Fennica Gehrman

Kalevi Aho's Solo XV for marimba and three triangles (2018) proceeds to a motor-like beat in music dominated by semiquavers momentarily interrupted by eight short triangle entries. The triangle parts...

Jyrki Linjama's second string quartet (2018) is subtitled Allerheiligentag III. The material for the Allerheiligentag cycle is a Finnish folk chorale for All Saints' Day (no. 146 in the Finnish Hymn B...

According to Jouni Kaipainen, the fourth string quartet (2006) is one of key works of Seppo Pohjola (b. 1965) and holds a place as a landmark in Finnish quartet literature. Of the composer's five stri...

Seppo Pohjola (b. 1965) composed his fifth string quartet, lasting about 20 minutes, in February-March 2018. He was inspired to write it by a visit to the Vincent van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam the prev...

Composer Jennah Vainio sees End Credits for string trio (2016) as a portrayal of a person's inner mind: "It is a beautiful, tender and introvert snapshot of a moment, a journey into the thoughts of a...

Juha T. Koskinen (b. 1972) tells about his String quartet no. 2: "Second string quartet (2014) is connected to great changes in my personal life. A few months after the score was finished, I became a...

Juha T. Koskinen's (b. 1972) responsiveness to timbre and particular inetrest to take into account the musical dramaturgy as a parameter in the duration of the movements are important in the String qu...

Molto appassionato, think of Argentina! Kalevi Aho wrote Tango 60 for string quartet (2012) in order to celebrate his sister's 60th birthday.

Kimmo Hakola's String Quartet No. 4 op. 95 (2016) was commissioned by the Kimito Island Music Finland and it's dedicated to the Meta4 Quartet. In composer's words, it is "the floundering, playful, if...

Alex Freeman found initial inspiration for his string quartet (2015) in a series of photographs a geologist friend showed him of en échelon veins in rock formations. The open strings punctuated with p...

Timo Alakotila's La cantina (String quartet no. 3, 2013) was commissioned by a distinguished Finnish string quartet Kamus. The title of the quartet in four movements was inspired by the ongoing renova...

Kalevi Aho composed a shimmering six-minute journey for string quartet under the title Sumussa ("In the fog", 2023). It was premiered by Tempera Quartet at Kaustinen Chamber Music Week in January 2024...

Esa Pietilä's Icons of Blue, Black & Sun (String quartet no. 2) was composed in 2022 and premiered by SKATTA String Quartet. Three icons in three colours is an association of colours and the state of...

Renewed string parts (2025) with a study score! Erkki-Sven Tüür (b. 1959) dedicated his String quartet (1985) dedicated to the memory of his friend, the Estonian actor Urmas Kibuspuu (1953-1985). The...

Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) second string quartet dates from February 1970, when he was in his second year as a student of Eino-Juhani Rautavaara at the Sibelius Academy. Its premiere in the debut concert...

Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) String quartet no. 3 (1971) comprises eight short sections played in a single movement without pause and is strictly linear in character. The work begins, in all simplicity, wit...

Nils-Eric Foustedt's bright and playful three-movement suite for string orchestra was composed in 1953.

As often in Rautavaara's music, Adagio Celeste (2000) got its impulse from a poem by Lassi Nummi.

Harri Wessman arrangement of his Suite for two violins and piano (1990) for two violins and string orchestra (2021) is suitable for pupil orchestras too! This product includes the score, solo violin p...

Reminiscentiae: Kevadkillud (2009) for strings and xylophone is an orchestral adaption by Veljo Tormis of his Kevadkillud (1966) for women's chorus to poems of Jaan Kaplinski (ISMN 9790550090545), whi...

String Trio in G Minor (1893-94) is a work of Jean Sibelius's mature chamber music period, and his symphonic writing style is clearly present. The trio was never finished, and the only completed movem...