Kaija Saariaho

Kaija Saariaho's Offrande was written as a wedding gift for Marianna Karttunen et Nicolas Saint-Bris in 2014. The first public performance took place on 13 February 2017 at La Maison de la Radio Franc...

Light still and moving, a work for flute and kantele a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked instrument - was premiered by Camilla Hoitenga and Eija Kankaanranta on 18 February 2017 in Paris as par...

Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar for chorus and orchestra was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and had its world premiere in 1999 under the baton of Kurt Masur. It includes text by Amin Maalouf and...

Kaija Saariaho’s 2015 opera Only The Sound Remains was commissioned by Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Opera de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid and Canadian Opera Company. The work combines tw...

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's Bosun's Cheer, composed in 2014. Included here are the score and parts for the Modern Instrument Version, arranged for a speaker, Flute, Cello and Double Bass. Born...

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's Bosun's Cheer, composed in 2014. Included here are the score and parts for the Period Instrument Version, arranged for a speaker, Violin, Cello and Double Bass. Born...

Changing Light was written for Edna Michell's Compassion project. In the composition the composer follows the idea of a dialogue, suggested by the text from Rabbi Jules Harlow. The intimate nature and...

This arrangement of Prospero's Vision, for tenor and string quartet, was first performed in August 2019 during the Creative Dialogue Workshop at the SIbelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. The text is fr...

Changing Light was written for Edna Michell’s Compassion project. The composition follows the idea of a dialogue, suggested by the chosen text. The intimate nature and fragile sound world of the duo m...

This short 3 minute piece was originally composed for cellist and good friend of Saariaho's Anssi Karttunen's 40th birthday. Originally part of 'The Tempest Songbook', this version replaces the harp,...

Quatre Instants (chamber version)

Piano Reduction. Based on the famous medieval tapestries called La Dame à la Licorne, D'OM LE VRAI SENSE is a Clarinet Concerto commissioned by The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to cl...

Concerto For Flute And Orchestra. Study Score edition. First performed at the Flanders Festival in Brussels 12th October 2001. Composer's Notes: I have been very familiar with the flute since my earli...

Kaija Saariaho’s Song for Betty is an arrangement of the last movement from her opera L’amour de loin and was an 80th birthday gift for Betty Freeman, who very generously supported the commission of t...

Aure is a work for Violin and Cello by Kaija Saariaho. Originally composed for Violin and Viola, this version was created in 2015, and was originally an homage to Henri Dutilleux's 95th birthday, insp...

Fleurs de neige is an arrangement for string quartet of the last section of Neiges for eight cellos (1998), a five movement work inspired by the shimmers, structural symmetries, and mutations of snow....

Three short settings of poetry by the 20th century poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert for actor and violin. Composed over a period of five year for performance at informal occasions by the composer...

This three-part piece was written over a period of 12 years for the composer’s daughter. Each movement takes it title from a chapter in Gaston Bonnier’s guide to flower identification. This edition in...

The two violin duets entitled Danse des Flocons were first written by the composer for her daughter Aliisa, who at the time was seven years old and an aspiring violinist. The titular flocons (flakes)...

The two violin duets entitled Danse des Flocons were first written by the composer for her daughter Aliisa, who at the time was seven years old and an aspiring violinist. The titular flocons (flakes)...

This version of Kaija Saariaho’s Tocar for violin and harp is dedicated to Renee and Susan Jolle. The original version of Tocar for violin and piano (CH76703) was commissioned by the International Jea...

Saariaho 'Couleurs Du Vent' arranged for solo alto flute. Commissioned by the Finnish National Opera. Duration 16 minutes.

Je sens un deuxième coeur was commissioned for Emanuel Ax by The Carnegie Hall Corporation. The world premiere was given at the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City on 12 April 20...

Light And Matter was jointly commissioned by the Library of Congress, Britten Sinfonia, Norrbotten NEO and the Aeolian Chamber Players in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Bowdoin International Mu...

Aure is a work by Kaija Saariaho for Violin and Viola, originally composed as an homage to Henri Dutilleux's 95th birthday. Aure was first performed on 19th August 2011, as part of the festival 'Les I...