Fennica Gehrman

Finnish conductor and composer Nils-Eric Fougstedt composed some of the warmest and most enchanting choral songs in the Swedish language. His harmonic language and choice of texts, from nature and the...

Finnish conductor and composer Nils-Eric Fougstedt composed some of the warmest and most enchanting choral songs in the Swedish language. His harmonic language and choice of texts, from nature and the...

Finnish conductor and composer Nils-Eric Fougstedt composed some of the warmest and most enchanting choral songs in the Swedish language. His harmonic language and choice of texts, from nature and the...

These days, children seem to want to learn to play the saxophone at an earlier age, so they need to be provided with plenty of easy short pieces to sustain their interest before and between examinatio...

Chorpartitur (dt./finn.) - gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB)

Ahti Sonninen's brisk arrangements of Nordic melodies are set for string orchestra without violas (violin I, II, III, cello I, II and double bass). Idiomatic, variable writing and short movements make...

Greta Dahlström (1887-1978) war eine finnische Komponistin, Chorleiterin und Musiklehrerin. Sie beschäftigte sich intensiv mit der Komposition finnischer Volksmusik und sammelte Volkslieder für die Sc...

Piano reduction available for the first time! Joonas Kokkonen's The Hades of the Birds consists of three songs, two shorter ones framing a longer middle one. The chosen poems were by P. Mustapää (alia...

Ilkka Kuusisto's (b. 1933) Do not stand at my grave and weep for soprano and piano is composed in 2020. The famous and powerful poem of anonymous writer consoles at the moment of seemingly absolute lo...

Einojuhani Rautavaaras (1928-2016) Hajoaminen (Finnisch für Auflösung, 1956) wird 2024 zum ersten Mal veröffentlicht und ist auf vier düstere Gedichte des finnischen Dichters Lassi Nummi (1928-2012) v...

Der Komponist Kaj Chydenius (1939-2024) und der samische Dichter Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943-2001) feierten ihre Freundschaft mit einer Zusammenarbeit, deren schönstes Ergebnis der Liederzyklus Pohjois...

Lotta Wennäkoski (geb. 1970) komponierte ihren Liederzyklus I stället för vingar (Statt Flügel, 2014-2016) zu Gedichten von Eva-Stina Byggmästar. Die Originalsuite ist für Mezzosopran und Ensemble. Vo...

Lars Karlsson (b. 1952) has followed his own distinctive route on the Finnish contemporary music scene as a 'romantic modernist'. 'Två andliga sånger' (Two spiritual songs) consists of two songs for s...

First publication of Joonas Kokkonen's piece for male choir 'Lehvillä puiden' to the poem of Lassi Nummi (1928-2012).

Olli Kortekangas composed MIssa silvestris (2018) for mezzo-soprano, male choir and organ to a Swedish text by Göran Stenius (1909-2000), a Finnish poet, writer and diplomat. The 'Mass of the Forest'...