Kaija Saariaho

Commissioned by the Finnish National Opera. Part 6 of the work 'Maa', for Harp with optional Electronics.

Performing Score edition of Saariaho 'Folia' arranged for solo Double Bass And Optional Electronics. Duration 10 minutes.

Work for Solo Percussion and Electronics. As the title suggests, Trois rivières is divided into three separate sections. The first part introduces all the instrumental colours used in the piece. The r...

Calices was commissioned by Fundacion Albeniz for the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, Madrid.

For Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra. Vocal Score. Piano reduction by Christopher Brown. Adriana Songs was commissioned by the Auftakt Festival, Alte Oper Frankfurt, the New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maa...

Kaija Saariaho's True Fire for Baritone Solo and Orchestra was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre national de France....

Kaija Saariaho 's Lonh, scored for Soprano Voice and Electronics, was commissioned by the Wien Modern Festival and premiered on the 20th October 1996. The title  Lonh, meaning far away or distant...

Kaija Saariaho's Lonh, scored for Soprano voice and electronics, was commissioned by the Wien Modern Festival and premiered on the 20th October 1996. The title Lonh, meaning far away or distant, is d...

A work for Soprano and Piano. A setting of the text Eino Leino. Alternative title: 'Evening Prayer'

Kaija Saariaho's Emilie was commissioned by Opéra de Lyon, Barbican Centre, London and Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. It was first performed on 1st March 2010 at Opéra de Lyon with Karita Matti...

La Passion De Simone is an opera composed by Kaija Saariaho for Soprano Solo, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra. With a libretto by Amin Maalouf, this is the Full Score. A full performance of this would la...

Kaija Saariaho's Emilie Suite was a joint commission by Carnegie Hall, New York City, Cité de la Musique, Paris, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. It was first per...

Full Score of Saariaho L'amour De Loin. Opera In Five Parts. L, armour De Loin was premiered in Salzburg in August 2000 with additional productions being staged at the theatreBern in Switzerland. The...

Quatre Instants for Soprano and Orchestra is an arrangement of the composer's own Quatre Instants for Soprano and Piano, and was commissioned by the Finnish Chamber Orchestra Association and the Leipz...

Kaija Saariaho's Leino Songs were commissioned by the Osaka International Festival, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Casa da Musica, Porto. First performances: 5 April 2008 at Festival Hall in Os...

Kaija Saariaho's True Fire for Baritone Solo and Orchestra was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre national de France....

Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director James Levine, and given its first performance on 22nd February 2007 at Symphony Hall, Boston, USA, b...

The full score for...A La Fumee for Solo Alto Flute, Cello and Orchestra, which was commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company in 1990. This edition contains a section on performance notes.

The Finnish composer Saariaho compositions are said to be 'confronted with the darkest and most dazzling dimensions of your subconscious, and glimpses of the existential journeys she has made. ' The G...

First performed on 14th September 1997, at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki by John Storgårds, violin, the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and Hannu Lintu, conductor.

The first performance took place on 28th August 2009 at the Berlin Philharmonie, given by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestral parts are available on hire from...

Orchestral Score. Instrumentation. > 3 Flutes (3=Piccolo) > 2 Oboes > 2 Clarinets in B - > 2 Bassoons (2=Contrabassoon) > 4 Horns in F > 2 Trumpets in C > 2 Trombones > Tuba > Timpani (1 set) > Perc...

Ciel D'Hiver by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, scored for the Orchestra. The ten minute piece Ciel D'Hiver is an arrangement of the second movement of Kaija Saariaho's 2002 Orchestral piece Orio...