SKU: FG.55011-887-4
Olli Koskelin's then when A-go (2022) for guitar was premiered by Otto Tolonen, to whom the nine-minute work is dedicated.This product is a B4 sized folder, sheet music (performance score) enclosed as loose pages.Olli Koskelin's (born 16 April 1955) compositional output reflects a wide range of interests. The vast area covered by his style encompasses the neo-impressionism of the piano work Courbures (1989) to the post-expressionist echoes of his Music for String Quartet (1981) as well as the breakneck virtuosity of his clarinet piece Exalte (1985/1991) and the rich romantic textures of his orchestral piece ... like a planet silently breathing... (1993). He often uses the overtone series like the French spectral composers and avoids dramatic culmination. Soft harmonics, tranquil arching melodies, a leisurely rhythmical pulse and a coherence of mood are in evidence in his later works as in Uurre (1997) for chamber ensemble, Miniatures (1997) for string quartet and Circles within for 19 solo strings.
SKU: FG.55011-605-4
ISBN 9790550116054.
Mikko Heinio (b. 1948) composed his Sonata for Guitar (2019) the instrument in his lap. The inspiring cooperation with the guitarist Patrik Kleemola can be heard throughout the four-movement sonata. The first (Intro) and last (Coda) have the same tempo but the former is kaleidoscopic and the latter an unbroken ribbon. Correspondingly, the second (Rubato) movement is fragmentary, while the third (Rondo) has a leisurely blues beat. The Rubato is coloured by crotchet steps produced by plucking between the nut and the left hand, and the Rondo is marked by slide glissandos. The overall duration is c. 14 minutes.
