Kai Nieminen
Kai Nieminen is known as both a composer and a guitarist, but his output as a composer extends far beyond his own instrument: it includes concertos, chamber music and orchestral music. He himself has mentioned Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu as his closest musical and spiritual model. Nieminen’s music combines a northern sensibility and Mediterranean, particularly Italian, influences. As the titles of his works indicate, he often finds inspiration in extra-musical sources such as visual arts or literature, from Cervantes to Gaudí.
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| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 Pieces for viola | vla | 2007 | Works for Solo Instrument | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
40 Years of Time | 2222 2200 10 0, str | 2005 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 05:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Acquarelli della notte | guit | 1981 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Ancient Songs... | hn, pno | Chamber Works | 11:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Arioso | hn | 2009 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Arioso II | 4hn | 2009 | Chamber Works | 05:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Assonata | cl, pno | 1982 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Atmosfera | guitar | 1981 | Works for Solo Instrument | 02:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Atonali | hn, 2trp, trb, tba | 2010 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Autumnal Tales | fl, ob, cl, 2guit | 1999 | Chamber Works, Pedagogical Works | 00:00 | Association of Finnish Music Schools |
Autumn Sonnet | cl, pno | 1981 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Barthlebooth | pno | 2018 | Works for Solo Instrument | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Ceremonial II | 3 trumpets | 2000 | Chamber Works | 03:00 | |
Chi vivrà vedrà | 1121 1100 02 0, str | 1998 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 15:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Clarinet Concerto | 2222 2100 11, cel, str, cl solo | 2002 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 28:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Concerto for guitar and small orchestra | 1211 1100 01, str, guit solo [ehn] | 2009 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 25:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra | 2212 2200 11 1, str, ob solo [afl, ehn, bcl] | 2008 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 26:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Concerto for piano and orchestra | 2222 2200 11 1, str, pno solo | 2007 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 35:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Concerto for violin and orchestra | 2222 2110 11 1, str, vln solo | 2005 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 30:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Dance Hobgoblin | str, bcl solo | 1998 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 08:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Dances of Fear | guit | 1998 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Danza Baccanale del Astolfo sulla Luna | vln | 2024 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | United Music Publshing Ltd |
Duosonetti | vla, guit | 1978 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Elegy for Agatha Cristie | ob | 1979 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Elegy (for Philip Morton Roth) | hn, hp | 2013 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Epitaph | vlc, pno | 1993 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Epitaphe a Milhaud | cemb | 2018 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:30 | |
Estampes | guit | 1997 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Fantasy for guitar | guit | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Music Finland | |
Four short stories for A clarinet alone | cl | 1970 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Fragmental Reflections | guit | 2018 | Works for Solo Instrument | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Fragmentos de la vida del mar | guit | 1999 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Frammenti dal buio | vln, vlc, pno | 2016 | Chamber Works | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
From Hidden Cities... | 4hn | 2009 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
From time… moon and stars | afl, hp, vin, vla, vlc. | 2024 | Chamber Works | 14:00 | United Music Publshing Ltd |
From Winter's Night | org | 2009 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Gestures of Winter | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2017 | Chamber Works | 20:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Gnomes of the Night | guitar | 1985 | Works for Solo Instrument | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Hailing the Beauty of Light and Snow | afl, enh, fg, hn, perc, str | 2000 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Haltiat-sarja | str, bcl solo | 1998 | 15:00 | ||
Hommage à Andres Segovia | guit | 1993 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Hommage à Poulenc | fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn | 1976 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Hymnos | afl | 1992 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Hymnos III | ehn [or oboe d'amore or oboe] | 2009 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Hymnos IV | cl | 2016 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
I Can Hear Northern Lights | ob, str | 1999 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 16:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
I Can Hear Northern Lights II | 2222 4331 13 1, str | 1998 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 16:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Ignis fatuus | str | 2011 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 08:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
I Hear Streaming Light... | 2vln, vla, vlc | 1999 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Il castello dei destini incrociati | 2222 4431 12 1, cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl, cbsn] | 2020 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 23:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Images of Fear | guit | 2012 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
In Broken Reflections | hn, 2vln, vla, vlc | 2019 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
In der Winterszeit | vln, vlc, pno | 2004 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
In der Winterszeit | ob, vlc, pno | 2004 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
In memoriam | acc | 1986 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Music Finland |
In Mirrors of Time... | 2221 1110 11, hp, str | 2000 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 14:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
In Woodlands of the Birds | 2222 2000 11, cel, str | 2002 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 17:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Itämaisia satuja | 4kantele | 1993 | Chamber Works | 12:00 | Modus Musiikki |
Julvers Notturno II | violin and piano | 2014 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
La citta invisibili | 2222 4211 12 1, cel, str (afl, ehn, bcl, cbsn) | 1998 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 21:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Landscapes | voc, pno | 1997 | Vocal and Choral Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
La Serenissima | vla solo, hp, str | 2006 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 20:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Le città invisibili | 2222/4211/12/1, celesta, strings | 1998 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 21:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Le Tombeau d’Albert Roussel | guit | 2020 | Works for Solo Instrument | 08:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Le Tombeau de Darius Milhaud | guit | 2021 | Works for Solo Instrument | 08:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Loitsu | guitar | 1994 | Works for Solo Instrument | 03:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Manaus ja loitsu | guitar | 1989 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Marcovaldo | 2222 2100 11 0, pno, str, acc solo, vlc solo | 2012 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Menneestä ajasta ja hiljaisuudesta | kantele/hp | 1990 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Merirunoja | voc, guit | 1979 | Vocal and Choral Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Metsärunoja | soprano and piano | 1993 | Vocal and Choral Works | 15:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Mist Hobgoblin | bcl | 1991 | Works for Solo Instrument | 09:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Night Poems in a Clock Shop a Little Before One O'Clock | guitar | 1989 | Works for Solo Instrument | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Night Preludes | guit | 1980 | Works for Solo Instrument | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Night Shadows | 2guit | 1997 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Night Sonata | guit | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Nocturnal Mindscapes | afl, hp, vln, vla, vlc | 2011 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Northern Spells | guit | 2016 | Works for Solo Instrument | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Notturno | vln, pno | 1996 | Chamber Works | 09:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Omaggio a Bruno Munari | guit | 2015 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Palomar | 0222 2000 01 1, str, fl solo | 2001 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 22:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Pan | vla | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Pelon tansseja | guitar | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Poems from a Forest | sopr, pno | 1993 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Preghiera di Francesco d'Assisi | org | 2014 | Works for Solo Instrument | 10:00 | |
Quadri Morandi | guit | 2014 | Works for Solo Instrument | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Reflecting Landscapes | vln, vlc, pno | 2011 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Riflessioni | guit | 2011 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Runoja pysähtyneestä ajasta ja hiljaisuudesta, opus A | pno | 1991 | Works for Solo Instrument | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Runoja pysähtyneestä ajasta ja hiljaisuudesta, opus B | pno | 1997 | Works for Solo Instrument | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Sävellyksiä kantelekvartetille | 4kantele | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Shades... Around Stonehenge Ruins | guit | 2016 | Works for Solo Instrument | 13:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Shadow Play | flute, violin and guitar | Chamber Works | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Sigma | trb | 1998 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Sinfonia | 2222 4200 13 1, cel, str [pic, ehn, bcl] | 2013 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 38:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Sinfonia N:o 2 | 2022 2000 02, str (afl, bcl) | 2015 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 20:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Solemnis for brass quintet and timpani | 2trp, hn, trb, tba, timp | 1998 | Chamber Works | 02:20 | |
Sonaatti viidelle | fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn | 1979 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Sonata for guitar | guit | 2012 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Sonata from Shadows | fl, guit | 2007 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Sonatina Seria for Double Bass Alone | db | 1979 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Song(s) of Winter | vln | 2024 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | United Music Publshing Ltd |
Spellbound by Winter's Night | str | 2008 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 22:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
String Quartet No. 5 | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2023 | Chamber Works | 20:00 | United Music Publshing Ltd |
String Quartet No. 6 | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2023 | Chamber Works | 15:00 | United Music Publshing Ltd |
String Quartet No. 7 | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2022 | Chamber Works | 09:00 | United Music Publshing Ltd |
Suite Piccola | db | 1976 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Suomalaisesta sävelmästä... | guit | 1980 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Symphony No. 3 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 30:00 | Fennica Gehrman | ||
Talvesta | soprano and piano | 1994 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Tanssinhaltija | kantele/hp | 1995 | Works for Solo Instrument | 08:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Tarantula | kantele | 1997 | Works for Solo Instrument | 09:30 | Fennica Gehrman |
There's a Certain Slant of Light | fl+afl, ob+ehn, bcl, bsn, hn, perc, hp, vln, vlc | 2000 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
The Smile of Flamboyant Wings | pno | 2016 | Works for Solo Instrument | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
The Tale of Astolpho on the Moon | vln | 2000 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
The Temple | guit | 1976 | Works for Solo Instrument | 05:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Three pieces for Guitar | guit | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman | |
Time Around Autumn | fl, afl, ob, ehn, cl, bcl, 2hn, 2trp, trb, perc | 1996 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Time Around Lights, Shadows and Spaces | 1111 0100 02, str [afl, ehn, bcl, cbsn] | 1999 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 12:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Time around Memories | cl, 2vln, vla, vlc | 2024 | Chamber Works | 15:00 | United Music Publshing Ltd |
Time Around Spring | 2222 2221 02 1 str | 1997 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 20:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
To Touch Upon Other Times | hp, str, hn solo | 2010 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Towards the Light (from far Beyond) | 2vln, vla, vlc | 2014 | Chamber Works | 15:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Triptyykki | 4 kanteles/4 harps | 1994 | Chamber Works | 10:00 | Modus Musiikki |
Unen maasta | chx [SSAATB] | 2002 | Vocal and Choral Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Vicoli in ombra | 2222 2210 11 1, cel, str | 1995 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Waves of Sorrow | vlc | 2004 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Waves of Sorrow | vla | 2004 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Wind Tales | fl, vln, vibr, 4kantele | 1998 | Chamber Works | 08:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Winter Sonnet | cl, vlc | 1985 | Chamber Works | 15:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Yö | kantele/hp | 1990 | Works for Solo Instrument | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Yön akvarelleja | guit | 1981 | Works for Solo Instrument | 10:00 | Fennica Gehrman |
Yötunnelmia | fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Fennica Gehrman |