Ernest Pingoud
"Pingoud was an outstanding phenomenon in Finnish music. In the 1920s and 1930s there was scarcely a composer in Finland who did not write a single work on a theme taken from the national epic, the Kalevala, who did not attempt even a suggestion of a folk song arrangement and who, when the need to compose something in more popular vein came over him wrote shimmies and foxtrots under a pseudonym. In his writings he took exception to narrow national strivings. When, in addition to all this, Pingoud had the effrontery to make cautious criticism of Sibelius his idealistic views were not always welcome. He was a cosmopolitan in Finnish music as a result of which he was to some extent held at a distance.
As Manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra he was in a delicate position as regards the Finnish works selected for performance, and it was problems such as these which, presumably, ultimately put an end to the plan of Pingoud, Väino Raitio and Aarre Merikanto to hold a joint concert of their works in 1924. After Pingoud’s death, his works for a time fell into more or less complete oblivion, a quite unreasonable state of affairs. For as a composer he deserves to take his lace as an equal member of the Finnish modernist trio of the 1920s, and through his writings he enriched Finnish culture with his burning European and universal visions."
- Erkki Salmenhaara
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| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 Sonetter för kammarorkester | 1221 1000 00 0, str [ehn, bcl.] | 1918 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Alt-Wiener Tänze | orchestra | Orchestrations and Arrangements | 00:00 | Music Finland | |
Åter en överflödig dag | arrangement for orchestra | 1921 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Chantecler | 3322 4331 12 1, cel, str [1pic, 1ehn] | 1919 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 08:00 | Music Finland |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Op. 8 | 2222 4221 13 1, str, pno solo | 1917 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 15:00 | Music Finland |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in E flat major Op. 22 | 2222 4321 11 1, str, pno solo [pic, ehn] | 1921 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 16:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 Op. 23 | 2222 4221 13 1, str, pno solo [pic, ehn, btrb] | 1922 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 20:00 | Music Finland |
Confessions | 4333 6531 15 2, pno+cel, str [1pic+fl, 2fl, 2cl, 1cl+bcl, 2fag, 1fag+cfag] | 1916 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:30 | Music Finland |
Cor ardens | 3333 4331 11 1, cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cfag.] | 1927 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 16:00 | Music Finland |
Danse macabre | 3333 4331 22 2, org, chx (2nd version), str | 1918 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 15:00 | Music Finland |
Danses | pno | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | ||
Den sorgsna våren | pno | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Edition Tilli | |
Deux Préludes & Finale | pno | 1915 | Works for Solo Instrument | 04:20 | Edition Tilli |
Don Quijote | 1918 | Works for the Stage | 00:00 | ||
Ej skummar havet | arrangement for orchestra, also version for solo voice and piano | 1921 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Flambeaux éteints | 3332 4331 11 1, cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl.] | 1919 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 18:00 | Music Finland |
Fyra Gripenberg-sånger | voc, pno | 1922 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Fyra sånger | voc, pno | 1921 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Hymnen an die Nacht | 3333 4331 12 2, str [1 pic, 2 fl, 2 ob, 1 ehn, 2 cl, 1 bcl, 2 fag, 1 cfag] | 1917 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 17:00 | Music Finland |
Idole | 1919 | Works for the Stage | 00:00 | ||
Ikuinen liekki | 3333 4331 14 1, org, str [2fl+2pic, pic, ehn, bcl, cfag.] | 1938 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Inventio No. 4 | piano | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | ||
Konvallerna | voc, pno | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Music Finland | |
Kootut yksinlaulut | voc, pno | 1922 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Edition Tilli |
La derniere aventure de Pierrot | 3343 6531 15 2, cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cfag.] | 1916 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Music Finland |
La face d'une grand ville | 3333 4331 12 1, pno, 2asax lib, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cfag.] | 1937 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 25:30 | Fennica Gehrman |
La flamme éternelle | 1936 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 13:00 | ||
Lapuan marssi | solo voice and piano, also version for orchestra | 1930 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Le chant de l'espace | 3333 4331 12 1, vibr, str | 1938 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 15:00 | Music Finland |
Le Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche | 3333 4221 12 1, str [1pic, 1ehn, 1bcl, 1cfag] | 1918 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Le Fétich | 3333 4431 14 2, cel, str [1pic, 1ehn, 1bcl, 1cfag] | 1917 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 16:00 | Music Finland |
Le Prophete | 3333 4331 13 1, cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cbsn] | 1921 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Le Sacrifice pour Grand Orchestre | 3333 4331 13 1 cel lib, str:16-16-12-10, 8 [pic, ehn, bcl, cfag] | 1919 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Music Finland |
Les aveugles | 1919 | Works for the Stage | 00:00 | ||
Muunnelmia Suomen Yleisradion väliaikasignaalista | 2222 2210 11 0, str, vln solo, pno solo | 1933 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Mysterium pour Grand Orchestre | 3333 4331 12 0, cel, str | 1919 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Music Finland |
Narkissos | 3333 4331 15 1, cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cfag.] | 1930 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 18:00 | Music Finland |
Ninon | voc, pno | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Music Finland | |
Nocturne (Poème choréographique) | 3333/4331/12, solo piano, strings | 1937 | Works for the Stage | 23:00 | |
Nordens värn | arrangement for orchestra, also version for solo voice and piano | 1940 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | |
Nuori Psykhe | 2122 4000 12 1, str, sopr solo | 1923 | Vocal and Choral Works, Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 03:00 | Music Finland |
Prélude | pno | 1915 | Works for Solo Instrument | 01:20 | Edition Tilli |
Preludi | orchestra | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | ||
Prologue | 3333 4331 12 2, str [1pic, 1ehn, 1bcl, 1cfag] | 1915 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Serenade | voc, pno | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Warner/Chappell | |
Sotamarssi | 3223 4331 13 0, str | 1930 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Suite enfantine | pno | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Edition Tilli | |
Symphony No. 1 | 3333 4331 13 1, cel, org, str, [pic, ehn, bcl, cbsn, org lib] | 1920 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 15:00 | Music Finland |
Symphony No. 2 Op. 20 | 333 4331 13 1, org, str [[org-stemmaa ei merkitty partituuriin.], pic, ehn, bcl, cfag] | 1921 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 20:00 | Music Finland |
Symphony No. 3 Op. 27 | 3333 4331 13 1, str [1pic, 1ehn, 1bcl, 1cfag] | 1925 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 20:00 | Music Finland |
Tango oriental | pno | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
The Trees | 2122 4230 10 1, str | 1919 | Orchestrations and Arrangements | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Un chevalier sans peur et sans reproche Op. 12 | 3333/4221/12/1, stringsalso the ballet version Don Quijote | 1918 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 06:00 | |
Våg efter våg | arrangement for orchestra, also version for solo voice and piano | 1921 | Vocal and Choral Works, Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 00:00 | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
Varpunen | voc, pno | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Music Finland |