List of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara

Rautavaara in the 1950s

This is a list of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Rautavaara stopped using opus numbers for his new compositions during the 1970s. In addition, he revised several of his compositions many years after they were originally composed. Therefore, using opus numbers in connection with his works is not a necessity.

Operas

• Kaivos (The Mine) (1957–1958/1960/1963)
• Apollo contra Marsyas (1970)
• The Abduction of the Sampo (Runo 42: Sammon ryosto), choral opera (1974/1982)
• Marjatta, the Lowly Maiden (Marjatta Matalan Neiti) (1975)
• A Dramatic Scene, "Late One Night" (En dramatisk Scen) (1976)
• Thomas (1982–1985)
• Vincent (1986–1987)
• The House of the Sun (Auringon talo) (1989–1990)
• The Gift of the Magi (Tietäjien lahja), chamber opera (1993–1994)
• Aleksis Kivi (1995–1996)
• Rasputin (2001–2003)

Incidental music

• Incidental Music to sä-Peikko ja Simpukka-Ukko (Father Troll and Old Man Clam) (1952)
• Soundtrack to Hiilivalkea (Coal Fire) (1975)

Ballet

• The Temptations (Kiusaukset) (1969)

Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1 (1956/1988/2003)
• Symphony No. 2 (1957/1984)
• Symphony No. 3 (1961)
• Symphony No. 4, Arabescata (1962)
• Symphony No. 4 (1964/68) (original version, withdrawn)
• Symphony No. 5 (1985)
• Symphony No. 6,Vincentiana (1992)
• Symphony No. 7, Angel of Light (1994)
• Symphony No. 8, The Journey (1999)

Concertos

• Piano Concerto No. 0 (1955), withdrawn
• Cello Concerto No. 1 (1968)
• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1969)
• Concerto for Soprano, Choir and Orchestra: Daughter of the Sea (Meren tytär) (1971), withdrawn
• Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra (1972)
• Ballad, for harp and strings (1973/1981)
• Flute Concerto: Tuulten tansseja (Dances with the Winds) (1975)
• Violin Concerto (1976–77)
• Organ Concerto: Annunciations (1976–77)
• Double Bass Concerto: Angel of Dusk (1980) (later arranged for double bass, two pianos and percussion)
• Piano Concerto No. 2 (1989)
• Piano Concerto No. 3: Gift of Dreams (1998)
• Harp Concerto (2000)
• Clarinet Concerto (2002)
• Percussion Concerto: Incantations (2008)
• Cello Concerto No. 2: Towards the Horizon (2008/2009)
• Fantasia, for solo violin and orchestra (2015)
• Deux Sérénades, for violin and orchestra (2016/18 completed by Kalevi Aho, premiered posthumously)

Other orchestral works

• Dramaattinen alkusoitto (Dramatic Overture), withdrawn (1951)
• Tema con tre variazioni (Theme with Three Variations), withdrawn (1952)
• Andante moderato, withdrawn (1952)
• Sinfoninen sarja (Symphonic Suite), withdrawn (1953)
• Modificata (1957/2003)
• Praevariata (1957) (withdrawn)
• Canto II (1960)
• Helsinki Fanfare (1967/87)
• Lahti Fanfare (1967)
• In memoriam J. K. Paasikivi (1967)
• Anadyomene (Adoration of Aphrodite) (1968)
• Helsinki Dancing (1971)
• Säännöllisiä yksikköjaksoja puolisäännöllisessä tilanteessa (Regular Sets of Elements in a Semiregular Situation) (Also called Garden of Spaces) (1972/2003)
• The Finn Way (1973), withdrawn
• Kasvaa–kehittyä–muuttua (Growth–Development–Variation) (1974), withdrawn
• Fanfaari Lahden hiihdon maailmanmestaruuskisoihin (Fanfare for the Lahti World Champion Skiing Competition) (1978)
• Angels and Visitations (1978)
• Pohjalainen polska (Ostrobothnian Polska) (1980)
• Lintukoto (Home of the Birds, or Isle of Bliss) (1995)
• Autumn Gardens (Syksyn puutarhat) (1999)
• Book of Visions (2003–05)
• Manhattan Trilogy (2004)
• Before the Icons (1955-56/2005)
• A Tapestry of Life (2007)
• In the Beginning (2015-2016)

String orchestra

• The Fiddlers (Pelimannit) (1952/1972) (originally for piano)
• Suite for Strings (1952)
• Divertimento (1953)
• An Epitaph for Béla Bartók (1955/1986)
• Canto I (1960)
• Finnisch, heute (Finnish, Today) (1970)
• Canto III: A Portrait of the Artist at a Certain Moment (1972)
• Three Meditations for Orchestra (1973) (extracted from Lapsimessu)
• Ballade for harp and strings (1973/1981)
• Suomalainen myytti (A Finnish Myth) (1977)
• Pohjalainen polska (Ostrobothnian Polska) (1980/1993) (Arranged from the orchestral version)
• Hommage à Kodály Zoltán (Bird Gardens) (1982)
• Epitaph for Béla Bartók (1986) (arranged from the version for cello and piano)
• Hommage à Liszt Ferenc (1989)
• Canto IV (1992)
• Apotheosis (1992/1996)
• Adagio celeste (2000)
• Canto V – Into the Heart of Light (2011)

Wind ensemble

• Konsertto puhaltimille (Concerto for Winds) (1950), withdrawn
• Sotilasmessu (A Soldier's Mass) (1968)

Brass band

• A Requiem in Our Time (1953)
• Playgrounds for Angels (1981)
• Serenade in Brass (1982)

Chamber/instrumental

• String Quartets:
  • String Quartet No. 1, Quartettino (1952)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1958)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (1965)
  • String Quartet No. 4 (1975)
• Cello Sonatas:
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 (1972–1973/2001)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 (1991)
• String Quintets:
  • String Quintet No. 1: Les cieux inconnus (1997)
  • String Quintet No. 2: Variations for Five (2013)
• Pöytämusiikki Herttua Johanalle (Table Music for Duke Johan), for recorder quartet (1954)
• Two Preludes and Fugues on BEla BArtok and EinAr EnGlunD, for cello and piano (1955)
• Octet for Winds (1962)
• Quartet for Oboe and Strings (1957/1965)
• Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (1965/1968)
• Pentecost, for percussion (1967), withdrawn
• Sonetto, for clarinet and piano (1969)
• Dithyrambos, for violin and piano (1970) (also in version for violin and orchestra)
• Ballade, for solo harp and string quintet (1973/1980)
• Ugrilainen dialogi (Hungarian Dialogue), for violin and cello (1973)
• Catilena, for cello and piano (1974), lost
• Variétude, for solo violin (1974)
• Sonata for Flute and Guitar (1975)
• Music for Upright Piano and Amplified Cello (1976)
• Serenades of the Unicorn, for guitar (1977)
• Polska, Variations on a folksong from Rantasalmi (1977), for two cellos and piano
• Electropus, for two winds, percussion, guitar, lutes, and piano (1977)
• Luonnekuvaa (Nature Pieces), for guitar
• Monologues of the Unicorn, for guitar (1980)
• Partita, for guitar (1956/1980 - incomplete 1956 version lost)
• Notturno, for flute and string quartet (1981), withdrawn
• Fanfare for EMO, for two trumpets, two trombones and tape (1983)
• Notturno e Danza, for violin and piano (1993)
• Hymnus, for trumpet and organ (1999)
• Con Spiritus di Kuhmo, for violin and cello (1999)
• Sydämeni Laulu (Song of My Heart), for cello and piano (1996/2000)
• Lost Landscapes, for violin and piano (2005)
• April Lines, for violin and piano (1970/2006)
• The Last Runo, for flute and string quartet (2007)
• Summer Thoughts, for violin and piano (2008)
• Whispering, for violin and piano (2010)
• Fanfare per Fagotti, for six bassoons

Piano

• La première neige (1947), lost
• Kaupungissa sataa (Snow Falling in the City) (1948), lost
• Kolme symmetristä preludia (Three Symmetrical Preludes) (1949–50)
• Pelimannit (The Fiddlers) (1952) (later arranged for string orchestra; accordion)
• Aleksanteri Könni (1952/1976)
• Piru ja juomari (The Devil and the Drunkard) (1952/1976)
• Tema con variazione (1953), lost
• Adagio and Toccata, withdrawn, lost (1954) (This was later arranged for orchestra, with the arrangement also withdrawn and lost)
• Ikonit (Icons) (1955)
• Seven Preludes (1956)
• Apotheosis (1957), unpublished
• Partita (1956–58)
• Six Études (1969)
• Sonata No. 1: Christus und die Fischer (1969)
• Sonata No. 2: Tulisarna (The Fire Sermon) (1970)
• Music for Upright Piano No. 1 (1976)
• Music for Upright Piano No. 2 (1976)
• Ces Bons Soirs de Septembre (1976), lost
• Narcissus (2001)
• Passionale (2003)
• Fuoco (2007)
• Mirroring (2014)

Organ

• Ta Tou Theou (That Which Comes From God), Op. 30 (1967)
• Laudatio trinitatis (1969/1970)
• Toccata, Op. 59 (1971)
• Häämarssi (Wedding March) (1984)

Guitar

• Serenades of the Unicorn (1977)
• Monologues of the Unicorn (1980)
• Partita (1956/1980 - incomplete 1956 version lost) (arranged from the Partita for piano)

Other solo instrumental works

• Sonata for Solo Cello (1969/2001)
• Variétude, for violin (1974)
• Tarantará, for solo trumpet (1976)

Choral

• Suomalainen Rukouskirja (A Finnish Prayerbook) (1952)
• Laulupuu (Tree Song) (1952), unpublished
• Lapsen virret (Children's Tunes) (1952), unpublished
• Laulaja (The Singer), for male chorus (1956)
• Two Preludes by T. S. Eliot, for male chorus (1956/1967)
• Ludus verbalis, for speaking choir (1957)
• Ave Maria, for male chorus (1957)
• Missa duodecanonica, for children's choir (1963)
• Nattvarden (Ehtoollinen, Communion) (1963)
• Lu'ut (Magic Verses) (1965), withdrawn
• Syksy virran suussa (Autumn at the River Mouth), for male chorus (1965/1995)
• Kaksi psalmia (Two psalms), for mixed chorus or male chorus (1967/1971)
• Praktisch Deutsch, motet for declamatory choir (1969)
• Vigilia (All-Night Vigil), for chorus and soloists (1971–72/1986)
• Credo, for mixed chorus (1972)
• Elämän kirja (Book of Life), for male chorus (1972)
• Viatonten valssi (Waltz of the Innocents), for children's choir, violin and piano (1973)
• Kolme kappaletta vokaaliyhtyeelle (Three Pieces for Vocal Group), for vocal group and instrumental group (1973), withdrawn
• Lorulei, for children's choir (1973)
• Kaksi taloa (Two Houses), for unison chorus and piano (1973)
• Kaksi kelmiä (Two Rogues), for children's choir (1973)
• Herran rukous (The Lord's Prayer) (1973)
• Isontalon Antti ja Rannanjärvi (Big House Andy and Lakeshore), for male chorus (1973)
• Hallin Janne (Janne of Halli), for male chorus (1973)
• Lorca Suite, for children's choir (1973)
• Morsian (The Bride) (1975)
• Lähto (Departure) (1975)
• Kettu ja sairas kukko (The Fox and the Sick Cock), for male chorus (1975)
• Sommarnatten (Summer Night), choral song (1975)
• Hammerskjöld-Fragment, for tenor soloist and male chorus (1975)
• Puusepän poika (The Carpenter's Son), for children's choir (1975)
• Kainuu, cantata for chorus, reciter and percussion (1975)
• Yxi ja kaxi (One and Two), for unison chorus (1975)
• Marjatan jouluvirsi (Marjatta's Christmas Hymn) (1975/1995)
• Joulun virsi, elämän virsi (Christmas Hymn, Hymn of Life), for male chorus (1953/1978) (arranged from Pyhia päiviä)
• Neljä serenadia (Four Serenades), for male chorus (1978)
• Canticum Mariae Virginis, for chorus a cappella (1978)
• Odotus (Waiting), for mixed choir, reciter and organ (1978)
• Lehdet lehtiä (Leaves are Leaves), for tenor soloist and male chorus (1979)
• Magnificat, for mixed chorus (1979)
• Nirvana Dharma, for chorus, soprano and flute (1979)
• Ylistyspsalmi (Psalm of Praise), for mixed chorus and organ (1979)
• Rakkaus ei koskaan häviä (Love never faileth), for children's choir (1983)
• The Cathedral (Katedralen), for chorus and soloists (1982)
• The First Runo, for women's choir (1984)
• Legenda, for male choir (1985)
• The Virgin's Lullaby, for female choir (1971/1986) (arranged from True and False Unicorn)
• I de stora skogarna (In the Great Wild Woodlands), for female choir and piano (1983-87/1993) (arranged from I min älsklings trädgård)
• Canción de nuestro tiempo (Song of Our Times) (1993)
• Och glädjen den dansar (With Joy We Go Dancing) (1993)
• Die Erste Elegie (1993)
• Wenn sich die Welt auftut (When the World Opens Up), for female chorus (1996)
• Halavan himmeän alla (In the Shade of the Willow), choral song (1998) (adapted from Aleksis Kivi)
• Nelja romanssia oopperasta Rasputin (Four Romances from the Opera Rasputin), for male chorus (2003/2006)
• Our Joyful'st feast, for chorus (2008)
• Unsere Liebe, for mixed chorus (1996/2010)
• Missa a cappella, for mixed chorus (2010–11)
• Tapanin Virsi (Song of Stephen) (2011)
• Hommage vanhalle säveltäjälle (Hommage to an Old Composer), for male chorus (2014)
• Orpheus singt (2016)

Choral with orchestra

• Itsenäisyyskantaatti (Independence Cantata), for soloist, reciter, mixed choir and orchestra (1967)
• Concerto for Soprano, Choir and Orchestra: Daughter of the Sea (Meren tytär) (1971), withdrawn
• True & False Unicorn, cantata (1971/2000)
• The Water Circle, An Homage to Lao-Tzu, for chorus, piano and orchestra (1972), withdrawn
• Children's Mass (Lapsimessu), for children's choir and orchestra (1973)
• Parantaja (The Healer), for chorus and orchestra (1981)
• Katso minun kansani on puu (Behold, My People are a Tree), cantata for chorus and orchestra with accordion (1991)
• On the Last Frontier, fantasy for chorus and orchestra (1997)
• Balada, for solo tenor, mixed choir and orchestra (2014)
• Nelja laulua oopperasta Rasputin (Four Songs from the Opera Rasputin), for male chorus (2012)
• Balada, cantata for tenor, choir and orchestra (2015)

Solo vocal

• Hunnuton (Unveiled) (1947), lost
• Lauluja Paul Verlainen ja Aila Merluoden runoihin (Songs to the poetry of Paul Verlaine and Aila Meriluoto) (1947), lost
• Lauluja Kaarlo Sarkian ja Edith Södergranin runoihin (Songs to the poetry of Kaarlo Sarkia and Edith Södergran) (1948), lost
• Ensi lumen aikaan (Time of First Snow) (1947)
• Nu så dansa denna världens barn (Tanssihin käyvät lapset mailman, The Children of the World go to Dance) (1948), lost
• Galgenlieder (Gallows Songs) (1949), lost
• Three Sonnets of Shakespeare (1951/2005)
• Kaksi nokturnoa (Two Nocturnes) (1951), lost
• Madrigalen (1952), unpublished
• Pyhiä päiviä (Sacred Feasts) (1953)
• Fúnf Sonette an Orpheus (Five Sonnets to Orpheus) (1955–56/1960)
• First Sonnet From the Portuguese (1957), lost
• Hajoaminen (Disintegration) (1957), unpublished
• Die Liebenden (The Lovers) (1958–59)
• Orpheus Sonnets, Zweiter Zyklus (1958–61), unpublished
• 14 Sånger till dikter av Bo Setterlind (1962), unpublished
• Guds väg (God's Way) (1964)
• Maria I Norden II (Maria of the North II) (1964), lost
• In vinternatten (In a Winter Night) (1969)
• Kaksoiskotka (Double Eagle) (1972), withdrawn
• Dream World (Maailman uneen) (1972, 1982/1997)
• Almanakka kahdelle (Almanac for Two) (1973/1998), for two voices and piano
• Ilmarisen lento (The Flight of Ilmarinen) (1976)
• Matka (The Trip) (1977)
• Två stranddikter (Two Beach Poems) (1982), withdrawn
• I min älsklings trädgård (In My Beloved's Garden) (1983–87)
• Minä en puhu minä laulan (I Don't Speak, I Sing) (1986)
• Sinulle minä antaisin auringonkukka (To You I Would Give Sun Flowers) (1986)
• Eron hetki on kalveakasvo (The Moment of Parting is a Pale Mask) (1997) (rearranged from "Charlotta's Monologue" from Aleksis Kivi)
• Nelja laulua oopperasta Aleksis Kivi (Four Songs from the Opera Aleksis Kivi) (1997)
• Eingang (Entrance) (2009), for soprano and string quartet
• In the Stream of Life (2013) (reorchestration of seven songs by Sibelius for baritone and orchestra)
• Rubáiyát (2013)

Electronic tape

• Number 1 & 2 (1980)
• Heureka 1 & 2 (1989)

References

• Fennica Gehrman home page (publisher)
• List of works from Music Finland
• CV and list of works from the Finnish Music Information Centre
• Hong, Barbara Blanchard (2022). Rautavaara's Journey in Music. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. pp. 127–249. ISBN 9781538172339.