List of compositions by Aulis Sallinen

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The following is a list of works by Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935), presented as a sortable table with eight parameters per composition: title, category, catalogue number, average duration (in minutes), year of composition, genre, and—if applicable—text author; for some compositions, comments are provided, as well. The table's default ordering is by genre and, within a genre, by date.

List of compositions[edit]

Compositions by Aulis Sallinen
Title Category Op. Length Year Genre Text Comments
Orchestral 24 16 mins.
  • 1970 (1970)–71
Symphony In one movement; won first prize in a composers' competition the City of Helsinki sponsored to mark the inauguration of Finlandia Hall; originally called Sinfonia[1]
Orchestral 29 16 mins.
  • 1972 (1972)
Symphony
Percussion & orch.
In one movement; essentially a 'symphony-concerto' for solo percussionist and orchestra; dedicated to Rainer Kuisma[2]
Orchestral 35 27 mins.
  • 1974 (1974)–75
Symphony Commission from the Finnish Broadcasting Company; Sallinen's first multi-movement symphony[3]
Orchestral 49 22 mins.
  • 1978 (1978)–79
Symphony Commission from the City of Turku to commemorate its 750th anniversary[4]
Orchestral 57 37 mins.
  • 1984 (1984)–85
  • r. 1987 (1987)
Symphony Commission from the National Symphony Orchestra; in 1987, Sallinen simplified and shortened the finale[5]
Orchestral 65 40 mins.
  • 1989 (1989)–90
Symphony Commission from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra[6]
Orchestral 71 25 mins.
  • 1995 (1995)–96
Symphony In one movement; commission from the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra;[7] material originally intended for a ballet based on The Lord of the Rings which, due to copyright issues, the composer abandoned; in 2001, the ballet The Hobbit, Op. 78, eventually came to fruition, using material from the Seventh Symphony, as well as from Sallinen's other compositions[8]
Orchestral 81 20 mins.
  • 2000 (2000)–01
Symphony In one movement; commission from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; partially inspired by the events of September 11, and Sallinen quotes the Theme of the Dead from his opera Kullervo, Op. 61[9]
(fi: Ratsumies)
Orchestra & voice 32 120 mins.
  • 1973 (1973)–74
Opera
(3 acts)
Soloists, choir, orch.
P. Haavikko
(librettist)
Sung in Finnish; commission from the Savonlinna Opera Festival—and first prize in its composers' competition—in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Olavinlinna in 1975; winner of the 1978 Nordic Council Music Prize
(fi: Punainen viiva)
Orchestra & voice 46 115 mins.
  • 1976 (1976)–78
Opera
(2 acts)
Soloists, choir, orch.
A. Sallinen
(librettist) &
I. Kianto
(novelist)
Based on the 1911 novel by Ilmari Kianto and sung in Finnish; commission from the Finnish National Opera
(fi: Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan)
Orchestra & voice 53 130 mins.
  • 1980 (1980)–83
Opera
(3 acts)
Soloists, choir, orch.
P. Haavikko
(librettist & playwright)
Subtitled "a chronicle for the music theatre of the coming Ice Age"; based on the 1974 radio play by Paavo Haavikko and sung in Finnish; joint commission from the Savonlinna Opera Festival, the Royal Opera House, and the BBC; material from Act III related to the orchestral prelude Shadows, Op. 52
Orchestra & voice 61 145 mins.
  • 1986 (1986)–88
Opera
(2 acts)
Soloists, choir, orch.
A. Sallinen
(librettist) &
A. Kivi
(playwright)
Based on the story from the Kalevala, as well as the 1864 play by Aleksis Kivi, and sung in Finnish; commission from the Finnish National Opera
(fi: Palatsi)
Orchestra & voice 68 120 mins.
  • 1991 (1991)–93
Opera
(3 acts)
Soloists, choir, orch.
I. Dische &
H. Enzensberger
(librettists)
Sung in Finnish (translation by Sallinen); commission from the Savonlinna Opera Festival
(fi: Kuningas Lear)
Orchestra & voice 76 150 mins.
  • 19?? (19??)–99
Opera
(2 acts)
Soloists, choir, orch.
A. Sallinen
(librettist) &
Shakespeare
(playwright)
Based on Matti Rossi's translation of Shakespeare's play; sung in Finnish; commission from the Finnish National Opera
(fi: Linna vedessä)
Orchestra & voice 106 75 mins.
  • 2014 (2014)–17
Opera
(12 numbers)
Soloists, choir, orch.
A. Sallinen
(librettist) &
L. Nummi
(poet)
Subtitled "a chronicle for a narrator, four singers, chamber orchestra, and [the acoustics and visual of] Olavinlinna"; based on the 1975 poem collection by Lassi Nummi and sung in Finnish; commission from the Savonlinna Opera Festival to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finland's independence
Variations on Mallarmé
(fr: Variations sur Mallarmé)
Orchestral 16 24 mins.
  • 1967 (1967)
Ballet
(1 act)
Inspired by the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé; commission from the Finnish National Opera; staged under the title Sensuelleja muunnelmia (Sensual Variations); choreography by Elsa Sylvestersson, libretto by Pentti Karhunmaa
The Hobbit (N)
(fi: Hobbiti)
Orchestral 78 56 mins.
  • 2000 (2000)–01
Ballet
(2 acts)
Subtitled "ballet for young dancers"; in the mid-1990s, Sallinen had to abandon the idea of a ballet based on The Lord of the Rings, due to copyright issues, and material for the project was reworked into the Symphony No. 7, The Dreams of Gandalf, Op. 71. In 2001, the Op. 78 ballet The Hobbit eventually came to fruition, using material from the Seventh Symphony, as well as from Sallinen's other compositions;[8] choreography by Marjo Kuusela, libretto by Heini Tola
Orchestral 18 18 mins.
  • 1968 (1968)
Concertante
Violin & orch.
Composed for a composers' competition hosted by the Finnish Broadcasting Company[10]
Orchestral 44 23 mins.
  • 1976 (1976)
Concertante
Cello & orch.
Commission from the Finnish Broadcasting Company[11]
Flute Concerto, Harlequin (N)
Orchestral 70 22 mins.
  • 1995 (1995)
Concertante
Flute & orch.
Horn Concerto, Campane ed Arie (N)
(Bells and Arias)
Orchestral 82 20 mins.
  • 2002 (2002)
Concertante
Horn & orch.
Written on suggestion from the Horn Club of Finland; composed in honor of the 85th birthday anniversary of Karl Henrik Pentti[12]
Chamber Concerto (N)
Orchestral 87 24 mins.
  • 2004 (2004)–05
Concertante
Violin, piano, & strings
Commission from the Tapiola Sinfonietta
Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Chamber Orchestra (N)
Orchestral 91 21 mins.
  • 2006 (2006)–07
Concertante
Clarinet, viola,  orch.
Commission from the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Concerto for Cor anglais and Chamber Orchestra (N)
Orchestral 97 19 mins.
  • 2010 (2010)
Concertante
Cor anglais & orch.
Commission from the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Variations for Cello and Orchestra
Orchestral 5 18 mins.
  • 1961 (1961)
Concertante
Cello & orch.
Metamorphosen
(Metamorphoses)
Orchestral 11w 20 mins.
  • 1964 (1964)
Concertante
Piano & chamber orch.
Thematically develops Sallinen's pedagogical work for cello, Elegy for Sebastian Knight, Op. 10; Sallinen withdrew Metamorphosen shortly after its premiere, replacing it in 2000 with a revised version in which the orchestration of the original is reduced to strings only, eliminating the woodwinds. This new version was renamed Metamorphoses of Elegy for Sebastian Knight and added to the Chamber Musics series as No. 4 (see Op. 79)[13]
(fi: Metamorfooseja Elegiasta Sebastian Knightille)
Orchestral 79 20 mins.
  • 1964 (1964)
  • r. 2000 (2000)
Concertante
Piano & strings
Originally called Metamorphosen (Metamorphoses, Op. 11, 1964),[14] which thematically develops Sallinen's pedagogical work for cello, Elegy for Sebastian Knight, Op. 10; Sallinen withdrew Metamorphosen shortly after its premiere, replacing it in 2000 with a revised version in which the orchestration of the original is reduced to strings only, eliminating the woodwinds[13]
Chamber Music II (N)
Orchestral 41 14 mins.
  • 1976 (1976)
Concertante
Alto flute & strings
(fi: Don Juanquijoten yölliset tanssit)
Orchestral 58 20 mins.
  • 1985 (1985)–86
Concertante
Cello & strings
Commission from the Naantali Music Festival; the pseudo-literary title is a compound of iconic, fictional characters Don Juan and Don Quixote
Orchestral 74b 10 mins.
  • 1997 (1997)
Concertante
Piano & strings
Material for the introduction is related to the end of the Symphony No. 7, The Dreams of Gandalf, Op. 71; joint commission from Kitakyushu International Music Festival and the Forbidden City Music Festival in Beijing; also arranged by the composer for piano quintet, Op. 74
(fi: Barabbas-variaatioita)
Orchestral 80 20 mins.
  • 2000 (2000)
Concertante
Accordion & strings
Based on material from the Barabbas Dialogues, Op. 84 (2002–03), for narrator, vocal soloists, and small instrumental ensemble; adapted for piano and strings (with Sallinen's permission) in 2005 as Op. 80a Ralf Gothóni.
(fi: Kolme kutsua matkalle)
Orchestral 88 20 mins.
  • 2005 (2005)–06
Concertante
String quartet & strings
Joint commission from l'Association Musique Nouvelle en Liberte, Ville de Paris, and Mécenat Musical Société General
Chamber Music VII, Cruselliana (N)
Orchestral 93 20 mins.
  • 2007 (2007)–08
Concertante
Wind quintet & strings
Commission from the Crusell Week in Uusikaupunki
Chamber Music VIII, The Trees, All Their Green (N)
(fi: Puut, kaikki heidän vihreytensä)
Orchestral 94 16 mins.
  • 2008 (2008)–09
Concertante
Cello & strings
Paavo Haavikko in memoriam; Sallinen subtitled the work after Haavikko's poetry collection, The trees, all their green (1966); joint commission from the Amsterdam Sinfonietta; the Würtembergische Kammerorchester; the Scottish Ensemble; and, the Sydney Conservatorium
Chamber Music X
Orchestral 114 15 mins.
  • 2018 (2018)
Concertante
Violin, harp, & strings
Based on the Violin Sonata, Op. 113
Three Lyrical Songs of Death (n.p.)
(fi: Kolme lyyrillistä laulua kuolemasta)
  • 1) God is everything ...
  • 2) When I have a ...
  • 3) When I die ...
Orchestra & voice 6 15 mins.
  • 1962 (1962)
  • r. 1966 (1966)
Song cycle
Baritone, male chorus, & chamber orch.
Laulupuu Sung in Finnish; commission from the YL Male Voice Choir; originally the instrumental accompaniment was for chamber ensemble, but in 1966 Sallinen revised the work (without changing the vocal parts) to be for chamber orchestra
Suite grammaticale (FG)
(fi: Kieliopillinen sarja)
  • 1) Die erste Deklination (The First Declension)
  • 2) Intermezzo
  • 3) Quelle heure est-il? (What Time Is It?)
  • 4) Etudes
  • 5) Dialogues
Orchestra & voice 28 14 mins.
  • 1971 (1971)
Children's chorus, strings, school instruments,&  kantele ? ?
(lyricist)
Sung in Finnish
Dies Irae (N)
Orchestra & voice 47 24 mins.
  • 1978 (1978)
Soloists, male chorus, & orch. A. Turtiainen
(lyricist)
Soprano and bass soloists, who describe the Earth destroyed by nuclear war on Christmas Day; sung in Finnish; commission from the Ensemble of the Hungarian People's Army
The Iron Age Suite (N)
(fi: Rauta-aika-sarja)
  • 1) The Wedding Procession of Ilmari and the Golden Woman
  • 2) The Song of Aino
  • 3) Lemminki in Pohjola
  • 4) Lemminki Hunts the Devil's Elk
  • 5) Lemminki in Tuonela
  • 6) Väinö's Song
  • 7) Lemminki and the Maidens of the Island
Orchestra & voice 55 29 mins.
  • 1983 (1983)
Incidental
(7 numbers)
Soloists, mixed chorus, children's chorus, orch.
P. Haavikko
(lyricist)
Based on myths from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala and sung in Finnish; arranged from the incidental music written for a Finnish television series, The Iron Age
Song of Life and Death (N)
(fi: Elämän ja kuoleman lauluja)
  • 1) Like Floodwaters the Days of My Life
  • 2) We Wander Here
  • 3) I, Unborn
  • 4) Tuba mirum
  • 5) I Can Think You Departed
  • 6) Dies irae
  • 7) While You Are Still on This Shore
  • 8) Live a Full Life
Orchestra & voice 69 50 mins.
  • 1993 (1993)–95
Song cycle
(8 numbers)
Baritone (or mezzo-soprano), mixed chorus, orch.
L. Nummi
(lyricist)
A 'requiem' sung in Finnish; commission from the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Barabbas Dialogues (N)
(fi: Barabbas dialogeja)
  • 1) Dialogue 1: Nocturne
  • 2) Dialogue 2: Easter I
  • 3) Dialogue 3: Easter II
  • 4) Dialogue 4: Easter III
  • 5) Dialogue 5: Pas de deux
  • 6) Dialogue 6: Passacaglia
  • 7) Dialogue 7: Finale
Chamber & voice 84 50 mins.
  • 2002 (2002)–03
Cantata
(7 numbers)
Narrator, soloists, pf, accordion, chamber ensemble, & percussion.
A. Sallinen &
L. Nummi
(lyricists)
Text from the Bible, using the official translation by the Finnish Bible Translation Committee; sung in Finnish; commission from the Naantali Music Festival; Sallinen remarks on the work's genre, "Is Barabbas Dialogues a song cycle, a chamber oratorio, a cantata, a piece of musical theater or something else? I haven't troubled my head with this question. In the best of circumstances, a work of art creates its own world."
Four Dream Songs (FG)
(fi: Neljä laulua unesta)
  • 1) Man made from sleep
  • 2) Cradle song for a dead horseman
  • 3) Three dreams each within each
  • 4) There is no stream
Orchestra & voice 30 14 mins.
  • 1972 (1972)–73
Song cycle
(4 numbers)
Soprano & orch.
P. Haavikko
(lyricist)
From Sallinen's opera The Horseman, Op. 32; sung in Finnish; version also for soprano and piano
Five Portraits of Women (N)
(fi: Viisi naismuotokuvaa)
  • 1) Tuiskuaa lunta (It is still snowing)
  • 2) Carolinen häät (Caroline’s Wedding)
  • 3) Minä odotan sinua, paimen (When we meet this evening)
  • 4) Itkenkö minä sinua? (How can you ask if I’ll mourn you?)
  • 5) On tämä silta tehty naisista (That’s the bridge that’s made of womankind)
Orchestra & voice 100 25 mins.
  • 1976 (1976)–88
  • r. 2012 (2012)
Song cycle
(5 numbers)
Soprano (or mezzo-soprano), horn, & chamber orch.
A. Sallinen &
P. Haavikko
(lyricists)
Commission from the Finnish National Opera; Sung in Finnish; Sallinen derived the songs from arias to three of his operas: The Red Line (No. 1), The King Goes Forth to France (Nos. 2 and 5, and Kullervo (Nos. 3–4); despite minimal changes to the vocal lines, the orchestral accompaniments are heavily revised
Chamber Music IX, Nocturne
Orchestra & voice 112 10 mins.
  • 2017 (2017)
Concertante
Soprano & strings
E. Leino
(lyricist)
Sung in Finnish
Two Mythical Scenes for Orchestra
(fi: Kaksi myyttistä kuvaa orkesterille)
Orchestral 1 12 mins.
  • 1956 (1956)
Other orchestral
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
Orchestral 3 22 mins.
  • 1959 (1959)–60
Other orchestral
Mauermusik (FG)
(Wall Music)
Orchestral 7 11 mins.
  • 1962 (1962)
Other orchestral Subtitled "To the memory of a young German" (the piece was inspired by the killing of a young man at the Berlin Wall in East Germany)[12]
Variations for Orchestra (N)
Orchestral 8 12 mins.
  • 1963 (1963)
Other orchestral Commission from the Youth Orchestra of the Klemetti Institute, Finland
Orchestral 22 11 mins.
  • 1970 (1970)
Other orchestral
32 winds, harp, celesta, & percussion
Commission from the Helsinki Festival;[15] Sallinen has speculated that Chorali may have been the origin of the 'mosaic technique' he subsequently utilized for the String Quartet No. 5, Pieces of Mosaic, Op. 54; the Symphony No. 5, Washington Mosaics, Op. 57; and, Chamber Music III, Op. 58[8]
Chamber Music I (N)
Orchestral 38 13 mins.
  • 1975 (1975)
Other orchestral
Strings
Orchestral 52 11 mins.
  • 1982 (1982)
Other orchestral Prelude for orchestra; material related to Act III of the opera The King Goes Forth to France; commission from the National Symphony Orchestra[16]
Orchestral 63 6 mins.
  • 1989 (1989)
Other orchestral
2 trumpets, pf, & strings
Composed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Kansallis-Osake Pankki
The Palace Rhapsody (N)
Orchestral 72 16 mins.
  • 1996 (1996)
Other orchestral
Winds, pf, harp, & percussion
Based on music from the opera The Palace, Op. 68; joint commission from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and the College Band Directors National Association of the U.S.[17]
A Solemn Overture (King Lear(N)
(fr: Ouverture Solennel)
Orchestral 75 10 mins.
  • 1997 (1997)
Other orchestral Based on material Sallinen was preparing for the opera King Lear, Op. 76; commission from the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo on occasion of the 700th anniversary of the Grimaldi family[18]

Notes, references, and sources[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Anderson (2003), p. 13–14
  2. ^ Anderson (2005a), p. 11
  3. ^ Anderson (2008), p. 11
  4. ^ Anderson (2005a), p. 10
  5. ^ Anderson (2008), p. 13
  6. ^ Anderson (2009), p. 13–14
  7. ^ Anderson (2003), p. 14–15
  8. ^ a b c Sallinen (2003), p. 12
  9. ^ Anderson (2005b), p. 14
  10. ^ Anderson (2005b), p. 15
  11. ^ Anderson (2009), p. 12
  12. ^ a b Anderson (2005a), p. 12
  13. ^ a b Anderson (2006), p. 13
  14. ^ Anderson (2003b), p. 13
  15. ^ Anderson (2003), p. 13
  16. ^ Anderson (2005b), p. 13
  17. ^ Anderson (2005b), p. 15–16
  18. ^ Anderson (2003), p. 15

Sources[edit]

CD liner notes

  • Anderson, Martin (2003). Aulis Sallinen: Symphonies 1 & 7 (booklet). Ari Rasilainen & Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Germany: CPO. p. 13–16. CPO 999918-2.
  • Anderson, Martin (2005a). Aulis Sallinen: Symphonies 2 & 4; Horn Concerto; Mauermusik (booklet). Ari Rasilainen & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Germany: CPO. p. 10–13. CPO 999969-2.
  • Anderson, Martin (2005b). Aulis Sallinen: Symphony 8; Violin Concerto (booklet). Ari Rasilainen & Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Germany: CPO. p. 13–16. CPO 999972-2.
  • Anderson, Martin (2006). Aulis Sallinen: Chamber Musics III, IV, V (booklet). Arto Noras; Mika Väyrynen & Virtuosi di Kuhmo; Ralf Gothóni. Germany: CPO. p. 11–14. CPO 777147-2.
  • Anderson, Martin (2008). Aulis Sallinen: Symphonies 3 & 5 (booklet). Ari Rasilainen & Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Germany: CPO. p. 11–14. CPO 999970-2.
  • Anderson, Martin (2009). Aulis Sallinen: Symphony 6; Cello Concerto (booklet). Ari Rasilainen & Norrrköping Symphony Orchestra. Germany: CPO. p. 11–14. CPO 999971-2.
  • Kamu, Okko (English translation: William Jewson) (1987). Aulis Sallinen: Sinfonia — Chorali — Sinfonia III (booklet). Okko Kamu & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Hamburg, Germany: BIS. BIS CD-41.
  • Sallinen, Aulis (2003). Composer's Preface (booklet). Ari Rasilainen & Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Germany: CPO. p. 11–12. CPO 999918-2.
  • Weitzman, Ronald (1993). Aulis Sallinen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 49; Shadows, Op. 52; Symphony No. 5, 'Washington Mosaics', Op. 57 (booklet). James DePreist & Malmö Symphony Orchestra. Hamburg, Germany: BIS. p. 3–4. BIS CD-607.