Works
Chamber music
Siimes (2017)
wind quintet
13'
I In the Water
II Flash
III In the Ashes
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Siimes is my second wind quintet and is based on the saxophone concerto Saivo. The title of the work suggests an allegorical hiding place deep in the forest, from where one can easily observe the surrounding reality. The first movement flows and swirls like diving under water, at times changing direction and always bubbling merrily. The second movement’s ethereal shimmering culminates into the last movement’s mighty chord pillars that pile up on one another like an ash cloud. Siimes is dedicated to Auriga Wind Quintet’s flautist Heli Haapala, who commissioned the work with the support of the Sibelius Foundation.
Premiere: September 10, 2017
Rovaniemi, Finland
Auriga Wind Quintet
April 3, 2018
Saariselkä, Finland
Lapland Chamber Orchestra Wind Quintet
April 8, 2018
Culture House, Smørum, Denmark
Esbjerg Ensemble
April 11, 2018
Alvar Aalto Library, Vyborg, Russia
Esbjerg Ensemble
April 15, 2018
Tampere Biennale, Finland
Esbjerg Ensemble
April 18, 2018
Syddansk Musikkonservatorium, Esbjerg, Denmark
Esbjerg Ensemble
November 7, 2018
Culture House Orrela, Teuva, Finland
Pohjamaa Wind Quintet
November 8, 2018
Seinäjoki Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland
Pohjamaa Wind Quintet
April 4, 2019
Wind Music Days, Oulu, Finland
Helmikvintet
November 22, 2019
RUSK Festival, Pietarsaari, Finland
Janne Thomsen, flute, Christoffer Sundqvist, clarinet, TBA, oboe, TBA, bassoon and József Hárs, french horn
August 21, 2020
Laurentius Hall, Lohja, Finland
Lohja City Orchestra
September 16, 2021
Seinäjoki Hall, Seinäjoki, Finland
Seinäjoki City Orchestra
November 28, 2021 UK premiere
Purcell Room, London UK
London Philharmonic Orchestra
June 8, 2023
Naantali Music Festival
Naantali Church, Naantali, Finland
Niamh McKenna, flute, Takuya Takashima, oboe
Matthew Hunt, clarinet, Jaakko Luoma, bassoon and Tanja Nisonen, horn
January 9, 2024
Classical Hietsu Concert Series
Hietsun Paviljonki, Helsinki, Finland
Wind Quintet Arktinen Hysteria
April 1, 2025
Windhoek International Wind Festival
Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen, Germany
Alice Morzenti, flute, Nicholas Daniel, oboe, Chen Halevi, clarinette and students from the HfM Trossingen, Germany