Chamber music

Into the Woodland Silence (2012)

soprano, clarinet, violoncello and piano
14'

Into the Woodland Silence is about human growth and the vast, unanswered question of how to become oneself, an exploration that continues throughout our lives. The lyrics were compiled from poems by renowned Finnish poets Eeva-Liisa Manner and Sirkka Turkka. Into the Woodland Silence was originally scored for jazz orchestra and folk/jazz mezzo-soprano, but this quartet version gives the work new life as chamber music, and perhaps even better portrays the intimate nature of the music. Publisher: Uusinta Publishing Company.

Premiere: August 28, 2012
Young Nordic Music Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
Aili Ikonen, vocalist, Grímur Helgason, clarinet and Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir, piano

November 16, 2012
Sodankylä, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet,
Juho Laitinen, violoncello and Väinö Jalkanen, piano

November 17, 2012
Rovaniemi, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet,
Juho Laitinen, violoncello and Väinö Jalkanen, piano

November 18, 2012
Muonio, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet,
Juho Laitinen, violoncello and Väinö Jalkanen, piano

November 18, 2012
Levi, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet,
Juho Laitinen, violoncello and Väinö Jalkanen, piano

New Year's Concert: January 1, 2013
Kuhmo, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet and Väinö Jalkanen, piano

January 3, 2013
Suomussalmi, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet and Väinö Jalkanen, piano

April 26, 2013
Nurmes, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
Markus Hohti, violoncello and Johanna Tilus, piano

April 27, 2013
Ilomantsi, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
Markus Hohti, violoncello and Johanna Tilus, piano

April 28, 2013
Joensuu, Finland
Sanna Heikkinen, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
Markus Hohti, violoncello and Johanna Tilus, piano

September 26, 2015
Nordic Music Days Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ensemble Scenatet

October 9, 2016
New Music October –festival, Oulu, Finland
Uusinta Ensemble, sol. Meeri Pulakka, soprano

September 23, 2017
White Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Sibelius Academy students, sol. Anna-Maija Oka, mezzo soprano

November 12, 2017
Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Sibelius Academy students, sol. Anna-Maija Oka, mezzo soprano

April 18, 2018
Finnish Radio, Yle 1
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
Markus Hohti, violoncello and Emil Holmström, piano

June 9, 2018 at 12 pm
Särestöniemi Museum, Kittilä, Finland
Curious Chamber Players, cond. Rei Munakata
Aleksi Barrière, director
sol. Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano and Viivi Roiha, aerial acrobatics

June 9, 2018 at 15 pm
Särestöniemi Museum, Kittilä, Finland
Curious Chamber Players, cond. Rei Munakata
Aleksi Barrière, director
sol. Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano and Viivi Roiha, aerial acrobatics

June 19, 2018
Finnish Radio, Yle 1
Curious Chamber Players, cond. Rei Munakata
Aleksi Barrière, director
sol. Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano

October 2, 2018
Finnish Radio, Yle 1
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
Markus Hohti, violoncello and Emil Holmström, piano

August 10, 2019
Rauma Festivo, Rauma, Finland
Kaisa Ranta, soprano, Lauri Sallinen, clarinet
Samuli Peltonen, violoncello and Kirill Kozlovski, piano

August 12, 2022
Kamarikesä –festival, Helsinki, Finland
House of Nobility, Helsinki
Aili Ikonen, voice, Laure Paris, clarinet
Lauri Kankkunen, violoncello and Tatu Eskelinen, piano

8.6.2023
Naantali Music Festival
Naantali Church, Naantali, Finland
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano, Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Amalie Stalheim, violoncello and Joonas Pohjonen, piano