Esa Pietilä
Esa Pietilä is a well-known saxophonist operating with different musical genres in a creative way. As a composer, he has broadened the image of contemporary music with jazz. Additionally in his modernistic music he forms different synthesis of many styles and genres, which tells about his seek for the very essence of music without any stylistic borders. He has been commissioned to write works for the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Zagros Ensemble, UMO Jazz Orchestra and others, and has also written music for solo instruments, instrumental groups, dance projects and films. In his solo saxophone works, chamber duos and trio projects he has also experimented widely with live-electronics and micro-tonalism. One of his ambitions is also to write more new repertoire for his own instrument, the tenor saxophone in generally and especially for the tenor saxophone with different sized orchestras, which he has extensive done already, e.g. his concerto ”Graffiti Play” for tenor saxophone, free jazz trio and orchestra. Such concertos and works has been premiered by conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ville Matvejeff, Hossein Pishkar, Tuomas Turriago and Petri Komulainen to name a few.
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asterion | fl, bcl, hn, vln, vla, vlc, db, pno, tsax [tsax solo] | 2014 | Chamber Works | 18:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Before moon 2 | 2fl, cl, bcl, 4trp, 4trb, pno, db, dr, tsax solo | 1995 | Works for Big Band | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Big Fun | 12instr | 2014 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 30:00 | Music Finland |
Blazing Flames | 2vln, vla, vlc, tsax | 2018 | Chamber Works | 28:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Brisk | vlc, mar | 2016 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Code Red | 221 44 pno, guit, db, dr [asax+fl, asax+ssax+cl, cl+bcl, tr+fhn, perc] | Works for Big Band | 00:00 | Music Finland | |
Fata morgana | cemb | 2019 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Graffiti Play | 2121 2110 11 0, str, tsax, db, dr [pic, bcl, cbsn] | 2012 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 36:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
House of Bells | pno | 2006 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:40 | Music Finland |
"HUNT!" | 5perc, tsax | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Hyperhelium | 2016 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Icons of Blue, Black & Sun | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2022 | Chamber Works | 14:30 | Fennica Gehrman |
Kairos Ludus | 2121 2110 12, str [picc, srec, arec, bcl, cfg] | 2022 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Lake of Clang | ssax +srec, asax, tsax+srec, barsax | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Music Finland | |
Lake of Clang | ssax, asax, tsax, barsax | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Music Finland | |
Mirage | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2004 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Pulses, Waves & Dialogues | tsax, str | 2017 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Seven in Amazon | 4rec | 2017 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
The Wind Wants | 2017 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Three Strides of Light | pno | 2017 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Tricks | 221 4 4, guit, pno, db, dr [asax+fl, tsax+cl, barsax+bcl] | 1994 | Works for Big Band | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Triptych | tsax, org | Chamber Works | 18:00 | ||
Turms | 021 43, pic, ssax, tba, pno, db, dr | Works for Big Band | 00:00 | Music Finland | |
Uirapuru | chm, tsax | 2017 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Welho | 220 2 1, synth, pno, db, dr [ssax solo, ssax, tsax+fl, tsax+bcl] | Works for Big Band | 00:00 | Music Finland |