Olli Mustonen: Advanced Sheet Music

An old church near Petäjävesi forms the works starting point. Mustonen evokes its history in each of the works movements Die Kirchenbauer, Die Berührung des Heiligen, Dämonen, Der heilige Christophoru...

Ich schrieb diese kleine Paraphrase der Gavotte aus Bachs Partita in E-dur vor zwanzig Jahren. Eigentlich ist sie eine Art doppelte Hommage: auf der einen Seite ist es natürlich ein Tribut an J. S. Ba...

The first movement of my Piano Quintet is filled with drama and passion. Its atmosphere can be related to my Second Symphony Johannes Angelos. The second movement is a set of polyphonic variations in...

The text for my work Taivaanvalot is composed of fragments of a story appearing in the Kalevala – a collection of Finnish heroic folk poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884). As much of it is sim...

Mustonen is one of the composing piano virtuosos of the young generation. What is remarkable in his works is that he does not give priority to 'his instrument'. He has composed pieces for strings, son...

Mustonen belongs to the young generation of composing piano virtuosos. What is remarkable is that 'his instrument' is not placed in the foreground of his works. He rather composed pieces for strings,...

In this sonata, calm passages alternate with extremely lively ones in traditional style. The piano plays in chordal style most of the time as real accompaniment, with polyphonic ensemble playing not b...

Jehkin Iivana, ursprünglich für Gitarre komponiert, entführt den Hörer in die sagenhafte Welt finnischer Mythen und Epen, als tapfere Helden die Geschicke des Nordlands führten und ein Volk von Zauber...

My Sextet for piano and winds was originally written for piano and string quartet. The first movement is filled with drama and passion. Its atmosphere can be seen to be related to my Second Symphony '...

An old church near Petäjävesi forms the works starting point. Mustonen evokes its history in each of the works movements Die Kirchenbauer, Die Berührung des Heiligen, Dämonen, Der heilige Christophoru...

The text for my work Taivaanvalot is composed of fragments of a story appearing in the Kalevala – a collection of Finnish heroic folk poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884). As much of it is sim...

Mustonen's Sonata for Guitar takes the listener to the legendary world of Finnish myths and epics, with courageous heroes guiding the fate of the northern country and wizards roaming the endless woods...

Meine Introduzione e Allegro alla Polacca wurde vom Trio Gaspard als Teil ihres Haydn-Projekts in Auftrag gegeben. Es ist eine bescheidene Hommage an die unnachahmliche Kunst Haydns, die schon sehr fr...

Als Auftragswerk für den Physiker Sam Steppel komponierte Olli Mustonen drei Sätze unterschiedlichen Charakters: Auf die geheimnisvollen Klänge des Misterioso folgt ein wildes Furioso. Der prägnante d...

The bestselling novel 'Sinuhe the Egyptian' by the Finnish writer Mika Waltari was the source of inspiration for the Finnish pianist, composer and conductor Olli Mustonen. In this piece which closely...