAA choir or female quartet) was composed in 2003.
A large-scale work in four movements lasting over half an hour, Kalevi Aho's Sonata for violoncello and piano (2019) in four movements is furios, virtuosic and poweful, with a lyrical second movement....
Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) concerto no. 2 for cello and orchestra (2013) is in five movements performed without a break. It begins with a swinging Berceuse, followed by a very quick, virtuosic Presto in 5...
This is one of the best-known pieces of classical music in the world today and probably the piece most identified with Tchaikovsky. It has been used extensively in many different contexts and has beco...
This vigorous 'Russian Dance' appears in Act 2 of The Nutcracker ballet. Tchaikovsky utilized the Cossack Trepak dance of his homeland for this exciting movement, contrasting effectively with the more...
In spring 2020, coronavirus began spreading throughout the world and in many places people were subjected to quarantine. It was then that Hiyoli Togawa, a violist, proposed that the BIS record label r...
Scored for piano left hand and string quartet, Kalevi Aho's Mysterium (2019) consists of four movements performed without a break. Aho had earlier come across the sketches for what was to be the last,...
Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) composed Five mythical images for solo oboe (2015) for 60th birthday of his brother Keijo Aho, who also premiered the work. The five movement work (c. 10 minutes) is a concert pie...
Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) Clarinet concerto (2005) has five movements played without pause. The beginning 'Tempestoso' is dramatic and powerful, but there is also a beautiful, slow middle section. The se...
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry wrote a number of piano miniatures of which the most effective and evocative set is the Shulbrede Tunes. The title refers to Shulbrede Priory in Lynchmere, England. T...
Kalevi Aho's popular series of Solo pieces for different instruments gets a new piece for clarinet. Composed in 2018 it was premiered in October 2019 by Simon Reitmaier in Tirol, Austria. Duration c....
