Aulis Sallinen

Portant le sous-titre « Abschied » (adieu), le Septième Quatuor de Sallinen, op. 98, mêle avec brio la clarté mélodique à des répétitions austères et envoûtantes. L'œuvre a été composée pour le Festiv...

This setting of the poem It Was Christmas Day by Arvo Turtiainen was commissioned by the Ensemble of the Hungarian People's Army, who gave the premiere in Budapest on 15th October 1979. The original F...

Variazioni Per Organo is a work by Aulis Sallinen for Solo Organ, commissioned by the Crusell Music Festival, where the premiere took place. The piece lasts around 9 minutes.

Aulis Sallinen's Sunrise Serenade for two Trumpets and Organ. Duration: 9 minutes.

Opus 68a; Overture to the opera The Palace (1994). The libretto (by Irene Dische and Hans Magnus Enzenberger) is strongly influenced by Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail and it alludes to the ori...

Piano Quintet.

Aulis Sallinen's Symphony No. 7 is related to J. R. R. Tolkien's great novel 'The Lord of the Rings. ' The symphony does not actually depict the events in the novel; rather it is a musical expression...

Work for Oboe and String Quartet commissioned in 1990 by Thomas Gallant. First perfored by Gallant and the Kronos Quartet in 1991. Parts available: NOV954734-01.

Work for Oboe and String Quartet commissioned in 1990 by Thomas Gallant. First perfored by Gallant and the Kronos Quartet in 1991. Score available: NOV954734.

The subtitle provides a clue that this work has some relationship to Sallinen's chamber cantata Barabbas Dialogues; however, that work was completed somewhat later than this one. Barabbas Variations i...

Humoresque for unaccompanied mixed choir. Duration 5-6 minutes.