Finnish Woodwind Chamber Music: Groundbreaking and Important

Compiled March 2018

One performer (or one player and electronics)

Antti Auvinen (b. 1974) Eliangelis (2005) cl Music Finland

Sebastian Fagerlund (b. 1972): Woodlands (2012) bsn Edition Peters

Jouni Kaipainen (1956-2015): Serenade: Full Moon, Lunatic Bassoon (1993) bsn Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Olli Koskelin (b. 1955): Exalté cl (1985/91) Fennica Gehrman 

Juhani Nuorvala (b. 1961): Concertino for A clarinet or Basset Clarinet and Soundtrack (2016) Fennica Gehrman

Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952): Laconisme de l'aile (Terseness of the wing) fl (1982) Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952): NoaNoa (flute and live-electronics) (1992) fl+computer, harmonizer [[fl+computer (reverberation with LPX-15 sound processor+prerecorded], material on SyQuest 88Mb HD-device, switched by flutist).]  Chester Music

Two performers

Erik Bergman (1911-2006): Three Fantasies, Op. 42 (1954) cl, pno Fennica Gehrman

Kimmo Hakola (b. 1958): Capriole (1991) bcl, vlc Fennica Gehrman

Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958): Steamboat Bill Jr. (1990) cl, vlc Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Usko Meriläinen (1930-2004): Huilu - veden peili (Flute – Mirror of Water) for fl, pn (1984) Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958) Nachtlieder (1978) cl, pno Fennica Gehrman (also see G. Barrett arrangement for eight performers)

Olli Virtaperko (b. 1973): Glass Orifice (2010) 2cl  Music Finland 

Lotta Wennäkoski (b. 1970): Andas (2008) 2bcl Music Finland

Matthew Whittall (1975): Night, sleep, death and the stars (three preludes and a fantasy after Walt Whitman) (2008) fl+afl+pic+bfl, hp Music Finland

Three performers

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838): Trio for Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon (1814)

Jouni Kaipainen (1956-2015): Adoration, Op. 99 (2013) eh, cl (also bs cl), bsn Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Jouni Kaipainen (1956-2015): Andamento, Op. 28 (Trio II) (1986) fl, bsn, pn Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958):  Ablauf (1983/88) cl+bcl, 2 bass drums Edition Wilhelm Hansen

Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958): Trio cl, vlc, pno (2008) Boosey & Hawkes

Jukka Tiensuu (b. 1948): Le Tombeau de Beethoven (1980) ob/cl, vlc, pno, tape Music Finland

Jukka Tiensuu (b. 1948): Tombeau de Mozart (1990) cl, vn, pno Music Finland

Four performers

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838):  Quartet in E-Flat Major for cl, vln, vla, vcl  Op. 2

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838):  Quartet in C Minor for cl, vln, vla, vcl  Op. 4

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838): Quartet in D Major for cl, vln, vla, vcl  Op. 7

Sebastian Fagerlund (b. 1972): Short Stories (2002) ssax, asax, tsax, barsax Edition Peters

Jaakko Kuusisto (b. 1974): Play, Op. 10 (1998) cl, vln, vlc, pno

Einari Marvia (1915-1997) Quartet (1936) fl, ob, cl, bsn Fennica Gehrman

Usko Meriläinen (1930-2004): Mouvements circulaires en douceur (1985) fl+cbfl, fl+pic, fl+afl, bfl+pic Music Finland

Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935): Clarinet Quartet “The Sea of Peace” 0p.108 (2017) Novello

Five performers

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949): Quintet (1994) for asax, bsn, vla, vlc, db Fennica Gehrman

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949): Quintet for bassoon and string quartet (1977) bsn, 2vln, vla, vlc Fennica Gehrman

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949): Quintet for ob, cl, bsn, hn and pno  (2013) Fennica Gehrman

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949): Woodwind Quintet (2006) Fennica Gehrman

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949): Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (2014) fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn [pic-afl, ehn] Fennica Gehrman

Atso Almila (b. 1953): Quintet II - Arctic Hysteria (2006) fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn  Music Finland

Antti Auvinen (b. 1974): Beneath (2007) fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn Music Finland

Antti Auvinen (b. 1974): Lifted (2007) fl, cl, perc, hp, pno

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838):  Divertimento for Oboe and String Quartet, Op. 9

Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996): Woodwind Quintet (1972-1973)  Schirmer

Jaakko Kuusisto (b. 1974): Miete, (Thought) Op. 34, for wind quintet (2016)

Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958): Clarinet quintet (clarinet, string quartet) (1992) Chester Music

Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944-2008): Wind Quintet No. 2, Op. 22  (1975) fl+afl, ob, cl+bcl, bsn, hn  Music Finland

Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958): Memoria (2003) afl, ehn, cl, bsn, hn  Chester Music

Jukka Tiensuu (b. 1948): Tango lunaire (1985) fl/ob, cl, vln, vlc, keyb  Music Finland

Tapio Tuomela (b. 1958): Quintet No. 2 “Pierrot”  (2004) fl, cl, vln, vlc, pno  Fennica Gehrman

Six performers

Lotta Wennäkoski (b. 1970): Suka (Comb) –seven scenes according to Kalevala poems XI-XV (2008) fl, ob (doubling rec), cl, bcl, bsn, hn  Music Finland

Seven performers

Jean Sibelius/arr. Gregory Barrett (1865-1957/b. 1961) En Saga Septet (1891)/2003 fl, cl, 2vln, vla, vlc, db Breitkopf & Härtel

Eight performers

Sebastian Fagerlund (b. 1972): Octet “Autumn Equinox” (2016) cl, bsn, hrn, 2vln, vla, vlc,cb
Edition Peters

Kirmo Lintinen (b. 1967): Ballata Concertante (2016) cl, bsn, hn, 2vln, vla, vlc, db Fennica Gehrman

Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958) Nachtlieder arr. Gregory Barrett (2017) cl and ensemble: fl, tsx, vln, vla, vlc, db, perc  Fennica Gehrman (also see original for clarinet and piano)

Greg Barrett

Contact

Gregory Barrett
NIU School of Music
1425 W. Lincoln Highway
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-8004
gregbarrett@niu.edu