Works
Chamber music
The Baudelaire songs (2009–2013)
soprano and piano
15'
I The Albatross
II The Abyss
III Obsession
The song cycle uses poems by Charles Baudelaire from the anthology Flowers of Evil, and is about the solitude of a visionary human being and the inner necessity of making one's way, whether those visions be grandiose or nightmarish. While composing the two first songs of the cycle I lived in London, so I chose R. J. Dent's recent English translations of Baudelaire's poems for the lyrics. The songs were commissioned by the lied-duo Heikkinen & Tilus with the support of Teosto. Publisher: Uusinta Publishing Company.
Premiere: September 21, 2009
Sibelius Academy Concert Hall, Helsinki
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Johanna Tilus, piano
February 6, 2010
Ears Open Society concert, Helsinki, Ostrobotnia Ball Room, Helsinki
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Johanna Tilus, piano
May 20, 2010
Sibelius Academy Chamber Music Hall, Helsinki
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Johanna Tilus, piano
August 22, 2011
Young Nordic Music Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Sanni Antikainen, piano
September 5, 2011
Aino Ackté Chamber Music Festival, Helsinki
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Johanna Tilus, piano
November 16, 2012
Sodankylä, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Väinö Jalkanen, piano
November 17, 2012
Rovaniemi, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Väinö Jalkanen, piano
November 18, 2012
Muonio, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Väinö Jalkanen, piano
November 18, 2012
Levi, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Väinö Jalkanen, piano
April 26, 2013
Nurmes, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Johanna Tilus, piano
April 27, 2013
Ilomantsi, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Johanna Tilus, piano
April 28, 2013
Joensuu, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Johanna Tilus, piano
August 14, 2015
Festival de Musique Classique d'Uzerche, France
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano and Paul Beynet, piano
December 8, 2017
Finnish Radio, Yle 1
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano and Emil Holmström, piano
August 10, 2019
Rauma Festivo, Rauma, Finland
Kaisa Ranta, soprano and Kirill Kozlovski, piano
June 11, 2024
Main Foyer, Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano and Joel Papinoja, piano