Jussi Chydenius

Displaying Chydenius's unique style, I am the great sun is a driven and focused setting of Charles Causley's poem. This is textured choral writing: you'll find imitative passages, melodic and rhythmic...

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, this piece sets a poem by Sara Teasdale that likens a heart seeking its love to a swallow's cry. Chydenius's rich harmonies, syncopated melodies, and...

Displaying Chydenius's unique style, I am the great sun is a driven and focused setting of Charles Causley's poem. This is textured choral writing: you'll find imitative passages, melodic and rhythmic...

Setting a text by Walter de la Mare, this tuneful, rhythmic choral work is infused with Scandinavian style. The poem is accompanied by extensive use of scat, giving a modern twist to the forlorn senti...

For SATB accompanied and unaccompanied. Drawing together two composers long associated with contemporary vocal music, Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars presents eight original and exciting pieces by Bob Chilc...

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, this piece sets a poem by Sara Teasdale that likens a heart seeking its love to a swallow's cry. Chydenius's rich harmonies, syncopated melodies, and...

Displaying Chydenius's unique style, I am the great sun is a driven and focused setting of Charles Causley's poem; you'll find imitative passages, melodic and rhythmic motifs, sections requiring preci...

Setting a text by Walter de la Mare, this tuneful, rhythmic choral work is infused with Scandinavian style. The poem is accompanied by extensive use of scat, giving a modern twist to the forlorn senti...

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, 'Tonight' is an atomspheric setting of a romantic text by Sara Teasdale. The lilting waltz-like rhythms and soft vocalizations perfectly capture the...

Chydenius' fresh take on these well-known words from Cymbeline is full of charm, featuring wordless vocalizations that provide rhythmic drive and varied sections that propel the piece forward. Origina...

A Birthday reprend un poème du même titre de Christina Rossetti. Chydenius reflète l'imagerie vivante du texte des versets à travers de belles lignes vocales et des contre-mélodies tourbillonnantes. L...

A Birthday sets a poem of the same title by Christina Rossetti. Chydenius reflects the vivid imagery in the text of the verses through beautiful vocal lines with swirling countermelodies. The choruses...

Cette chanson mêle habilement un poème classique, Uphill de Christina Rossetti, à un style décontracté et légèrement jazzy. Passant d'une harmonie à trois voix à une harmonie à six voix, la texture de...

Exhibiting Chydenius's unique style, this contemplative ballad sets a wistful text by American lyrical poet Sara Teasdale. The close harmonies, persuasive melodies, and appealing syncopations in the v...

Exhibiting Chydenius's unique style, this contemplative ballad sets a wistful text by American lyrical poet Sara Teasdale. The close harmonies, persuasive melodies, and appealing syncopations in the v...

The quirky style of The Look perfectly complements the nature of Sara Teasdale's poem, which reminisces on past romances. The melody is catchy and colourful, with a stylistic ornament that gives the p...

The quirky style of The Look perfectly complements the nature of Sara Teasdale's poem, which reminisces on past romances. The melody is catchy and colourful, with a stylistic ornament that gives the p...

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, 'On a Windy Day' sets a popular text by Anne Bronte. Supported by a simple piano part, the long fluid melodies and changes in intensity allow a huge...

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, 'The Sound of the Sea' is an atmospheric setting of Henry Wadsworth Fellow's insightful poem. Long expressive phrases explore sea imagery through wor...

From the collection Hark, hark, the lark, 'You spotted snakes with double tongue' is a setting by Jussi Chydenius of words from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Scored for unaccompanied upper...

This song skillfully blends a classic poem, Christina Rossetti's Uphill, with a relaxed, lightly jazzy style. Expanding from three- to six-part harmony, the chordal texture allows for strong annunciat...