Kaija Saariaho

Five songs for solo soprano, eight female voices and orchestra. Study Score edition. First performed at the Salzburg Festival 1996. Duration 24 minutes. Conductor's Score, vocal part, and orchestral p...

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...

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...

A beautiful Concerto for Flute and Orchestra by Finiish composer Kaija Saariaho. This piece was first performed at the Flanders Festival in Brussels on the 12th October, 2001. This is the Solo Flute...

Kaija Saariaho's Maan Varjot was jointly commissioned by Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Orchestre National de Lyon, Southbank Centre and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Work for Violin and Orchestra commissioned by the BBC and VARA Radio 4 (Netherlands).

Commissioned by the Tapiola Chamber Choir and the Helsinki Chamber Choir Week, with support of the Madetoja Foundation and the National Council for Music.

Tag des Jahrs for mixed choir and electronics was commissioned by the Tapiola Chamber Choir and the Helsinki Chamber Choir Week, with support from the Madetoja Foundation and the National Council for...

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...

Vocal score

Study Score for Hush

Originally written as an octet, this version of Kaija Saariaho’s Neiges calls for twelve cellos. In the composer’s words, “When I considered the ensemble of eight cellos, I first thought of matt and d...

Prospero's Vision

Study score. Fifteen minute work for string orchestra. Parts available on hire. The title Terra Memoria refers to two words which are full of rich associations: to earth and memory.