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Olli Kortekangas's Ave Maria (2023) for mixed choir brings colours of Italian folk music into the Angelical salutation.

Zibuokle Martinaityté's Ululation (2023) for mixed choir developes entirely from the ululating gesture. The composer tells: The idea of ululations as an audible, ritualistic expression of mourning bec...

Matthew Whittall's pair of psalm-based settings was a commission from the Finnish union of church musicians, for Swedish-language pieces specifically intended for liturgical use. Du kröner året (You c...

Chosen to challenge the level III player. Unaccompanied

A commission by the Koiton Laulu choir and set on Kai Nieminen's poems, the work is an allegory of love. Kortekangas's music is expressive and supports the story of the poems.

This anthology of 17 Estonian folk songs were arranged for mixed choir by Veljo Tormis in 1988 ( revised in 1993). Original songs are from folk song collection Eesti rahvalaule viisidega (volume 2). T...

Under the heading of opus 1 Sibelius grouped together five Christmas carols for voice and piano, written between 1895 and 1913. Best known of these is Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (We ask for N...

Jean Sibelius's Beloved Christmas Carols op. 1 Arranged by Teppo Salakka for male choir. In this publication, the lyrics of the songs are in Finnish. Christmas Arrives at the Gate (B-flat major) Greet...

A work in one movement, Timo-Juhani Kyllönen's Contemplation in Blue for alto flute (1999) concentrates on the contemplation of shades of blue and also contains elements of blues.

Juha is a three-act opera by Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958), with a Finnish libretto by Aino Ackté-Jalander based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Juhani Aho. Although completed by 1922, it was only...

The Daily Cello exercises complements the ColourStrings Cello ABC methods. The exercises are for bowing, fingers, shifting, intonation, scales, moders, tone quality, vibrato, harmonics, transformation...

Three Songs to Texts by Mawlana Rumi by Kalevi Aho have texts in Finnish translations.

Suite for mixed choir to texts by Hannele Huovi (in Finnish).

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...

Tunes by many classical composers carefully arranged in order of difficulty within three sections: below the break, above the break and across the break. Practice at all levels in tone production, fin...