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Joulu-ilta
Joulu-ilta is a Christmas carol on the text of Aleksis Kivi (1866). The music is tonal and impressionistic in its nature. Joulu-ilta is written for The Polytech Choir and the original version for male choir is published by Sulasol. The… -
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Sonetti 51
William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 51 describes the pain of separation from the loved one caused by a journey that the protagonist has to make. In the poem the poet’s old and lazy horse is portrayed as the writer’s brother-in-arms in the… -
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Sateen jälkeen
Sateen jälkeen (After rain) is a two-movement vocal work for female quintet (SSSAA), based on the poems Kesäkuun sade and Heinäkuun aalloilla by Finnish poet Saima Harmaja (1913-1937). The compositional style of Sateen jälkeen combines elements of impressionism and post-romanticism,… -
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Häähymni (vanhaan tyyliin)
Wedding hymn (in the old style) is a four-part vocal piece for male or female voices, sung using only vowels. The “in the old style” in the title refers to both the generic medieval parallel-interval voice leading style, as well… -
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Lampaanviulu
Lampaanviulu is a collection of vocal canons in 2-5 voices for female or male range, or alternatively for a group of mixed voices, in which every part has both female and male register voices. Lampaanviulu covers one fourth of Virtaperko’s… -
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Vanha Vesirotta
Vanha Vesirotta for female vocal quintet (SSSAA) was written in 2005 and is a setting of the children’s poem of same title by Kirsi Kunnas (b. 1924), a Finnish poet and author of children’s literature. Vanha Vesirotta starts as a… -
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Den stora trädgården
In 2004 the Dutch organization, Yo!, launched a European-wide composition competition to find a contemporary European Anthem. Den stora trädgården (The Great Garden), a short orchestral tone poem for symphony orchestra and mixed choir, was one of the three joint…
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