Kaija Saariaho

Changing Light se escribió para el proyecto Compassion de Edna Michell. La composición sigue la idea de un diálogo, sugerido por el texto elegido. La naturaleza íntima y el frágil mundo sonoro del dúo...

Esta breve pieza de 3 minutos fue compuesta originalmente para el 40 cumpleaños del violonchelista y buen amigo de Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen. Originalmente parte de "The Tempest Songbook", esta versió...

Quatre Instants (chamber version)

Piano Reduction. Based on the famous medieval tapestries called La Dame à la Licorne, D'OM LE VRAI SENSE is a Clarinet Concerto commissioned by The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to cl...

Concerto For Flute And Orchestra. Study Score edition. First performed at the Flanders Festival in Brussels 12th October 2001. Composer's Notes: I have been very familiar with the flute since my earli...

Song for Betty, de Kaija Saariaho, es un arreglo del último movimiento de su ópera L'amour de loin y fue un regalo de 80 cumpleaños para Betty Freeman, que apoyó generosamente el encargo de la ópera....

Fleurs de neige es un arreglo para cuarteto de cuerda de la última sección de Neiges para ocho violonchelos (1998), una obra de cinco movimientos inspirada en los brillos, las simetrías estructurales...

Nymphea Reflection is a work by renowned composer Kaija Saariaho, arranged for String Orchestra. Commissioned by the Schleswig Holstein Festival, it was first performed on the 16th of August 2001 in E...

Three short settings of poetry by the 20th century poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert for actor and violin. Composed over a period of five year for performance at informal occasions by the composer...

This three-part piece was written over a period of 12 years for the composer’s daughter. Each movement takes it title from a chapter in Gaston Bonnier’s guide to flower identification. This edition in...

The two violin duets entitled Danse des Flocons were first written by the composer for her daughter Aliisa, who at the time was seven years old and an aspiring violinist. The titular flocons (flakes)...

The two violin duets entitled Danse des Flocons were first written by the composer for her daughter Aliisa, who at the time was seven years old and an aspiring violinist. The titular flocons (flakes)...

Esta versión de Tocar de Kaija Saariaho para violín y arpa está dedicada a Renee y Susan Jolle. La versión original de Tocar para violín y piano (CH76703) fue un encargo del Concurso Internacional de...

Saariaho 'Couleurs Du Vent' arranged for solo alto flute. Commissioned by the Finnish National Opera. Duration 16 minutes.

Written for solo piccolo.

Light And Matter was jointly commissioned by the Library of Congress, Britten Sinfonia, Norrbotten NEO and the Aeolian Chamber Players in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Bowdoin International Mu...

Cloud Trio was commissioned by the Bastad Kammermusikfestival (artistic Director Karin Dornbusch), Musik i Syd, the festival Music Around and Arcana Festival für Neue Musik. It was first performed at...

For solo cello. Quoting Saariaho: The title evokes the two gestures which are at the origin of the work: on the one hand the pattern which I call 'spinning tops' turning around on the one spot or unde...

This work was commissioned by Rudolf Steiner Foundation. It is dedicated to Anssi Karttunen, who gave the first performance in Helsinki on 10th September 2000. Sept papillons was the first piece Saari...

Scored for solo Cello, Dreaming is Kaija Saariaho's contribution to the set of thirty-two works by various composers written for the collection Mystery Variations in 2011. The piece is preceded by a...

This composition was written quickly in a matter of days, however the composer describes the longer process of writing the piece as unconscious preparation. There are opposite elements on display with...

Kaija Saariaho's 1980 work for Cello and Piano was commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Cooperation. It attempts to create the sudden and dramatic changes of the dream world; with bursts of colour...