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Mikko 

Heiniö

MIKKO HEINIÖ’S MUSIC 

– vitality, positive energy and rhythmic drive 

An element of the unexpected, and a physical sense of 

rhythm are fundamental features of the music of Mikko 

Heiniö, as are the playful and absurd, the gleeful feet-off-theground 

feeling. In composing his music, he wishes to emulate 

the way in which Federico Fellini the film director and Antoni 

Gaudí the architect approached their art. “Their work 

has tremendous humanity, fantasy, humour and playfulness. I 

couldn’t work with a frown any more than they could.” 

Mikko Heiniö (b. 1948) has been a freelance composer since 

vacating the chair in musicology at the University of Turku 

a few years ago. As a researcher he is aware of the different 

types of music abroad in the world, and his widespread interest can 

be detected in his compositions on the topic of the human race and 

culture. He does not engage in playful irony with stylistic borrowings 

or dismiss them as ‘seen them all’. Instead, he cultivates an exultant 

but carefully-contrived brand of hybridism, vitality, positive energy 

and rhythmic drive. “I have a strong liking for characterised rhythm 

rooted in the spine and the pelvis. Rather than the mathematical abstraction 

of serial music, I must have a physical sense of rhythm.” 

Heiniö wrote his first opera, The Knight and the Dragon (Riddaren 

och draken, 1999–2000) for performance in a multi-dimensional, 

echoing church. Though by nature a static mystery play, it has an intensive 

pulse that generates a strong experience of spirituality. Then 

came The Hour of the Serpent (Käärmeen hetki, 2002–05), a character 

drama for a conventional opera stage. His third opera is about King 

Eric XIV of Sweden and Karin Månsdotter. 

His symphonies so far number two. Possible Worlds (1987) in postmodern 

style is marked by pluralism, reflection on tradition, borrowings 

and stylistic adaptations. The music is a combination of the unexpected 

and the inevitable, leading the listener ever onwards to a 

new experience. The result is a unique story that spirals back to its 

point of departure. 

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2 Mikko Heiniö 

The second symphony, Songs of Night and Love 

(Yön ja rakkauden lauluja, 1997) has a baritone soloist. 

Heiniö describes it as a symphony with a programme 

that is sung. The orchestra has plenty of independent 

things to say, and the baritone is only one 

voice among many. The work covers a broad span, 

from the nocturnal world of longing to the ecstaticrhythm 

procession music of the finale. 

Tendency towards rhythmic drive 

Heiniö was using ethnic influences to give his works 

extra life before there was ever any talk of world music. 

“I don’t know how it originally came about. At 

school, I played rhythm music in a rock band. My 

teacher during my year in Berlin in 1975 was Witold 

Szalonek, who was interested in ethnic cultures. I 

chose my records and concerts on two grounds: ethnic 

and contemporary.” 

The rhythm emanating from the pelvis really goes 

to town in On the Rocks (1998) for orchestra. 

The orchestral song cycle Vuelo de alambre (1983) 

is based on poems by anonymous Chilean prisoners. Despite their 

grim background, the texts also express memories and longing. The 

hidden melodies of the Andies, the marching songs and Latin-American 

rhythms sometimes find themselves on a collision course, but the 

emergent eloquence finally radiates sympathy, tenderness and optimism. 

“I have a tendency towards rhythms of African origin, even if they 

have travelled via South America and the Caribbean. But I avoid 

stuck-on effects, because they lead to postcard folklorism. I examine 

the deep structures from a European, analytical perspective to see 

what I can build on them. Pentatonicism, for example, has somehow 

to be chromaticised, and the overall sound ends up as European.” 

Vuelo de alambre uses a 12-note row from which two pentatonic 

scales gradually become distinguishable as the work proceeds. Expressive 

chromaticism and folk music overlap, join and part. 

Heiniö liberally bends types of music with a strong rhythm to suit 

his purpose: tango, boogie, rhythm & blues and jazz. The time he 

spent in Benin in West Africa is reflected in the part for five percussionists 

in his piano concerto Khora.

Hybrids and singability 

In composing his music, Heiniö wishes to emulate the way in which 

Federico Fellini the film director and Antoni Gaudí the architect approached 

their art. “Their work has tremendous humanity, fantasy, 

humour and playfulness. I couldn’t work with a frown any more than 

they could.” 

Hybrids – unexpected and often crossover formats – are a fundamental 

feature of Heiniö the composer. The sixth piano concerto, 

Hermes (1994), and the seventh, Khora (2001), are both dance works 

although they can also be performed as concert versions. In the sixth 

the solo piano is offset by a string orchestra and soprano, in the seventh 

by five percussionists. Envelope (2002) for solo trumpet and orchestra 

was composed round the Haydn Trumpet Concerto, and to 

be performed without a break between the movements. The Haydn 

orchestra plays up on the platform, but the other instruments ‘envelop’ 

the audience. The soloist moves from place to place. 

As a young man, Heiniö dreamt of a career as a writer and philologist 

but in the end chose music. In many of his songs and choral 

works he has subjected the linguistic parameters of his texts to almost 

systematic treatment. At one extreme are the works whose texts are 

broken down into their basic phonetic units devoid of any semantic 

content. Representing the other extreme are the vocal works in which 

the meaning is all-important. 

In Non-Stop (1995) for mixed choir the nonsense words 

provide flexible substance for timbres and rhythms lent impact 

by consonants. The rolling beat unfolds over a pliable 

harmonic background. 

The dialect of Western Finland also supplies 

colour and laid-back rhythms in the setting 

of poems by Heli Laaksonen in the 

five-movement Pikavuaro Turkku 

(Turku Express, 2001) for mixed 

choir. Heiniö gives 

the poems an 

airily tonal, 

folk song-like 

ambience overlaid 

with discreet 

layers of polyphonic rhythm. 

Wind Pictures (1991) for choir 



and orchestra is in one sense a Requiem for Hei niö’s daughter, who 

died when still very young, but it also expands into a broad wind metaphor 

the harmony of which is fecundated by a 10-note chord discovered 

in some sketches by Skryabin. Also in the fourth movement, 

Tuuli Maria, is a Heiniö lullaby he sang to his daughter. 

Heiniö has admirably solved the problem of singability in modern 

music. In the Sextet (2000, for baritone and Schönbergian “Pierrot ensemble”) 

there are no awkward interval jumps. Diatonic cells can be 

detected, and there are no bulky chromatic blocks in the melodic flow. 

Embraced in the light, bright sound of the seven-movement work is an 

awareness of disappointment wounded by love, detached and numb. 

The falsetto singing in the skittish scherzo creates some ironic, comic 

dimensions. 

Playfulness and drama in chamber music 

The musicians performing Heiniö’s works are also offered a touch of 

physical drama, as in the Piano Quintet (1993), where they are expected 

to speak and hum text by Lewis Carroll. The resonances of 

the human body serve as a physical timbral extension that also has the 

ingredients for a hybrid. The playful and absurd, the gleeful feet-offthe-ground 

feeling are features of this composer. 

Wood is present in the piano quartet The Voice of the Tree (Puun 

ääni, 2006) inspired by the poetry of Eira Stenberg, in a very concrete 

manner; its feel is part of the physical aspect of the music. In addition 

to being played in the normal way, the strings are dampened, 

plucked, struck, tapped and rubbed to bring out the intrinsic sound of 

the wood, the soulfulness of which is far from mere dry woodworking. 

The string trio and piano together constitute a vision in which the 

listener may similarly detect the tree swaying in the wind, the movements 

of the branches and details of the foliage. 

Mikko Heiniö has long been a focal figure on the Finnish musical 

scene and continues to be so as Chairman of the Society of Finnish 

Composers and Vice-Chairman of Teosto, the Finnish Composers’ 

Copyright Society. He has been composer-in-residence of the Turku 

Philharmonic Orchestra for more than a decade, and he was the author 

of the volume on contemporary music in the History of Finnish 

Music that won the nation’s most prestigious prize for non-fiction, the 

Tieto-Finlandia. 

Jukka Isopuro 

Translation: Susan Sinisalo

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Mikko Heiniö (born on 18 May 1948) studied piano with 

Liisa Pohjola and composition with Joonas Kokkonen at 

the Sibelius Academy from 1971 to 1975. The two years 

1975–77 were spent with the Polish teacher Witold Szalonek in Berlin. 

Heiniö also studied musicology at the University of Helsinki, finishing 

his doctoral thesis in 1984 and working as Professor of Musicology 

at the University of Turku from 1985 to 2005. 

Heiniö´s repertoire contains over 80 works. The main pieces of his 

music are his orchestral works such as eight piano concertos, Vuelo de 

Alambre (cycle for voice and orchestra, 1983), two symphonies (Possible 

Worlds, 1987 and Songs of Night and Love, 1997), Wind Pictures 

for choir and orchestra (1991), On the Rocks (1998), trumpet 

concerto Envelope (2002) and Alla Madre for violin 

and orchestra (2006). Among his main chamber 

music works are Framtidens Skugga for soprano 

and brass band (1980), Piano Trio (1988), Piano 

Quintet (1993), Treno Della Notte (2000) and 

Café au Lait (2006). Of his choral works, one 

could mention Three Folk Songs (1977), Luceat 

(1992), Non-Stop (1995) and Pikavuaro 

Turkku (Turku Express, 2002). 

Especially in his piano concertos Heiniö has 

combined different musical genres and types 

of expression: his fourth piano concerto Genom 

Kvällen (Through the Evening, 1986) features a 

choir and a string orchestra with the soloist; in the 

sixth (Hermes, 1994) there is a soprano and a string orchestra 

as well, and his eight, Månkonsert (The Moon Concerto, 2008) introduces 

a mezzo-soprano and a large orchestra. Hermes and his seventh 

piano concerto Khora were planned together with choreographer Tiina 

Lindfors for the dance theatre ERI. Lindfors has also three other 

choreographies on her account made for Heiniö´s music. 

In recent years, Heiniö has been gearing towards musical theatre. 

He composed a church opera, The Knight and the Dragon (Riddaren 

och Draken, 2000) for Turku Cathedral´s 700th anniversary 

and Käärmeen hetki (The Hour of the Serpent, 2002–2005), an opera 

premiered by the Finnish National Opera. His third opera about the 



King Eric XIV of Sweden and his 

wife Karin Månsdotter was commissioned 

for Turku’s year as European 

Capital of Culture in 2011. 

In addition to composing, Mikko 

Heiniö is one of Finland’s leading 

musicologists. His doctoral 

dissertation entitled “The idea of 

innovation and tradition” (1984) 

dealt with the musical philosophy 

of contemporary Finnish composers. 

Articles by him on 20th century 

Finnish music, neoclassicism, 

dodecaphony, serialism and postmodernism are to be found in The 

History of Finnish Music (Volume 4, Contemporary Music). Heiniö 

has also had a number of articles published in the Finnish Music 

Quarterly. The total amount of his musicological articles reaches over 

two hundred overall. He has been granted a number of awards such 

as Tieto-Finlandia (1997) together with Erkki Salmenhaara and Fabian 

Dahlström, and Suomi-palkinto (the Finland Award, 2006) by 

the Cultural Ministry of Finland. 

Heiniö is a member of the Board of Teosto (the Finnish Composers’ 

Copyright Bureau) and Luses (the Foundation for the Promotion 

of Finnish Music). He has been the Chairman of the Society of Finnish 

Composers since 1992. He has also been elected as a member of 

the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in May 2004.

LIST OF WORKS 

STage WoRKS 

Hermes (Piano Concerto No. 6) (1994) 

Dance Pictures for Piano, Soprano and Strings 

See: Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra 

Khora (Piano Concerto No. 7) (2001) 

Dance Images for Piano and 

Five Percussionists 


The Hour of the Serpent / 

Käärmeen hetki (2002–2005) 

Opera in Two Acts 

Libretto by Juha Siltanen (in Finnish) 

3 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, 1 alto, 

1 tenor, 1 baritone, 1 bass-baritone, 1 bass, 

mixed choir, orchestra: 3333/4331/13/1, 

piano, strings 

Duration: ca. 2 h 30 min 

Commissioned by the Finnish National 

Opera 

Fp: cond. Hannu Lintu, dir. Erik Söderblom, 

Finnish National Opera, 

September 15, 2006 

Ground-breaking modern opera 

…An example of the most ambitious and 

most ground-breaking modern opera 

drama ever staged in Finland. 

Turun Sanomat 2006 

The Knight and the Dragon / Riddaren och draken (1999–2000) 

Church Opera 

Libretto by Bo Carpelan (in Swedish) 

2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, 1 alto, 1 tenor, 1 bass-baritone, 1 bass, 2 female 

choirs, 2 male choirs, orchestra: 2222/4331/13/0, organ, strings 

Intrada – Act I – Intermezzo – Act II – Coda 

Duration: ca. 1 h 15 min 

Commissioned by the City of Turku and its congregations, Turku University and 

Opera Society for the 700th anniversary of Turku Cathedral 

Fp: Turku City Orchestra, cond. Ulf Söderblom, 

Turku Cathedral, November 9, 2000 

Appeal to the eye, the ear and the mind 

One of the most impressive operas written over 

the past few years … The music depicting light, 

in particular, generates a sense of dazzling beauty … 

A successful appeal to the eye, 

the ear and the mind. 

Helsingin Sanomat 2000 



Päivi Nisula in Heiniö’s opera The Hour of the Serpent

WoRKS foR oRCHeSTRa 

Concerto grosso (1975) 

string orchestra and harpsichord 

Duration: 21’ 

Commissioned by the Oslo 

Kammerorkester 

Fp: Oslo Kammerorkester, cond. Ornulf 

Boye Hansen, Oslo, April 22, 1977 

manuscript 

Tredicia (1976) 

3333/4331/13/0, strings 


Fp: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, 

cond. Leif Segerstam, Helsinki, 

December 13, 1978 

manuscript 

Concerto for Orchestra (1982) 

3333/4331/13/1, piano, strings 


Commissioned by the Turku 

Philharmonic Orchestra 

Fp: Turku PO, cond. Pertti Pekkanen, 

Turku, November 11, 1982 

manuscript 

Drone (1982) 

(third movement of Concerto for 

Orchestra) 


manuscript 

Possible Worlds (1987) 

A Symphony 

3333/4331/13/1, piano, strings 




Fp: Turku PO, cond. Igor Bezrodnyi, 

Turku, December 10, 1987 

Fp (with choreography): Dance Theatre 

ERI, Tiina Lindfors, choreography, Turku 

PO, cond. Hannu Lintu, Turku, 


Dall’ ombra all’ombra (1992) 

Seven Variations, Theme and Coda for 

Orchestra and Synthesizer 

2222/4330/13/0, synthesizer, strings 



Conservatory 

Fp: Turku Conservatory 

Symphony Orchestra, cond. Janne 

Haapanen, Turku, November 28, 1992 

Trias (1995) 

de “O quam mundum” (Piae Cantiones 

1582: LXXI) 

2222/4631/13/0, strings 


Commissioned by the University of 

Turku for its 75th anniversary 

Fp: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. 

Janne Haapanen, Turku, May 26, 1995 

Minne (1996) 

string orchestra 


Commissioned by the Korsholm Festival 

Fp: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, 

cond. Juha Kangas, Korsholm Music 

Festival, June 27, 1997 

Symphony No. 2 ”Songs of Night 

and Love” (“Yön ja rakkauden 

lauluja”) (1997) 


On the Rocks (1998) 

3333/4331/13, piano (doubling celesta), 

strings 


Commissioned by the Finnish 

Broadcasting Company 

Fp: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, 

cond. Sakari Oramo, Helsinki, 

November 13, 1998 

Enjoyable opening number 

I didn’t expect On the Rocks to be so 

fine, quite a masterpiece in fact. … 

I enjoyed it purely as music, 

eagerly drinking in its gentle 

harmonies, its graceful melodies 

and magnificent timbres. 

Etelä-Suomen Sanomat 2004 

Sonata da chiesa (2005) 

Four Serpent Scenes in the Old 

Testament 

brass, celesta and percussion (4 French 

horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 

celesta, timpani, 3 percussionists) 

1. The Serpent in Eden 

(Käärme Paratiisissa) 

2. Moses Turns the Staff into a Snake 

(Mooses muuttaa sauvan 

käärmeeksi) 

3. The Bronze Snake (Pronssikäärme) 

4. Leviathan (Leviatan) 

Duration: ca. 16’ 

Commissioned by the Turku and 

Kaarina Parish Union 

Fp: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, 

cond. Markus Lehtinen, Katedraali soi! 

festival, Turku, February 9, 2006 

Sensual timbres and swing! 

Heiniö has an ear for sensual timbres, 

but equally marked in this new work is 

his liking for rhythmic romping. For the 

second movement of the Church Sonata 

is a real boogie with a swing that sets one 

wondering what sort of music Heiniö 

would write for big band. 

Turun Sanomat 2006 

Maestoso, Variations on a Theme by 

erik XIV (2008) 

3333/4331/13/1, strings 



WoRKS foR SoLoIST(S) aND oRCHeSTRa 

Khora (Piano Concerto No. 7) (2001) 

Dance Images for Piano and Five Percussionists 

solo piano+percussion group (5 players) 

Introduction (Johdanto) [in the scene version only] 

1. Khora I 

2. The Mirror (Peili) 

3. Oidipus 

4. Eros & Thanatos 

5. Khora II 

Duration: 45’ (concert version 35’) 

Commissioned by the Dance Theatre ERI with support of the 

Madetoja Foundation 

Fp: Juhani Laukola, piano, Kroustikon Percussion Ensemble, 

cond. Risto Pulkkinen, Dance Theatre ERI with choreography 

by Tiina Lindfors, Turku, November 8, 2001 


Happy combination of rhythm and sound 

…A magnificent, innovative and sonorous piece for small 

ensemble. …The fact that Heiniö scored it almost exclusively 

for percussion well supports the message and gives it a touch 

of originality. 

Åbo underrättelser 2001 

A thundering text that beautifully balances the choreography. 

The timpani and other percussion nuances combined with the 

clear voice of the piano are sublime. 

Hufvudstadsbladet 2001 

Tiina Lindfors and Alexander Zilbermann as Eros 

and Thanatos in Heiniö’s Khora

Khora 


Khora (Piano Concerto No. 7) 

12 Mikko Heiniö

Khora 


Neljä yölaulua / four Night Songs 

(1972) 

baritone or contralto and orchestra: 

2222/4230/11/0, celesta, piano, strings 

(also available as a version for voice and 

piano) 

Text: Mikko Heiniö (in Finnish) 


Fp: Olavi Hautsalo, baritone, Pentti 

Koskimies, piano, Helsinki, May 10, 1973 

manuscript 

Concerto for french Horn and 

orchestra (1978) 

solo horn+2222/0230/12/0, piano, 

strings 


Fp: Esa-Pekka Salonen, horn, Pori City 

Orchestra, cond. Atso Almila, Pori, 

March 5, 1980 

manuscript 

Concerto for Piano and orchestra 

No. 3 (1981) 

solo piano+2222/4330/13/0, celesta, 

strings 


Fp: Liisa Pohjola, piano, Tampere 

Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Atso 

Almila, Tampere, February 23, 1984 

genom kvällen (Concerto for Piano 

and orchestra No. 4) (1986) 

See: Choral Works 

Concerto for Piano and orchestra 

No. 5 (1989) 

solo piano+2222/4330/12/0, strings 


Commissioned by the Association of 

Finnish Symphony Orchestras 

Fp: Ralf Gothóni, piano, Turku 

Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Pertti 

Pekkanen, Turku, April 5, 1990 

Hermes (Piano Concerto No. 6) 

(1994) 

Dance Pictures for Piano, Soprano and 

Strings 

Duration: 52’–55’ 

Commissioned by the Dance Theatre ERI 

and Turku Music Festival 

Fp: Juhani Lagerspetz, piano, Camilla 

Nylund, soprano, Ostrobothnian 

Chamber Orchestra, cond. Juha Kangas, 

Dance Theatre ERI with choreography 

by Tiina Lindfors, Turku Music Festival, 

August 11, 1995 


Vuelo de alambre 

(Barbed-wire flight) (1983) 

soprano and orchestra: 3333/4331/13/1, 

celesta and piano (1 player), strings 

Texts: anonymous Chilean prisoners 

(in Spanish) 

1. Prelude 

2. Tengo (I Have) 

3. Electra 

4. Fué anoche (It Happened Last Night) 

5. Tres Alamos 

6. Postlude 




Fp: Eija Orpana-Martin, soprano, Finnish 

Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. 

Jorma Panula, Helsinki, April 3, 1985 

Fué anoche 

Fué anoche 

allá en el sur, 

entre la última primavera 

acumulada, 

que llegaron tus manos 

como un suave golpe de aqua. 

No hablaste, 

estabas ahí. 

El sol, mientras tanto, 

proponía a los árboles 

su estatura de sombras. 

Y en el silenzio de la luz 

y de los patios, 

trotaban mis hijos 

con pasitos de esquina y mariposa. 

Y entre tu sombra 

y la mía 

volantines transitorios 

levantaron hacia el norte 

su vuelo de alambre. 

En la tarde, 

organizada en la distancia 

la intranquilidad de los espacios, 

mi retorno, 

como la lluvia, 

como tus manos. 

It is high time… 

My pal Guy Rickards astutely 

described Vuelo de Alambre and 

Possible Worlds as ‘like serial Villa- 

Lobos’; Hermes is pulsing with 

energetic life; and now an opera, 

The Knight and the Dragon, which 

is a phenomenal achievement. It’s 

high time we started paying a lot 

more attention to Heiniö. 

Toccata Press 2001 (Martin 

Anderson) 

It Happened Last Night 

It happened last night, 

down there in the south, 

when spring was 

at its height, 

our hands came, 

like a gentle shower of water. 

You did not speak, 

You just were there. 

The sun, meanwhile, 

offered the trees its shade, 

the whole way down. 

And in the silence of the light 

and the courtyards, 

ran my children 

with steps as light as a butterfly. 

And between your shadow 

and mine 

the passing kites 

rose towards the north 

on their barbed-wire flight. 

In the afternoon, 

at an organized distance 

the restlessness of space, 

my return, 

like rain, 

like our hands. 

Chacabuco, February 7, 1974

Symphony No. 2 

”Songs of Night and Love” 

(“Yön ja rakkauden lauluja”) (1997) 

baritone and orchestra: 3333/4331/13/1, 

celesta and piano (1 player), strings 

Text: Lassi Nummi (in Finnish) 

1. Haluan sinua, haluan sinut 

(I Want You, All of You) 

2. Meren hiljaisuus (Silence of the Sea) 

3. Sydänyöllä (At Dead of Night) 

4. Juhla, unen aalto 

(Celebration, a Wave of Sleep) 




Fp: Tommi Hakala, baritone, 

Turku PO, cond. Ilpo Mansnerus, Turku, 

May 14, 1998 

Sensual music – Heiniö’s “Tristan” 

The second symphony is Mikko Heiniö’s 

“Tristan”, so much Wagnerian semidarkness 

and mood does it contain. … 

Heiniö has written sensual music, a long 

orchestral ballad… 


envelope (2002) 

for Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in Eb 

solo trumpet+3333/4331/13/1, piano, 

strings 

Duration: pre Haydn 12’30”, post Haydn 

7’30” 

(the work is played without breaks 

before and after the Haydn Concerto; 

it includes also a cadenza and two 

sections linking the separate concerto 

movements together) 



Fp: Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet, 

Turku PO, cond. Rudolf Werthen, Turku, 


Rhythmic riot from Heiniö 

The wildest torrent of sound was 

unleashed in Mikko Heiniö’s Envelope. 

In this riot of postmodern timbres, 

tumult and rhythm the composer has 

“enveloped” the Trumpet Concerto by 

Joseph Haydn. 


alla madre (2007) 

solo violin+3333/4331/13, harp, strings 

1. Arrivo (Allegretto pesante – Agitato) 

2. Aura (Andante – Allegro) 

3. Carezza (Cadenza – Cantabile) 




Fp: Kurt Nikkanen, violin, Turku PO, 

cond. Petri Sakari, Turku, May 15, 2008 

A fantasy journey 

…An instrumental adventure and 

a fantasy journey. It is obviously 

challenging and fun to do for soloist and 

orchestra alike and keeps the audience’s 

interest awake every moment. 


Moon Concerto / Månkonsert 

(Piano Concerto No. 8) (2007–08) 

Reflections and Variations on Themes by 

John Dowland and Hugo Ingelius 

mezzo-soprano, piano and orchestra: 

3333/4331/13/1, celesta, strings 

Text: Edith Södergran, Carl Snoilsky 

(in Swedish) 

1. Nocturne 

2. Rosso 

3. Finale 


Commissioned by the Finnish Radio 

Symphony Orchestra 

Fp: Heini Kärkkäinen, piano, Monica 

Groop, mezzo-soprano, Finnish RSO, 

Helsinki, September 23, 2009 

Syyskesän laulu / Late Summer 

Song (2008) 

bass and chamber orchestra: 

2222/2200/1, strings 

(also available a version for bass and 

piano) 



1. Suuri valo (The Great Light) 

2. Kun saavumme tähän hetkeen 

(When We Reach this Moment) 

3. Tämä outo seutu (This Strange 

Region) 

4. Virran partaalla (By the Stream) 

5. Välimeri (The Mediterranean) 

6. Taivaalla kuu (The Moon in the Sky) 

7. Syyskesä (Late Summer) 

Commissioned by the Turku and Kaarina 

Parish Union 


Symphony No. 2 “Songs of Night and Love” 


Symphony No. 2 


CHaMBeR WoRKS 

Suite for flute and Two guitars 

(1974) 


Fp: Ilari Lehtinen, flute, Rolf Holmberg 

and Pekka Vesanen, guitars, Helsinki, 

May 10, 1974 

manuscript 

Trio for oboe, Bassoon and 

Harpsichord (1976) 


Fp: Aale Lindgren, oboe, Matti 

Tossavainen, bassoon, Kari Jussila, 

harpsichord, Helsinki, July 29, 1976 

akasa (1977) 

6 trombones 


Fp: Trombone course of the Jyväskylä 

Arts Festival, cond. Mikko Heiniö, 

Jyväskylä, July 7, 1977 

Publisher: Jasemusiikki 

four finnish folktunes / 

Neljä kansansävelmää (1977) 

(arr.) 

4 trombones 

Duration: 6’30’’ 

Notturno di fiordo (1978) 

flute/piccolo and harp 


Commissioned by NOMUS 

Fbp: Ilari Lehtinen, flute, Marjatta Haahti, 

harp, Finnish Broadcasting Company, 

1979 

Publisher: Society of Finnish Composers 

Brass Mass (1979) 

4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba (ad lib.) 


Fp: Finnish Brass Ensemble, cond. Mikko 

Heiniö, Helsinki, April 15, 1980 

Duo for Violin and Piano / Duo per 

violino e pianoforte (1979) 




Fbp: Erkki Palola, violin, Risto Kyrö, 

piano, Finnish Broadcasting Company, 

May 5, 1980 

Champignons à l´herméneutique 

(1979) 

Divertimento for Flute and Guitar 


Fp: Liisa Ruoho, flute, Pekka Vesanen, 

guitar, Helsinki, December 16, 1980 



Minimba 1 (1982) 

Canon for 4 (or 3) Guitars 


Fp: Pekka Vesanen, Kari Äikäs, Juan 

Antonio Muro, Ilmari Hytönen, guitars, 

Espoo, May 3, 1984 


“...in spe” (1984) 

Diaphony for Saxophone and Marimba/ 

Vibraphone 


Fbp: Pekka Savijoki, saxophone, Tim 

Ferchen, marimba/vibraphone, Finnish 

Broadcasting Company, 1985 


Piano Trio (1988) 


Commissioned by the Kuhmo Chamber 

Music Festival 

Fp: Fontenay Trio (Wolf Harden, piano, 

Michael Mucke, violin, Niklas Schmidt, 

cello), Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, 

July 19, 1989 

In g (1988) 

cello and piano 


Commissioned by the Musical Society 

of Turku for the Turku Cello Competition 

1990 

Fp: Participants in the Turku Cello 

Competition (2nd round), January 

16–17, 1990 

aurora (1989) 

Fanfare for Brass 

4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba 


Fp: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. 

Jacques Mercier, Turku, May 9, 1990 

2nd prize in the competition of the 

350th Anniversary of the University of 

Helsinki 

manuscript 

Wintertime (1990) 

Seven Fragments for Vibraphone/ 

Marimba and Harp 


Fp: Risto Pulkkinen, vibraphone/ 

marimba, Mikko Leistola, harp, 

Stockholm, November 8, 1991 


Piano Quintet (1993) 

2 violins, viola, cello, piano 

Text: Lewis Carroll (in English) 




Fp: New Helsinki Quartet (Jan 

Söderblom, I violin, Petri Aarnio, II violin, 

Ilari Angervo, viola, Jan-Erik Gustafsson, 

cello), Heini Kärkkäinen, piano, Kuhmo 

Chamber Music Festival, July 20, 1994 

ReLay (1998) 

violin and cello 


Commissioned by the Turku Music 

Festival 

Fp: Per Enoksson, violin, Martti Rousi, 

cello, Turku, August 7, 1998 

7.2.1949 (1998) 

50 Measures and Coda for Seppo 

Kimanen for his 50th Anniversary Day 

clarinet, cello and piano 


Fp: Kari Kriikku, clarinet, Jan-Erik 

Gustafsson, cello, Juhani Lagerspetz, 

piano, Helsinki, February 7, 1999 

manuscript 

espresso (1999) 

violin, cello and piano 


Commissioned by the Juvenalia 

Chamber Music Competition 

Fp: Juvenalia Chamber Music 

Competition, February 2001 

Publisher: Modus Music 

Treno della notte (2000) 

clarinet, cello and piano 




Fp: Tuulia Ylönen, clarinet, Marko Ylönen, 

cello, Heini Kärkkäinen, piano, Kuhmo 

Chamber Music Festival, July 29, 2001 

Tremendous drive 

Treno della notte is a simply splendid 

work. It has tremendous drive from 

beginning to end. …The syncopated beat 

with traces of jazz and Klezmer sets feet 

tapping. 


Café au lait (2006) 

flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano 

1. Le matin – Timporata 

2. Mami Wata 

3. Tipinti et Abalacodje – La nuit 


Commissioned by the Turku Music 

Festival

Fp: Anne Eirola, flute, Karin Dornbusch, 

clarinet, Cecilia Zilliacus, violin, Erkki 

Lahesmaa, cello, Henri Sigfridsson, piano, 

Turku, August 19, 2006 

A living Ravel 

Café au lait was fragrant and throbbing 

with snappy rhythms and timbres in 

a way that Ravel, had he been alive 

today, could, without any problem, have 

embraced… 


Canzona (2006) 

per trio d’archi 

violin, viola and cello 

1. Il grembo del vento estivo 

(Dolce arioso) – 

2. Il mattino fiero dell’autunno 

(Deciso) – 

3. Lo splendore immobile dell’inverno 

(Maestoso e luminoso) – 

4. Il blu e il verde della primavera 

(Animato) 

Duration: ca. 13’ 

Commissioned by the Nauvo Music 

Festival 

Fp: Tuomas Rousi, violin, Jussi Aalto, 

viola, Roi Ruottinen, cello, Nauvo, 

July 5, 2007 

Piano Quartet “The Voice of 

the Tree” (“Puun ääni”) (2006) 

violin, viola, cello and piano 

1. Questione (Andante recitativo e 

pesante – Doppio movimento) – 

2. Scherzo (Sciolto) – 

3. Interno (Allegretto tranquillo) 

Duration: 16’40” 



Fp: Philippe Graffin, violin, Eriikka 

Nylund, viola, Marko Ylönen, cello, Heini 

Kärkkäinen, piano, Kuhmo, July 19, 2007 

Inspiring bull’s-eye 

The Voice of the Tree proved to be an 

inspiring bull’s-eye. …Playfulness and 

absurdity, and having a merry fling 

belong to the image of Heiniö the 

composer. 


WoRKS foR SoLo 

INSTRUMeNT 

Lindgreniana (1975) 

oboe 


Fp: Aale Lindgren, Helsinki, 

March 10, 1980 


Suite for Bassoon (1976) 


Fbp: Matti Tossavainen, Finnish 



Three Repetitive Dreams / 

Kolme repetitiivistä unta (1982) 

piano 


Fp: Matti Raekallio, Jyväskylä, 

July 4, 1983 

Publisher: Modus Music 

A recital of chamber music by Heiniö was held in Beijing in 2008 

Deductions I (1979) 

piano 


Fp: Annikka Konttori, Helsinki, 

November 23, 1979 

Heiniö picks up where Debussy 

and Ravel left off 

It is roundly astonishing how Mikko 

Heiniö – a serialist twenty years ago – 

can now write music which picks up 

where Debussy and Ravel left off … if 

you like Jeux d’Eaux, you’ll be at home 

with his piano suite Deductions, which is 

a major addition to the repertoire. 

Finnish Music Quarterly 2007 

Into Sleep / Uneen (1986) 

piano 


Commissioned by Jasemusiikki 

Fbp: Annikka Konttori, Finnish 



Ritornelli (1991) 

piano 


Fp: Liisa Pohjola, Helsinki, April 28, 1992 

The High Sky / 

Den höga himlen (2007) 

organ 


Commissioned by Ville Urponen with 

the support of Madetoja Foundation 

Fp: Ville Urponen, Turku, 

October 25, 2008 


Piano Quartet “The Voice of the Tree” 


Piano Quartet 


CHoRaL WoRKS 

Drei finnische Volkslieder / 

Kolme kansanlaulua (1977) 

double mixed choir 

Text in Finnish and in German, 

translation by the composer 

1. Tirlil 

2. Sommernacht / Kesäyönä 

3. Der Spielmann / Pelimanni 


Fp: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, cond. 

Harald Andersén, Rovaniemi, 1977 

Kinerva (1978) 

tenor and male choir 

Text: Finnish folk poetry (in Finnish) 




Fp: Helsinki University Chorus (YL), cond. 

Matti Hyökki, Helsinki, May 14, 1980 

manuscript 

Landet som icke är 

(The Land That Is Not) (1980) 

children’s or female choir and piano 

Text: Edith Södergran (in Swedish, with a 

Finnish translation by the composer) 




Fp: Finnish Radio Children’s Choir, Pertti 

Eerola, piano, cond. Heinz Hofmann, 

Helsinki, May 12, 1981 

Mannerkantaatti 

(Continent Cantata) (1985) 

soprano, baritone, mixed choir and 

orchestra 

2222/4331/12/0, piano, strings 



Fp: Satu Vihavainen, soprano, 

Pertti Lehtinen, baritone, Helsinki 

Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Pertti 

Pekkanen, Helsinki Festival, 

August 21, 1992 

manuscript 

I den ljusa natten 

(In the Light Night) (1985) 

male choir 

Text: Bo Carpelan (in Swedish) 


Fp: Akademiska Sångföreningen, cond. 

Tom Eklundh, Helsinki, March 7, 1988 


genom kvällen 

(Through the evening) (1986) 

(Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4) 

piano, mixed choir and string orchestra 

Text: Bo Carpelan (in Swedish) 


Commissioned by the City of Espoo 

Fp: Liisa Pohjola, piano, Tapiola Chamber 

Choir, Tapiola Sinfonietta, cond. Juhani 

Lamminmäki, Espoo, May 21, 1989 

Minimba 2 (1988) 

male choir 


Commissioned by Muntra Musikanter 

Fp: Muntra Musikanter, cond. Markus 

Westerlund, Helsinki, March 26, 1993 

manuscript 

Wind Pictures (Tuulenkuvia) (1991) 

2222/4331/03/1, synthesizer, strings, 

mixed choir 

Texts: L. F. Kämtz, Bible (Psalm 103), 

Eduard Mörike, Francesco Petrarca 

(in German, Latin and Italian) 


Commissioned by the Chorus 

Cathedralis Aboensis 

Fp: Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku 

Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Jacques 

Mercier, Turku, November 26, 1992 

Luceat (1992) 

mixed choir 

Text: Fragments from Requiem text 

(in Latin) 


Commissioned by the Jubilate Choir 

Fp: Jubilate Choir, cond. Astrid Riska, 

Helsinki, December 6, 1992 

Skålbordun (1993) 

male choir 

Text: Folk songs (in Swedish) 


Commissioned by the Helsinki 

University Chorus (YL) 

Fp: Helsinki University Chorus, cond. 

Matti Hyökki, Mikkeli, March 18, 1994 

Non-Stop (1995) 

mixed choir 




Fp: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, 

cond. Heikki Liimola, Helsinki, 

October 13, 1995 

Juhlamarssi hiljaisille miehille 

(festive March for Quiet Men) (1996) 

male choir 


Fp: Polytech Choir, cond. Tapani Länsiö, 

Turku, May 10, 1997 

Pikavuaro Turkku 

(Turku express) (2002) 

mixed choir 

Text: Heli Laaksonen (in Finnish) 

1. Aurink kunnas 

2. Stari 

3. Kaukka kaunis 

4. Kiittämättömi 

5. Lehm ja koiv 


Commissioned by the Turku University 

Student Choir (TYY), dedicated to 

the memory of Jaakko Fredman 

Fp: TYY, cond. Tapani Saarinen, Turku, 

May 10, 2002 

Tomumieli (Mind of Dust) (2003) 

male choir and two djembe drums 



Commissioned by the Helsinki University 

Chorus 

Fp: Helsinki University Chorus, cond. 

Matti Hyökki, Helsinki, April 5, 2003 

Splendid setting 

The programme concludes with one 

of the strongest items: Mind of Dust, 

Mikko Heiniö’s splendid setting of Lasse 

Nummi’s evocation of the terracotta 

warriors at Xian for male choir and two 

West African Drums. 

Nordic Sounds 2005 

The Bishop’s Spring Dream (2005) 

five male voices (5 or 15 singers) 

Text: Juha Siltanen (in English) 


Commissioned by Talla for the 

Northlights Project with the support of 

the Madetoja Foundation 

Fp: Lamentabile Consort, Quattro 

stagioni and Talla, Tampere Vocal Music 

Festival, Tampere, June 9, 2005


VoCaL WoRKS 

Neljä yölaulua (four Night Songs) 

(1972) 

baritone or contralto and piano 

(also available as a version for orchestra) 

Text: Mikko Heiniö (in Finnish) 


Fp: Olavi Hautsalo, baritone, Pentti 

Koskimies, piano, Helsinki, May 10, 1973 

manuscript 

Tre böner (Three Prayers) (1976) 

baritone and piano 

Text: Elmer Diktonius (in Swedish) 


Fbp: Olavi Hautsalo, baritone, Mikko 

Heiniö, piano, Finnish Broadcasting 

Company, 1978 

manuscript 

Halllieder (1977) 

soprano and piano 

Text: Constanze Hall (in German) 


Fp: Anette Hall, soprano, Mikko Heiniö, 

piano, West Berlin, May 21, 1977 

manuscript 

The Shadow of the future / 

framtidens skugga (1980) 

soprano, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and 

tuba 

Text: Edith Södergran (in Swedish, 

with an English translation by Jeremy 

Parsons) 


Fp: Rita Bergman, soprano, Finnish Brass 

Ensemble, cond. Mikko Heiniö, Helsinki, 

March 14, 1981 

La (1985) 

Quintet for Piano and Four Voices 

(soprano, mezzo-soprano/contralto, 

tenor, baritone) 


Commissioned by the Association of 

Finnish Soloists 

Fp: Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano, Merja 

Wirkkala, soprano, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, 

mezzo-soprano, Risto Saarman, tenor, 

Sauli Tiilikainen, baritone, Helsinki, 

March 9, 1986 

Three Morning Songs (2003) 

baritone and piano 

Text: Juha Siltanen (in English) 

Sextet (2000) 

baritone, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano 

Texts: fragments from Ultime lettere by Ugo Foscolo (in Italian); letters by 

John Keats (in English) and Franz Kafka (in German) 

1. Ritornello I (attacca) 

2. Aria I 

3. Ritornello II 

4. Scherzo (attacca) 

5. Ritornello III (attacca subito) 

6. Aria II 

7. Ritornello IV 


Commissioned by Tommi Hakala 

Fp: Tommi Hakala, baritone, Focus Ensemble (Esa-Veli Riuttamäki, flute, 

Mikko Kauppinen, clarinet, Liisi Nuora, violin, Juha Malmivaara, cello, 

Katariina Liimatainen, piano), Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, July 8, 2000 

Modern music that sings 

The most impressive piece on the disc is Mikko Heiniö’s Sextet. …Heiniö has 

done a fine job solving the problem of writing modern music that sings. 


1. The End 

2. Aubade 

3. Jazz 


Commissioned by Tommi Hakala with 

support of the Foundation for the 

Promotion of Finnish Music LUSES 

Professori Huldénin aika-aaria 

(Professor Huldén’s aria) (2006) 

from the opera Käärmeen hetki 

voice and piano 

Text: Juha Siltanen (in Finnish) 

Syyskesän laulu 

(Late Summer Song) (2008) 

bass and piano (also available a version 

for chamber orchestra) 



1. Suuri valo (The Great Light) 

2. Kun saavumme tähän hetkeen 

(When We Reach this Moment) 

3. Tämä outo seutu (This Strange 

Region) 

4. Virran partaalla (By the Stream) 

5. Välimeri (The Mediterranean) 

6. Taivaalla kuu (The Moon in the Sky) 

7. Syyskesä (Late Summer) 

Commissioned by the Turku and Kaarina 

Parish Union 

Publisher: Fennica Gehrman unless otherwise mentioned • Fp: First performance • Fbp: First broadcast performance 


Discography 

genom kvällen 

Finlandia 1576-53378-2 (FACD 378) (1989) 

Liisa Pohjola, piano, Tapiola Chamber 

Choir, Espoo Chamber Orchestra, cond. 

Juhani Lamminmäki 

Vuelo de alambre, Possible Worlds – 

a Symphony 

Finlandia 1576-54408-2 (FACD 408) (1991) 

Karita Mattila, soprano, Turku 


Mercier 

Suite for flute and two guitars 

Nikolauscommunity NCD 2 (1991) 

Rainer Risberg, flute, Jorma Salmela, 

Hannu Siiskonen, guitars 

Kolme kansanlaulua (Drei finnische 

Volkslieder) 

Ondine ODE 796-2 (1992) 

Tapiola Chamber Choir, cond. Eric-Olof 

Söderström 

Minimba 1 

Finngospel FGCD 1074 (1993) 

Jam Quartet (Matts Kulvik, Paul Pajarinen, 

Juho-Pekka Putkonen, Kari Rantanen, 

guitars) 

Ritornelli 

Sibelius Academy SACD-4 (1994) 

Liisa Pohjola, piano 

Duo for Violin and Piano 

MILS 9439 (1994) 

Sakari Tepponen, violin, Liisa Pohjola, 

piano 

Tuulenkuvia (Wind Pictures) 

Finlandia 1576-54452-2 (FACD 544522) 

(1994) 

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus 

Cathedralis Aboensis, cond. Jacques 

Mercier 

Vuelo de alambre 

Finlandia 4509-99403-2 (1995) 

Karita Mattila, soprano, Turku 


Mercier 

Piano Quintet 

Ondine ODE 865-2 (1995) 

Avanti! Quartet (John Storgårds, violin, 

Anna Hohti, II violin, Tuula Riisalo, viola, 

Lea Pekkala, cello), Jaana Kärkkäinen, 

piano 

Skålbordun 

Finlandia 4509-98993-2 (1995) 

Helsinki University Chorus (YL), cond. 

Matti Hyökki 

Hermes, In g 

Ondine ODE 870-2 (1996) 

Juhani Lagerspetz, piano, Camilla 

Nylund, soprano, Ostrobothnian 

Chamber Orchestra, cond. Juha Kangas, 

Tuija Rantamäki, cello 

Piano Trio 

Fifty Fifty Records FFCD-1014 (1996) 

Simo Vuoristo, violin, Jukka Perksalo, 

cello, Jukka Juvonen, piano 

Lindgreniana 

Suomen oboe- ja fagottiseura FUGA 

9102 (1998) 

Tommi Mentu, oboe 

Vuelo de alambre, Possible Worlds 

– a Symphony, Wind Pictures, 

genom kvällen, Skålbordun 

Finlandia 3984-23404-2 (2 CD; 1999) 

“Meet the Composer” 

various performers (previously released 

material) 

Juhlamarssi hiljaisille miehille 

(festive March for Quiet Men) 

Polyteknikkojen Kuoro PKCD16 (1999) 

“Matkalla / Male Voice Voyage” 

Polytech Choir, cond. Tapani Länsiö 

Piano Trio 

Tritonus TRICD-001 (2000) “Poike” 

Jukka Juvonen, piano, Simo Vuoristo, 

violin, Jukka Perksalo, cello 

Landet som icke är 

LYRANCD-2 (2001) “Lust” 

Akademiska Damkören Lyran, 

cond. Kari Turunen 

The Knight and the Dragon 

(Riddaren och draken) 

BIS-CD-1246 (2001) 

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, 

Turku Opera Chorus and soloists, 

cond. Ulf Söderblom 

Sextet 

JaseCD0040 (2003) 

Tommi Hakala, baritone, Focus Ensemble 

(Katariina Liimatainen, piano, Liisi 

Nuora-Kapanen, violin, Juha Malmivaara, 

cello, Mikko Raasakka, clarinet, Esa-Veli 

Riuttamäki, flute) 

Tomumieli (Mind of Dust) 

Ondine ODE 1045-2 (2004) 

Helsinki University Chorus (YL), cond. 

Matti Hyökki 

Pikavuaro Turkku (Turku express) 

TYYK 004 (2004) 

Turku University Student Choir (TYY), 

cond. Tapani Saarinen 

Minimba I 

Fuga 9194 (2004) 

Kari Äikäs, Ilmari Hytönen, Juan Antonio 

Muro, Pekka Vesanen, guitars 

Deductions 

JaseCD 0045 (2007) “PianoHorizons” 

Tuomas Mali, piano 

Symphony No. 2 “Songs of Night 

and Love”, alla madre 

Sony BMG (2009) 

Tommi Hakala, baritone, Kurt Nikkanen, 

violin, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, 

cond. Petri Sakari 


Sextet 


Sextet 



CD sampler 

1. Possible Worlds 3:36 

3 rd movement Placidamente – Appassionato (excerpt) 

Turku PO / Jacques Mercier 

Finlandia CD 3984-23404-2 

2. Vuelo de alambre (Barbed-wire flight) 5:53 

4 th movement Fué anoche (It Happened Last Night) 

Turku PO / Jacques Mercier, sol. Karita Mattila 


3. Symphony No. 2 Songs of Night and Love 6:25 

2nd movement Meren hiljaisuus 

(The Silence of the Night) (excerpt) 

Finnish RSO/Hannu Lintu, sol. Tommi Hakala 

Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) 

4. Wind Pictures 7:06 

4th movement Tuuli Maria 

Turku PO/Jacques Mercier, Chorus Cathedralis 

Aboensis /Juha Kuivanen 


5.– 6. Riddaren och draken (The Knight and the Dragon) 12:55 

Act 1, scenes 4&5 

Turku PO / Ulf Söderblom, Turku Opera Chorus 

and soloists 

BIS-CD-1246 

7. on the Rocks 3:35 

(excerpt) 

Finnish RSO / Sakari Oramo 

YLE 

8. Khora, Piano Concerto No. 7 4:31 

5th movement Khora II (excerpt) 

Kroustikon Percussion Ensemble / Risto Pulkkinen, 

sol. Jussi Laukola 

9. Hermes, Piano Concerto No. 6 3:45 

8th movement Finale (excerpt) 

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra / Juha Kangas, 

sol. Juhani Lagerspetz, Camilla Nylund 

Ondine ODE 870-2 

10. Sextet 3:13 

4th movement Scherzo 

Focus Ensemble, sol. Tommi Hakala 

JaseCD 0040 

11. Piano Quintet 5:50 

(excerpt) 

Avanti! Quartet & Jaana Kärkkäinen 

Ondine ODE 865-2 

12. Piano Quartet The Voice of the Tree (Puun ääni) 3:09 

3rd movement Interno (excerpt) 

Philippe Graffin (vl), Eriikka Nylund (vla), 

Marko Ylönen (vc), Heini Kärkkäinen (pf) 

YLE 

13. Non Stop 3:13 

(excerpt) 

Radio Chamber Choir / Heikki Liimola 

YLE 

14. Pikavuaro Turkku (Turku express) 2:21 

4th movement Kiittämättömi 

Turku University Student Choir (TYY) / Tapani Saarinen 

TYYK 004

Editor: Henna Salmela 

Design: Pirkko Huttunen 

CV text and work list: © Fimic 

Photos: Society of Finnish Composers / Annu Mikkonen (cover photo), 

Finnish National Opera / Stefan Bremer, Fimic / Maarit Kytöharju, Robert Seger, 

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra / Seilo Ristimäki, ERI Dance Theatre / Jari Laurikko 

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