WORKS
Orchestra or Large Ensemble (8-14 players)
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Ariadne's Thread / Ariadnen lanka (1996)
Commissioned by Helsinki Symphonic Winds
Instrumentation Symphonic wind band
Duration 13 min
Publisher Manuscript | Description | Listen to it here
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Ablaze (1998-1999)
Instrumentation 1111 0110 11 0, pno, strings
Duration 9 min
Premiere Festivo Chamber Orchestra, cond. Ari Angervo, Tulindberg Hall, Oulu, April 21, 1999
Continental premiere Canada: Ensemble Fusions, cond. Paolo Bellomia, Anglican Church of St. John the Evangelist, Ottawa, March 26, 2006
Fbp: Festivo Chamber Orchestra, cond. Ari Angervo, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, May, 1999
Publisher Fennica Gehrman | Description | Listen to it here & here
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A Sweet Escapade (2001-2002)
Honorable Mention in the 2nd International Musical Composition Contest Belgium (2003)
Instrumentation Big Band (221 44, pno, db, dr)
Duration 5 min
Premiere UMO Jazz Orchestra, cond. Kirmo Lintinen, Musica nova Helsinki, Tapiola Hall, Espoo, March 9, 2002
Fbp: UMO Jazz Orchestra, cond. Kirmo Lintinen, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, September 25, 2002.
Fbp in Sweden: UMO Jazz Orchestra, cond. Kirmo Lintinen, Sveriges Radio, Sisu-Radio, September 2, 2007
Publisher Music Finland | Description | Listen to it here
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Beatbox Concerto - Fujiko's Fairy Tale (2009-10 /rev. 2021-22)
Concerto for Beatbox and Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned by Mikkeli City Orchestra
Movements
1. Kitsune - The Magic Fox, 2. The Burning Dragon attacca -, 3. Bakeneko - The Ghost-Cat
Instrumentation (picc, 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bsn, 2hn, 2trp, timp, perc (Suspended cymbal, Tamtam, Crotales, Triangle, Wind chimes, Sleigh bells, Flexatone), strings (min. 8-6-5-4-3),beatbox solo (beatboxer requires a microphone and a PA system)
Duration 20 min
Premiere RudiRok, beatbox, Mikkeli City Orchestra, cond. Claudio Ordaz, Mikaeli Concert and Congress hall, Mikkeli, February 18, 2010
Contintental premiere USA: Shodekeh, beatbox, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, cond. Marin Alsop, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, USA, July 23, 2010
Continental premiere Asia: Felix Zenger, beatbox, Jakarta Symphony Orchestra, cond. Rebecca Tong, Aula Simfonia Jakarta Concert Hall, July 16, 2022
Fbp: Felix Zenger, beatbox, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Rebecca Tong, Tampere Hall, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, April, 2022
Publisher Fennica Gehrman | Description | Listen to it here & here
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Beatbox Concerto, version for wind band - Fujiko's Fairy Tale (2023)
Movements
1. Kitsune - The Magic Fox, 2. The Burning Dragon attacca -, 3. Bakeneko - The Ghost-Cat
Instrumentation 3(III=picc).2.4(IV=cl.b).2-2.3.3.1.euph-1.2, beatbox solo (beatboxer requires a microphone and a PA system)
Duration 20 min
Publisher Fennica Gehrman | Description | Listen to it here
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Critical Mass (1999-2000)
Instrumentation String orchestra (43221 min)
Duration 8 min
Premiere Mikkeli City Orchestra, cond. Ari Angervo, Helsinki, April 4, 2000
Fbp: Sibelius Academy Conductor Class Orchestra, cond. Mathilde Bouhon, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, January 6, 2003
Publisher Music Finland | Description | Listen to it here
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Frozen Liquid (2001)
Instrumentation String orchestra (43221 min)
Duration 9 min
Premiere Mikkeli City Orchestra, cond. Ari Angervo, Helsinki, March 22, 2001
Fp. in Sweden: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester, cond. Michael Adelson , Loius De Geer Concert Hall, Norrköping, August 20, 2004.
Fp. in Brazil: Orquestra Sinfônica Londrina (Osuel), cond. Maurizio Colasanti, Teatro Ouro Verde, Londrina, Paraná, March 22, 2011.
Publisher Fennica Gehrman | Description | Listen to it here
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Grand Flash Fanfare (2010)
Instrumentation 2222 2230 timp. perc (1) strings
Duration 2 min
Premiere ---
Publisher Manuscript | Description | Listen to it here
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Guitar Concerto (2006-2007)
Concerto for Guitar and Stirng Orchestra
Commissioned by Mikkeli City Orchestra
Instrumentation guit solo, strings (min str: 43221)
Duration 13 min
Premiere Petri Kumela, guitar, Mikkeli City Orchestra, cond. Petri Komulainen, Mikaeli Concert and Congress hall, Mikkeli, April 19, 2007
Fbp: Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Petri Kumela, guitar, Mikkeli City Orchestra, cond. Petri Komulainen, April 26, 2007
Publisher Music Finland | Description | Listen to it here
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La Mort d'Aphrodite -scenes from a deranged love life (2012)
Instrumentation fl, ob, cl, asax, bsn, hn, pno, 2vln, vla, vlc, db
Duration 9 min
Premiere Zagros Ensemble, cond. Mikk Murdvee, Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, October 25, 2012.
Fbp: Zagros Ensemble, cond. Mikk Murdvee, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, October 26, 2012.
Publisher Fennica Gehrman | Description | Listen to it here
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Nervewreck Blues Overture (2010)
Instrumentation String orchestra (43221 min)
Duration 4 min
Premiere Mikkeli City Orchestra, cond. Jani Telaranta, Mikaeli Concert and Congress Hall, Mikkeli, February 24, 2011.
Publisher Fennica Gehrman | Description | Listen to it here
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Northbound (2005)
Commissioned by Tulindberg Week
Instrumentation 1111 2110 01 1, pno, str: 4-3-2-2-1 [ob+ehn]
Duration 12 min
Premiere Oulu Festivo, cond. Ari Angervo, Tulindberg Week Festival, Oulu, October 10, 2006
Publisher Music Finland | Description | Listen to it here
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Sylvia's Lullaby (2005)
Symphonic Poem – Helsinki Variations for Orchestra
Commissioned by Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrumentation 3(III=picc).2.3(III=bcl).2-2.2.2(II=btrb).1-1.3-2hp-str Percussion: 1. Bass Drum, Small Peking Gong, Medium Gong, Crotales, Tubular Bells, Triangle 2. Large Ocean Drum, Bass Drum, Tamtam, Medium Gong, Sandpaper, Chain 3. Snare Drum, Large Ocean Drum, Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle, Wind Chimes, Vibraslap
Duration 16 min
Premiere Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Ruth Reinhardt, Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki,
October 20, 2023
Fp in Ireland: The National Youth Orchestra of Ireland (NYOI), cond. Ruth Reinhardt, St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, 19th July, 2024
Publisher Fennica Gehrman | Description | Listen to it here
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Winterborn (2007 - 2008)
Movements
I At Dawn, II The Snow Beaten Path, III Moonlit Darkness
Commissioned by Zagros Ensemble
Instrumentation 1111 1000 00 0, 2vln, vla, vlc, db
Duration 12 min
Premiere Zagros Ensemble, cond. Petri Komulainen, Balder's Hall, Helsinki, April 12, 2008
Fbp: Zagros Ensemble, cond. Petri Komulainen, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, May 15, 2008
Publisher Fennica Gehrman | Description | Listen to it here
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