Peter Thomas

Kaija Saariaho's Leino Songs were commissioned by the Osaka International Festival, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Casa da Musica, Porto. First performances: 5 April 2008 at Festival Hall in Os...

Full score for Emilie, opera in 9 scenes by Kaija Saariaho. Kaija Saariaho's Emilie was commissioned by Opéra de Lyon, Barbican Centre, London and Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. It was first p...

Kaija Saariaho's True Fire for Baritone Solo and Orchestra was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre national de France....

Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director James Levine, and given its first performance on 22nd February 2007 at Symphony Hall, Boston, USA, b...

The full score for...A La Fumee for Solo Alto Flute, Cello and Orchestra, which was commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company in 1990. This edition contains a section on performance notes.

The Finnish composer Saariaho compositions are said to be 'confronted with the darkest and most dazzling dimensions of your subconscious, and glimpses of the existential journeys she has made. ' The G...

First performed on 14th September 1997, at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki by John Storgårds, violin, the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and Hannu Lintu, conductor.

Work for Orchestra commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra in 2002.

The first performance took place on 28th August 2009 at the Berlin Philharmonie, given by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestral parts are available on hire from...

Orchestral Score. Instrumentation. > 3 Flutes (3=Piccolo) > 2 Oboes > 2 Clarinets in B - > 2 Bassoons (2=Contrabassoon) > 4 Horns in F > 2 Trumpets in C > 2 Trombones > Tuba > Timpani (1 set) > Perc...

Ciel D'Hiver by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, scored for the Orchestra. The ten minute piece Ciel D'Hiver is an arrangement of the second movement of Kaija Saariaho's 2002 Orchestral piece Orio...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb or A, Alto Saxophone, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Side drum, Cymbals) Strings (Violin 1, Viol...

Du Cristal is a work for large Orchestra and live Electronics which was commissioned in 1989 by the Helsinki Festival and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb or A, Alto Saxophone, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Side drum, Cymbals) Strings (Violin 1, Viol...

Leitfaden für Dirigenten, Komponisten, Arrangeure

Commissioned by the French Government and Musica Strasbourg. As the title suggests, Trois rivières is divided into three separate sections. The first part introduces all the instrumental colours used...

Trois Rivieres by Kaija Saariaho was Commissioned by the French Government and Musica Strasbourg. As the title suggests, Trois rivières is divided into three separate sections. The first part introdu...

Kaija Saariaho's Leino Songs were premiered by Anu Komsi (soprano) and Pia Värri (piano) on 9 July 2007 in Kaarle's Church, Kokkola, Finland, as part of the Kokkola Opera Summer Festival. Leino Songs...

Saariaho's L'armour De Loin is an opera in five acts and was premiered in Salzburg in August 2000, with additional productions being staged at the theatre Bern in Switzerland. The story is based on th...

An opera written in 2006. Kaija Saariaho's La Passion de Simone was commissioned jointly by the Vienna Festival, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Barbican London and Lincoln Center New York. It was first...

Kaija Saariaho's Emilie Suite was a joint commission by Carnegie Hall, New York City, Cité de la Musique, Paris, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. It was first per...

Luonnon Kasvot by Kaija Saariaho for high voice and piano.