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Aulis Sallinen

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Aulis Sallinen (born April 9, 1935) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. He writes in a modern, though tonal and not experimental music style. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen. He has written 6 operas, 8 symphonies, a Violin Concerto and any number of chamber works. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1978 for his opera Ratsumies (The Horseman). His first instruments were violin and piano.

Top songs

  1. Sunrise Serenade, Op. 63
  2. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 2: Mina tahdon olla tuoksuva ja lammin kuin nuori leipa (Smith's Young Wife)
  3. Ritornello for viollin solo / viululle / f”r violin, Op. 36
  4. String Quartet No. 3
  5. Kullervo, Op. 61, Act I Scene 2: "Minä tahdon olla tuoksuva ja lämmin kuin nuori leipä..."
  6. Symphony No. 8, Op. 81, "Autumnal Fragments"
  7. IV.
  8. Elegia Sebastian Knightille (Elegy for Sebastian Knight), Op. 10
  9. Winter Was Hard, Op. 20 (arr. for Chorus, Organ & String Quartet by Kronos Quartet)
  10. Winter Was Hard
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  1. Chamber Music I, Op. 38
  2. Chamber Music II, Op. 41
  3. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 2: Mina tahdon olla tuoksuva ja lammin kuin nuori leipa (Smith's Youn
  4. Symphony No. 6, Op. 65, "From a New Zealand Diary": I. The Islands of the Sounds. The sounds of the islands
  5. "Minä tahdon olla tuoksuva ja lämmin kuin nuori leipä..."
  6. Sallinen : Lauluja mereltä Op.33 : 4. Hyvästi, kultaseni [Songs From The Sea : Fare Thee Well, My Darling]
  7. Vintern var hard (The Winter was Hard)
  8. II.
  9. III.
  10. Allegro -
  11. Symphony No. 7, Op. 71, "The Dreams of Gandalf"
  12. Sallinen : Lauluja mereltä Op.33 : 1. Älä tuule, tyttö tuuli [Songs From The Sea : Wind Girl, Do Not Blow]
  13. Chorali
  14. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 2: Mina tahdon olla tuoksuva ja lammin kuin nuori leipa (Smith's Young
  15. Sallinen : Lauluja mereltä Op.33 : 2. Sympaatti [Songs From The Sea : The Shipshape]
  16. Symphony No. 6, Op. 65, "From a New Zealand Diary": II. Air. Rain
  17. / Winter Was Hard
  18. The Palace Rhapsody, Op. 72
  19. Sakura
  20. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19, "Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrikin's Funeral March" (version for string orchestra): Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March (arr. for String Orchestra)
  21. Chamber Music III, Op. 58
  22. 2nd movement
  23. Symphony No. 3, Op. 35: I. Il tempo energico e sostenuto
  24. Symphony No. 6, Op. 65, "From a New Zealand Diary": IV. Finale, "Simply by sailing in a new direction / You could enlarge the world" (Allen Curnow)
  25. Symphony No. 1, Op. 24
  26. Symphony No. 6, Op. 65, "From a New Zealand Diary": III. Kyeburn Diggings
  27. Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March (arr. for String Orchestra)
  28. Symphony No. 4, op. 49: I. Andante poco giocoso
  29. Sallinen : Lauluja mereltä Op.33 : 3. En minä meryttä kiitä [Songs From The Sea : I Don't Praise the Sea]
  30. Symphony No. 4, op. 49: III. Finale
  31. Chorali, Op. 22
  32. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 1: Jos olisivat kaikki puut yksi puu, jos olisivat kaikki kirveet yksi kirves (Kullervo, Kimmo)
  33. Sallinen: String Quartet No. 3: Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March
  34. Symphony No. 3, Op. 35: II. Chaconne
  35. Chamber Music III, Op. 58, "The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote"
  36. Cello Concerto, Op. 44: II. Allegro - Presto - Prestissimo
  37. I.
  38. Cello Concerto, Op. 44: I. OSA
  39. Notturno for piano / pianolle / f”r piano, Op. 14
  40. Symphony No. 5, Op. 57 , ''Washington Mosaics'': I. Washington Mosaics I
  41. Violin Concerto, Op. 18: I. Andante sostenuto
  42. Notturno, Op. 14
  43. Symphony No. 5, Op. 57 , ''Washington Mosaics'': II. Intermezzo I
  44. Shadows, Op. 52
  45. Elegy for Sebastian Knight for double bass solo / dontrabassolle / f”r kontrabas, Op. 10
  46. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I: Introduction: Untamoinen verkot laski kalervon kalavetehen (Chorus)
  47. Winter Was Hard, Op. 20
  48. Symphony No. 4, Op. 49: II. Dona nobis pacem
  49. Symphony No. 5, Op. 57 , ''Washington Mosaics'': V. Washington Mosaics II
  50. Metamorfora, Op. 34
  51. Act III: Prelude
  52. From a Swan Song for cello and piano / selolle ja pianolle / f”r cello och piano, Op. 67
  53. Rauta-aika (The Iron Age) Suite, Op. 55: V. Lemminki Tuonelassa (Lemminki in Tuonela)
  54. Violin Concerto, Op. 18: III. Allegro giocoso
  55. Cadenze for violin solo / viululle / f”r piano, Op. 14
  56. Sunrise Serenade, op.63
  57. Lemminki in Tuonela
  58. Symphony No. 5, Op. 57 , ''Washington Mosaics'': III. Intermezzo II
  59. Symphony No.7, Op.71 'The Dreams of Gandalf'
  60. Violin Concerto, Op. 18: II. Larghetto
  61. Winter Was Hard, Op. 20 (arr. for Chorus, Organ & String Quartet by the Kronos Quartet)
  62. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19, "Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrikin's Funeral March" (version for string orchestra): Aspekteja Peltoniemen Hintrikin Surumarssista (Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrikin’s Funeral March)
  63. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 1: Pienena jai isostansa, matalana maammostansa (Chorus)
  64. Symphony No. 3, Op. 35: III. Vivace - Giocoso - Finale
  65. Cello Sonata, Op. 86: II. Serenata
  66. A Solemn Overture (King Lear), Op.75
  67. String Quartet No. 3, "Aspekteja Peltoniemen Hintrikin Surumarssista" ("Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrikin’s Funeral March")
  68. Symphony No. 5, Op. 57 , ''Washington Mosaics'': IV. Intermezzo III -
  69. 1st movement
  70. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 1: Mika hatana? Mika painaa? Taas (Unto's Wife, Unto)
  71. Canto for violin solo / viululle / f”r violin, Op. 37
  72. Cello Sonata, Op. 86: I. Barcarole, con variazione
  73. Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March
  74. Cello Sonata, Op. 86: III. Scherzo, quasi l'ultimo tango
  75. Symphony No. 2, Op. 29, "Symphonic Dialogue"
  76. Elaman ja kuoleman lauluja (Songs of Life and Death), Op. 69: No. 1. Kuin tulvavesi elamani paivat (Like Floodwaters the Days of My Life)
  77. Metamorfora for double bass and piano / kontrabassolle ja pianolle / f” kontrabas och piano, Op. 34
  78. Symphony No.1, Op.24
  79. Symphony No. 1
  80. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19, "Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrikin's Funeral March"
  81. A Solemn Overture, Op. 75, "King Lear": King Lear: A Solemn Overture, Op. 75
  82. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 1: Ellospa, hyva Jumala, elkosi sina ikana (Chorus)
  83. Lauluja merelta, Op. 33: Sympaatti
  84. King Lear's Distant War
  85. Cello Sonata, Op. 26: I. —
  86. Flute Concerto, Op. 70, "Harlekiini": I. Allegro -
  87. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act II Scene 4: Laulu sisaren turmelemisesta: Ajaa poika maailman turuilla, oli matkansa maaraa vailla (Blind Singer)
  88. Kullervo, Op. 61: Act I Scene 1: Kullervo! Han minut siina unessa tappoi (Unto, Unto's Wife, Kullervo)
  89. Mauermusik, Op. 7
  90. Vintern var hard (The Winter was Hard), Op. 20

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