Mikko Heiniö

MIKKO HEINIÖ’S – vitality, positive energy and rhythmic drive

An element of the unexpected, and a physical sense of rhythm are fundamental features of the music of Mikko Heiniö, as are the playful and absurd, the gleeful feet-off-the- ground feeling. In composing his music, he wishes to emulate the way in which Federico Fellini the film director and An- toni Gaudí the architect approached their art. “Their work has tremendous humanity, fantasy, humour and playfulness. I couldn’t work with a frown any more than they could.”

ikko Heiniö (b. 1948) has been a freelance composer since vacating the chair in musicology at the University of a few years ago. As a researcher he is aware of the different Mtypes of music abroad in the world, and his widespread interest can be detected in his compositions on the topic of the human race and culture. He does not engage in playful irony with stylistic borrowings or dismiss them as ‘seen them all’. Instead, he cultivates an exultant but carefully-contrived brand of hybridism, vitality, positive energy and rhythmic drive. “I have a strong liking for characterised rhythm rooted in the spine and the pelvis. Rather than the mathematical ab- straction of serial music, I must have a physical sense of rhythm.” Heiniö wrote his first opera, The Knight and the Dragon (Riddaren och draken, 1999–2000) for performance in a multi-dimensional, echoing church. Though by nature a static mystery play, it has an in- tensive pulse that generates a strong experience of spirituality. Then came The Hour of the Serpent (Käärmeen hetki, 2002–05), a character drama for a conventional opera stage. His third opera is about King Eric XIV of Sweden and Karin Månsdotter. His symphonies so far number two. Possible Worlds (1987) in post- modern style is marked by pluralism, reflection on tradition, borrow- ings and stylistic adaptations. The music is a combination of the un- expected and the inevitable, leading the listener ever onwards to a new experience. The result is a unique story that spirals back to its point of departure.

Mikko Heiniö 1 The second symphony, Songs of Night and Love (Yön ja rakkauden lauluja, 1997) has a baritone so- loist. Heiniö describes it as a symphony with a pro- gramme that is sung. The orchestra has plenty of in- dependent things to say, and the baritone is only one voice among many. The work covers a broad span, from the nocturnal world of longing to the ecstatic- rhythm procession music of the finale.

Tendency towards rhythmic drive Heiniö was using ethnic influences to give his works extra life before there was ever any talk of world mu- sic. “I don’t know how it originally came about. At school, I played rhythm music in a rock band. My teacher during my year in Berlin in 1975 was Witold Szalonek, who was interested in ethnic cultures. I chose my records and concerts on two grounds: eth- nic and contemporary.” The rhythm emanating from the pelvis really goes to town in On the Rocks (1998) for orchestra. The orchestral song cycle Vuelo de alambre (1983) is based on poems by anonymous Chilean prisoners. Despite their grim background, the texts also express memories and longing. The hidden melodies of the Andies, the marching songs and Latin-Ameri- can rhythms sometimes find themselves on a collision course, but the emergent eloquence finally radiates sympathy, tenderness and opti- mism. “I have a tendency towards rhythms of African origin, even if they have travelled via South America and the Caribbean. But I avoid stuck-on effects, because they lead to postcard folklorism. I examine the deep structures from a European, analytical perspective to see what I can build on them. Pentatonicism, for example, has somehow to be chromaticised, and the overall sound ends up as European.” Vuelo de alambre uses a 12-note row from which two pentatonic scales gradually become distinguishable as the work proceeds. Expres- sive chromaticism and folk music overlap, join and part. Heiniö liberally bends types of music with a strong rhythm to suit his purpose: tango, boogie, rhythm & blues and jazz. The time he spent in Benin in West Africa is reflected in the part for five percus- sionists in his piano concerto Khora.

2 Mikko Heiniö Hybrids and singability In composing his music, Heiniö wishes to emulate the way in which Federico Fellini the film director and Antoni Gaudí the architect ap- proached their art. “Their work has tremendous humanity, fantasy, humour and playfulness. I couldn’t work with a frown any more than they could.” Hybrids – unexpected and often crossover formats – are a fun- damental feature of Heiniö the composer. The sixth piano concerto, Hermes (1994), and the seventh, Khora (2001), are both dance works although they can also be performed as concert versions. In the sixth the solo piano is offset by a string orchestra and soprano, in the sev- enth by five percussionists. Envelope (2002) for solo trumpet and or- chestra was composed round the Haydn Trumpet Concerto, and to be performed without a break between the movements. The Haydn orchestra plays up on the platform, but the other instruments ‘envelop’ the audience. The soloist moves from place to place. As a young man, Heiniö dreamt of a career as a writer and phi- lologist but in the end chose music. In many of his songs and choral works he has subjected the linguistic parameters of his texts to almost systematic treatment. At one extreme are the works whose texts are broken down into their basic phonetic units devoid of any semantic content. Representing the other extreme are the vocal works in which the meaning is all-important. In Non-Stop (1995) for mixed the nonsense words provide flexible substance for timbres and rhythms lent im- pact by consonants. The rolling beat unfolds over a pliable harmonic background. The dialect of Western also supplies colour and laid-back rhythms in the setting of poems by Heli Laaksonen in the five-movement Pikavuaro Turkku (Turku Express, 2001) for mixed choir. Heiniö gives the poems an airily tonal, folk song-like ambience over- laid with discreet layers of polyphonic rhythm. Wind Pictures (1991) for choir

Mikko Heiniö 3 and orchestra is in one sense a Requiem for Heiniö’s­ daughter, who died when still very young, but it also expands into a broad wind met- aphor the harmony of which is fecundated by a 10-note chord dis- covered in some sketches by Skryabin. Also in the fourth movement, Tuuli Maria, is a Heiniö lullaby he sang to his daughter. Heiniö has admirably solved the problem of singability in modern music. In the Sextet (2000, for baritone and Schönbergian “Pierrot en- semble”) there are no awkward interval jumps. Diatonic cells can be detected, and there are no bulky chromatic blocks in the melodic flow. Embraced in the light, bright sound of the seven-movement work is an awareness of disappointment wounded by love, detached and numb. The falsetto singing in the skittish scherzo creates some ironic, comic dimensions.

Playfulness and drama in chamber music The musicians performing Heiniö’s works are also offered a touch of physical drama, as in the Piano Quintet (1993), where they are ex- pected to speak and hum text by Lewis Carroll. The resonances of the human body serve as a physical timbral extension that also has the ingredients for a hybrid. The playful and absurd, the gleeful feet-off- the-ground feeling are features of this composer. Wood is present in the piano quartet The Voice of the Tree (Puun ääni, 2006) inspired by the poetry of Eira Stenberg, in a very concrete manner; its feel is part of the physical aspect of the music. In addi- tion to being played in the normal way, the strings are dampened, plucked, struck, tapped and rubbed to bring out the intrinsic sound of the wood, the soulfulness of which is far from mere dry woodwork- ing. The string trio and piano together constitute a vision in which the listener may similarly detect the tree swaying in the wind, the move- ments of the branches and details of the foliage. Mikko Heiniö has long been a focal figure on the Finnish musical scene and continues to be so as Chairman of the Society of Finnish Composers and Vice-Chairman of Teosto, the Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society. He has been composer-in-residence of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra for more than a decade, and he was the au- thor of the volume on contemporary music in the History of Finnish Music that won the nation’s most prestigious prize for non-fiction, the Tieto-Finlandia.

Jukka Isopuro Translation: Susan Sinisalo

4 Mikko Heiniö CURRICULUM VITAE

ikko Heiniö (born on 18 May 1948) studied piano with Liisa Pohjola and composition with Joonas Kokkonen at the from 1971 to 1975. The two years M1975–77 were spent with the Polish teacher Witold Szalonek in Ber- lin. Heiniö also studied musicology at the University of , fin- ishing his doctoral thesis in 1984 and working as Professor of Musi- cology at the from 1985 to 2005. Heiniö´s repertoire contains over 80 works. The main pieces of his music are his orchestral works such as eight piano concertos, Vuelo de Alambre (cycle for voice and orchestra, 1983), two symphonies (Pos- sible Worlds, 1987 and Songs of Night and Love, 1997), Wind Pictures for choir and orchestra (1991), On the Rocks (1998), trum- pet concerto Envelope (2002) and Alla Madre for violin and orchestra (2006). Among his main chamber music works are Framtidens Skugga for soprano and brass band (1980), Piano Trio (1988), Piano Quintet (1993), Treno Della Notte (2000) and Café au Lait (2006). Of his choral works, one could mention Three Folk Songs (1977), Lu- ceat (1992), Non-Stop (1995) and Pikavuaro Turkku (Turku Express, 2002). Especially in his piano concertos Heiniö has combined different musical genres and types of expression: his fourth piano concerto Genom Kvällen (Through the Evening, 1986) features a choir and a string orchestra with the soloist; in the sixth (Hermes, 1994) there is a soprano and a string orchestra as well, and his eight, Månkonsert (The Moon Concerto, 2008) intro- duces a mezzo-soprano and a large orchestra. Hermes and his seventh piano concerto Khora were planned together with choreographer Tii- na Lindfors for the dance theatre ERI. Lindfors has also three other choreographies on her account made for Heiniö´s music. In recent years, Heiniö has been gearing towards musical thea- tre. He composed a church opera, The Knight and the Dragon (Rid- daren och Draken, 2000) for Turku Cathedral´s 700th anniversary and Käärmeen hetki (The Hour of the Serpent, 2002–2005), an opera premiered by the Finnish National Opera. His third opera about the

Mikko Heiniö 5 King Eric XIV of Sweden and his wife Karin Månsdotter was com- missioned for Turku’s year as Eu- ropean Capital of Culture in 2011. In addition to composing, Mik- ko Heiniö is one of Finland’s lead- ing musicologists. His doctoral dissertation entitled “The idea of innovation and tradition” (1984) dealt with the musical philosophy of contemporary Finnish compos- ers. Articles by him on 20th cen- tury Finnish music, neoclassicism, dodecaphony, serialism and postmodernism are to be found in The History of Finnish Music (Volume 4, Contemporary Music). Heiniö has also had a number of articles published in the Finnish Music Quarterly. The total amount of his musicological articles reaches over two hundred overall. He has been granted a number of awards such as Tieto-Finlandia (1997) together with Erkki Salmenhaara and Fa- bian Dahlström, and Suomi-palkinto (the Finland Award, 2006) by the Cultural Ministry of Finland. Heiniö is a member of the Board of Teosto (the Finnish Compos- ers’ Copyright Bureau) and Luses (the Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music). He has been the Chairman of the Society of Finn- ish Composers since 1992. He has also been elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in May 2004.

6 Mikko Heiniö LIST OF WORKS

Stage Works The Knight and the Dragon / Riddaren och draken (1999–2000) Church Opera Hermes (Piano Concerto No. 6) (1994) Libretto by Bo Carpelan (in Swedish) Dance Pictures for Piano, Soprano and Strings 2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, 1 alto, 1 tenor, 1 bass-baritone, 1 bass, 2 female See: Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra , 2 male choirs, orchestra: 2222/4331/13/0, organ, strings Intrada – Act I – Intermezzo – Act II – Coda Khora (Piano Concerto No. 7) (2001) Duration: ca. 1 h 15 min Dance Images for Piano and Commissioned by the City of Turku and its congregations, Turku University and Five Percussionists Opera Society for the 700th anniversary of Turku Cathedral See: Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra Fp: Turku City Orchestra, cond. Ulf Söderblom, Turku Cathedral, November 9, 2000

Appeal to the eye, the ear and the mind One of the most impressive operas written over The Hour of the Serpent / the past few years … The music depicting light, Käärmeen hetki (2002–2005) in particular, generates a sense of dazzling beauty … Opera in Two Acts A successful appeal to the eye, Libretto by Juha Siltanen (in Finnish) the ear and the mind. 3 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, 1 alto, Helsingin Sanomat 2000 1 tenor, 1 baritone, 1 bass-baritone, 1 bass, mixed choir, orchestra: 3333/4331/13/1, piano, strings Duration: ca. 2 h 30 min Commissioned by the Finnish National Opera Fp: cond. Hannu Lintu, dir. Erik Söderblom, Finnish National Opera, September 15, 2006

Ground-breaking modern opera …An example of the most ambitious and most ground-breaking modern opera drama ever staged in Finland. Turun Sanomat 2006

Mikko Heiniö 7 8 Mikko Heiniö Päivi Nisula in Heiniö’s opera The Hour of the Serpent Works for Orchestra Concerto grosso (1975) Commissioned by the University of Sonata da chiesa (2005) string orchestra and harpsichord Turku for its 75th anniversary Four Serpent Scenes in the Old Duration: 21’ Fp: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Testament Commissioned by the Oslo Janne Haapanen, Turku, May 26, 1995 brass, celesta and percussion (4 French Kammerorkester horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, Fp: Oslo Kammerorkester, cond. Ornulf Minne (1996) celesta, timpani, 3 percussionists) Boye Hansen, Oslo, April 22, 1977 string orchestra 1. The Serpent in Eden manuscript Duration: 18’ (Käärme Paratiisissa) Commissioned by the Korsholm Festival 2. Moses Turns the Staff into a Snake Tredicia (1976) Fp: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, (Mooses muuttaa sauvan 3333/4331/13/0, strings cond. Juha Kangas, Korsholm Music käärmeeksi) Duration: 13’ Festival, June 27, 1997 3. The Bronze Snake (Pronssikäärme) Fp: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, 4. Leviathan (Leviatan) cond. Leif Segerstam, Helsinki, Symphony No. 2 ”Songs of Night Duration: ca. 16’ December 13, 1978 and Love” (“Yön ja rakkauden Commissioned by the Turku and manuscript lauluja”) (1997) Kaarina Parish Union See: Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra Fp: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Concerto for Orchestra (1982) cond. Markus Lehtinen, Katedraali soi! 3333/4331/13/1, piano, strings On the Rocks (1998) festival, Turku, February 9, 2006 Duration: 28’ 3333/4331/13, piano (doubling celesta), Commissioned by the Turku strings Sensual timbres and swing! Duration: 13’ Philharmonic Orchestra Heiniö has an ear for sensual timbres, Commissioned by the Finnish Fp: Turku PO, cond. Pertti Pekkanen, but equally marked in this new work is Broadcasting Company Turku, November 11, 1982 his liking for rhythmic romping. For the Fp: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, manuscript second movement of the Church Sonata cond. Sakari Oramo, Helsinki, is a real boogie with a swing that sets one November 13, 1998 Drone (1982) wondering what sort of music Heiniö (third movement of Concerto for would write for big band. Orchestra) Enjoyable opening number Turun Sanomat 2006 Duration: 6’ I didn’t expect On the Rocks to be so manuscript fine, quite a masterpiece in fact. … Maestoso, Variations on a Theme by I enjoyed it purely as music, Erik XIV (2008) Possible Worlds (1987) eagerly drinking in its gentle 3333/4331/13/1, strings A Symphony harmonies, its graceful melodies Duration: 8’ 3333/4331/13/1, piano, strings and magnificent timbres. Duration: 34’ Etelä-Suomen Sanomat 2004 Commissioned by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra Fp: Turku PO, cond. Igor Bezrodnyi, Turku, December 10, 1987 Fp (with choreography): Dance Theatre ERI, Tiina Lindfors, choreography, Turku PO, cond. Hannu Lintu, Turku, September 16, 1999

Dall’ ombra all’ombra (1992) Seven Variations, Theme and Coda for Orchestra and Synthesizer 2222/4330/13/0, synthesizer, strings Duration: 13’ Commissioned by the Turku Conservatory Fp: Turku Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, cond. Janne Haapanen, Turku, November 28, 1992

Trias (1995) de “O quam mundum” (Piae Cantiones 1582: LXXI) 2222/4631/13/0, strings Duration: 10’

Mikko Heiniö 9 Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra

Khora (Piano Concerto No. 7) (2001) Happy combination of rhythm and sound Dance Images for Piano and Five Percussionists …A magnificent, innovative and sonorous piece for small solo piano+percussion group (5 players) ensemble. …The fact that Heiniö scored it almost exclusively Introduction (Johdanto) [in the scene version only] for percussion well supports the message and gives it a touch 1. Khora I of originality. 2. The Mirror (Peili) Åbo underrättelser 2001 3. Oidipus 4. Eros & Thanatos A thundering text that beautifully balances the choreography. 5. Khora II The timpani and other percussion nuances combined with the Duration: 45’ (concert version 35’) clear voice of the piano are sublime. Commissioned by the Dance Theatre ERI with support of the Hufvudstadsbladet 2001 Madetoja Foundation Fp: Juhani Laukola, piano, Kroustikon Percussion Ensemble, cond. Risto Pulkkinen, Dance Theatre ERI with choreography by Tiina Lindfors, Turku, November 8, 2001

Tiina Lindfors and Alexander Zilbermann as Eros and Thanatos in Heiniö’s Khora

10 Mikko Heiniö Khora

Mikko Heiniö 11 Khora (Piano Concerto No. 7)

12 Mikko Heiniö Khora

Mikko Heiniö 13 Neljä yölaulua / Four Night Songs (1972) Vuelo de alambre It is high time… baritone or contralto and orchestra: (Barbed-wire Flight) (1983) My pal Guy Rickards astutely 2222/4230/11/0, celesta, piano, strings soprano and orchestra: 3333/4331/13/1, (also available as a version for voice and described Vuelo de Alambre and celesta and piano (1 player), strings Possible Worlds as ‘like serial Villa- piano) Texts: anonymous Chilean prisoners Text: Mikko Heiniö (in Finnish) Lobos’; Hermes is pulsing with (in Spanish) energetic life; and now an opera, Duration: 10’ 1. Prelude Fp: Olavi Hautsalo, baritone, Pentti The Knight and the Dragon, which 2. Tengo (I Have) is a phenomenal achievement. It’s Koskimies, piano, Helsinki, May 10, 1973 3. Electra manuscript high time we started paying a lot 4. Fué anoche (It Happened Last Night) more attention to Heiniö. 5. Tres Alamos Concerto for French Horn and Toccata Press 2001 (Martin 6. Postlude Anderson) Orchestra (1978) Duration: 28’ solo horn+2222/0230/12/0, piano, Commissioned by the Finnish strings Broadcasting Company Duration: 26’ Fp: Eija Orpana-Martin, soprano, Finnish Fp: Esa-Pekka Salonen, horn, City Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Orchestra, cond. Atso Almila, Pori, Jorma Panula, Helsinki, April 3, 1985 March 5, 1980 manuscript

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Fué anoche It Happened Last Night No. 3 (1981) solo piano+2222/4330/13/0, celesta, Fué anoche It happened last night, strings allá en el sur, down there in the south, Duration: 28’ entre la última primavera when spring was Fp: Liisa Pohjola, piano, acumulada, at its height, Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Atso que llegaron tus manos our hands came, Almila, Tampere, February 23, 1984 como un suave golpe de aqua. like a gentle shower of water. No hablaste, You did not speak, Genom kvällen (Concerto for Piano estabas ahí. You just were there. and Orchestra No. 4) (1986) See: Choral Works El sol, mientras tanto, The sun, meanwhile, proponía a los árboles offered the trees its shade, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra su estatura de sombras. the whole way down. No. 5 (1989) solo piano+2222/4330/12/0, strings Y en el silenzio de la luz And in the silence of the light Duration: 25’ y de los patios, and the courtyards, Commissioned by the Association of trotaban mis hijos ran my children Finnish Symphony Orchestras con pasitos de esquina y mariposa. with steps as light as a butterfly. Fp: Ralf Gothóni, piano, Turku Y entre tu sombra And between your shadow Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Pertti y la mía and mine Pekkanen, Turku, April 5, 1990 volantines transitorios the passing kites Hermes (Piano Concerto No. 6) levantaron hacia el norte rose towards the north (1994) su vuelo de alambre. on their barbed-wire flight. Dance Pictures for Piano, Soprano and En la tarde, In the afternoon, Strings organizada en la distancia at an organized distance Duration: 52’–55’ Commissioned by the Dance Theatre ERI la intranquilidad de los espacios, the restlessness of space, and Turku Music Festival mi retorno, my return, Fp: Juhani Lagerspetz, piano, Camilla como la lluvia, like rain, Nylund, soprano, Ostrobothnian como tus manos. like our hands. Chamber Orchestra, cond. Juha Kangas, Chacabuco, February 7, 1974 Dance Theatre ERI with choreography by Tiina Lindfors, Turku Music Festival, August 11, 1995

14 Mikko Heiniö Symphony No. 2 Alla madre (2007) Syyskesän laulu / Late Summer ”Songs of Night and Love” solo violin+3333/4331/13, harp, strings Song (2008) (“Yön ja rakkauden lauluja”) (1997) 1. Arrivo (Allegretto pesante – Agitato) bass and chamber orchestra: baritone and orchestra: 3333/4331/13/1, 2. Aura (Andante – Allegro) 2222/2200/1, strings celesta and piano (1 player), strings 3. Carezza (Cadenza – Cantabile) (also available a version for bass and Text: Lassi Nummi (in Finnish) Duration: 30’ piano) 1. Haluan sinua, haluan sinut Commissioned by the Turku Text: Lassi Nummi (in Finnish) (I Want You, All of You) Philharmonic Orchestra Duration: 17’ 2. Meren hiljaisuus (Silence of the Sea) Fp: Kurt Nikkanen, violin, Turku PO, 1. Suuri valo (The Great Light) 3. Sydänyöllä (At Dead of Night) cond. Petri Sakari, Turku, May 15, 2008 2. Kun saavumme tähän hetkeen 4. Juhla, unen aalto (When We Reach this Moment) (Celebration, a Wave of Sleep) A fantasy journey 3. Tämä outo seutu (This Strange Duration: 37’ …An instrumental adventure and Region) Commissioned by the Turku a fantasy journey. It is obviously 4. Virran partaalla (By the Stream) Philharmonic Orchestra challenging and fun to do for soloist and 5. Välimeri (The Mediterranean) Fp: Tommi Hakala, baritone, orchestra alike and keeps the audience’s 6. Taivaalla kuu (The Moon in the Sky) Turku PO, cond. Ilpo Mansnerus, Turku, interest awake every moment. 7. Syyskesä (Late Summer) May 14, 1998 Helsingin Sanomat 2008 Commissioned by the Turku and Kaarina Parish Union Sensual music – Heiniö’s “Tristan” Moon Concerto / Månkonsert The second symphony is Mikko Heiniö’s (Piano Concerto No. 8) (2007–08) “Tristan”, so much Wagnerian semi- Reflections and Variations on Themes by darkness and mood does it contain. … John Dowland and Hugo Ingelius Heiniö has written sensual music, a long mezzo-soprano, piano and orchestra: orchestral ballad… 3333/4331/13/1, celesta, strings Hufvudstadsbladet 2001 Text: Edith Södergran, Carl Snoilsky (in Swedish) Envelope (2002) 1. Nocturne for Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in Eb 2. Rosso solo trumpet+3333/4331/13/1, piano, 3. Finale strings Duration: 38’ Duration: pre Haydn 12’30”, post Haydn Commissioned by the Finnish Radio 7’30” Symphony Orchestra (the work is played without breaks Fp: Heini Kärkkäinen, piano, Monica before and after the Haydn Concerto; Groop, mezzo-soprano, Finnish RSO, it includes also a cadenza and two Helsinki, September 23, 2009 sections linking the separate concerto movements together) Commissioned by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra Fp: Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet, Turku PO, cond. Rudolf Werthen, Turku, September 19, 2002

Rhythmic riot from Heiniö The wildest torrent of sound was unleashed in Mikko Heiniö’s Envelope. In this riot of postmodern timbres, tumult and rhythm the composer has “enveloped” the Trumpet Concerto by Joseph Haydn. Helsingin Sanomat 2008

Mikko Heiniö 15 Symphony No. 2 “Songs of Night and Love”

16 Mikko Heiniö Symphony No. 2

Mikko Heiniö 17 CHAMBER WORKS

Suite for Flute and Two Guitars Minimba 1 (1982) Commissioned by the Kuhmo Chamber (1974) Canon for 4 (or 3) Guitars Music Festival Duration: 15’ Duration: 7’30’’ Fp: New Helsinki Quartet (Jan Fp: Ilari Lehtinen, flute, Rolf Holmberg Fp: Pekka Vesanen, Kari Äikäs, Juan Söderblom, I violin, Petri Aarnio, II violin, and Pekka Vesanen, guitars, Helsinki, Antonio Muro, Ilmari Hytönen, guitars, Ilari Angervo, viola, Jan-Erik Gustafsson, May 10, 1974 Espoo, May 3, 1984 cello), Heini Kärkkäinen, piano, Kuhmo manuscript Publisher: Jasemusiikki Chamber Music Festival, July 20, 1994

Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and “...in spe” (1984) ReLay (1998) Harpsichord (1976) Diaphony for Saxophone and Marimba/ violin and cello Duration: 15’ Vibraphone Duration: 13’ Fp: Aale Lindgren, oboe, Matti Duration: 7’30’’ Commissioned by the Turku Music Tossavainen, bassoon, Kari Jussila, Fbp: Pekka Savijoki, saxophone, Tim Festival harpsichord, Helsinki, July 29, 1976 Ferchen, marimba/vibraphone, Finnish Fp: Per Enoksson, violin, Martti Rousi, Broadcasting Company, 1985 cello, Turku, August 7, 1998 Akasa (1977) Publisher: Jasemusiikki 6 trombones 7.2.1949 (1998) Duration: 11’ Piano Trio (1988) 50 Measures and Coda for Seppo Fp: Trombone course of the Jyväskylä Duration: 13’ Kimanen for his 50th Anniversary Day Arts Festival, cond. Mikko Heiniö, Commissioned by the Kuhmo Chamber clarinet, cello and piano Jyväskylä, July 7, 1977 Music Festival Duration: 1’40’’ Publisher: Jasemusiikki Fp: Fontenay Trio (Wolf Harden, piano, Fp: Kari Kriikku, clarinet, Jan-Erik Michael Mucke, violin, Niklas Schmidt, Gustafsson, cello, Juhani Lagerspetz, Four Finnish Folktunes / cello), Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, piano, Helsinki, February 7, 1999 Neljä kansansävelmää (1977) July 19, 1989 manuscript (arr.) 4 trombones In G (1988) Espresso (1999) Duration: 6’30’’ cello and piano violin, cello and piano Duration: 7’ Duration: 3’ Notturno di fiordo (1978) Commissioned by the Musical Society Commissioned by the Juvenalia flute/piccolo and harp of Turku for the Turku Cello Competition Chamber Music Competition Duration: 17’ 1990 Fp: Juvenalia Chamber Music Commissioned by NOMUS Fp: Participants in the Turku Cello Competition, February 2001 Fbp: Ilari Lehtinen, flute, Marjatta Haahti, Competition (2nd round), January Publisher: Modus Music harp, Finnish Broadcasting Company, 16–17, 1990 1979 Treno della notte (2000) Publisher: Society of Finnish Composers Aurora (1989) clarinet, cello and piano Fanfare for Brass Duration: 18’ Brass Mass (1979) 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba Commissioned by the Kuhmo Chamber 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba (ad lib.) Duration: 1’ Music Festival Duration: 16’ Fp: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Fp: Tuulia Ylönen, clarinet, Marko Ylönen, Fp: Finnish Brass Ensemble, cond. Mikko Jacques Mercier, Turku, May 9, 1990 cello, Heini Kärkkäinen, piano, Kuhmo Heiniö, Helsinki, April 15, 1980 2nd prize in the competition of the Chamber Music Festival, July 29, 2001 350th Anniversary of the University of Duo for Violin and Piano / Duo per Helsinki Tremendous drive violino e pianoforte (1979) manuscript Duration: 16’30’’ Treno della notte is a simply splendid work. It has tremendous drive from Commissioned by the Finnish Wintertime (1990) Broadcasting Company beginning to end. …The syncopated beat Seven Fragments for Vibraphone/ with traces of jazz and Klezmer sets feet Fbp: Erkki Palola, violin, Risto Kyrö, Marimba and Harp piano, Finnish Broadcasting Company, tapping. Duration: 9’ Helsingin Sanomat 2001 May 5, 1980 Fp: Risto Pulkkinen, vibraphone/ marimba, Mikko Leistola, harp, Café au lait (2006) Champignons à l´herméneutique Stockholm, November 8, 1991 flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1979) Publisher: Jasemusiikki 1. Le matin – Timporata Divertimento for Flute and Guitar 2. Mami Wata Duration: 16’30’’ Piano Quintet (1993) 3. Tipinti et Abalacodje – La nuit Fp: Liisa Ruoho, flute, Pekka Vesanen, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano Duration: 16’ guitar, Helsinki, December 16, 1980 Text: Lewis Carroll (in English) Commissioned by the Turku Music Publisher: Jasemusiikki Duration: 15’ Festival

18 Mikko Heiniö Fp: Anne Eirola, flute, Karin Dornbusch, Commissioned by the Kuhmo Chamber Deductions I (1979) clarinet, Cecilia Zilliacus, violin, Erkki Music Festival piano Lahesmaa, cello, Henri Sigfridsson, piano, Fp: Philippe Graffin, violin, Eriikka Duration: 17’ Turku, August 19, 2006 Nylund, viola, Marko Ylönen, cello, Heini Fp: Annikka Konttori, Helsinki, Kärkkäinen, piano, Kuhmo, July 19, 2007 November 23, 1979 A living Ravel Café au lait was fragrant and throbbing Inspiring bull’s-eye Heiniö picks up where Debussy with snappy rhythms and timbres in The Voice of the Tree proved to be an and­ Ravel left off a way that Ravel, had he been alive inspiring bull’s-eye. …Playfulness and It is roundly astonishing how Mikko today, could, without any problem, have absurdity, and having a merry fling Heiniö – a serialist twenty years ago – embraced… belong to the image of Heiniö the can now write music which picks up Hufvudstadsbladet 2006 composer. where Debussy and Ravel left off … if Helsingin Sanomat 2008 you like Jeux d’Eaux, you’ll be at home Canzona (2006) with his piano suite Deductions, which is per trio d’archi a major addition to the repertoire. violin, viola and cello Finnish Music Quarterly 2007 1. Il grembo del vento estivo WORKS FOR SOLO (Dolce arioso) – INSTRUMENT Into Sleep / Uneen (1986) 2. Il mattino fiero dell’autunno piano (Deciso) – Lindgreniana (1975) Duration: 2’ 3. Lo splendore immobile dell’inverno oboe Commissioned by Jasemusiikki (Maestoso e luminoso) – Duration: 10’ Fbp: Annikka Konttori, Finnish 4. Il blu e il verde della primavera Fp: Aale Lindgren, Helsinki, Broadcasting Company, 1988 (Animato) March 10, 1980 Publisher: Jasemusiikki Duration: ca. 13’ Publisher: Jasemusiikki Commissioned by the Nauvo Music Ritornelli (1991) Festival Suite for Bassoon (1976) piano Fp: Tuomas Rousi, violin, Jussi Aalto, Duration: 10’ Duration: 8’ viola, Roi Ruottinen, cello, Nauvo, Fbp: Matti Tossavainen, Finnish Fp: Liisa Pohjola, Helsinki, April 28, 1992 July 5, 2007 Broadcasting Company, 1977 Publisher: Jasemusiikki The High Sky / Piano Quartet “The Voice of Den höga himlen (2007) the Tree” (“Puun ääni”) (2006) Three Repetitive Dreams / organ violin, viola, cello and piano Kolme repetitiivistä unta (1982) Duration: 9’30” 1. Questione (Andante recitativo e piano Commissioned by Ville Urponen with pesante – Doppio movimento) – Duration: 9’ the support of Madetoja Foundation 2. Scherzo (Sciolto) – Fp: Matti Raekallio, Jyväskylä, Fp: Ville Urponen, Turku, 3. Interno (Allegretto tranquillo) July 4, 1983 October 25, 2008 Duration: 16’40” Publisher: Modus Music

A recital of chamber music by Heiniö was held in Beijing in 2008

Mikko Heiniö 19 Piano Quartet “The Voice of the Tree”

20 Mikko Heiniö Piano Quartet

Mikko Heiniö 21 CHORAL WORKS

Drei finnische Volkslieder / Genom kvällen Juhlamarssi hiljaisille miehille Kolme kansanlaulua (1977) (Through the Evening) (1986) (Festive March for Quiet Men) (1996) double mixed choir (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4) male choir Text in Finnish and in German, piano, mixed choir and string orchestra Duration: 5’ translation by the composer Text: Bo Carpelan (in Swedish) Fp: Polytech Choir, cond. Tapani Länsiö, 1. Tirlil Duration: 26’ Turku, May 10, 1997 2. Sommernacht / Kesäyönä Commissioned by the City of Espoo 3. Der Spielmann / Pelimanni Fp: Liisa Pohjola, piano, Tapiola Chamber Pikavuaro Turkku Duration: 8’ Choir, Tapiola Sinfonietta, cond. Juhani (Turku Express) (2002) Fp: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, cond. Lamminmäki, Espoo, May 21, 1989 mixed choir Harald Andersén, Rovaniemi, 1977 Text: Heli Laaksonen (in Finnish) Minimba 2 (1988) 1. Aurink kunnas Kinerva (1978) male choir 2. Stari tenor and male choir Duration: 5’ 3. Kaukka kaunis Text: Finnish folk poetry (in Finnish) Commissioned by Muntra Musikanter 4. Kiittämättömi Duration: 7’ Fp: Muntra Musikanter, cond. Markus 5. Lehm ja koiv Commissioned by the Finnish Westerlund, Helsinki, March 26, 1993 Duration: 14’30’’ Broadcasting Company manuscript Commissioned by the Turku University Fp: Helsinki University Chorus (YL), cond. Student Choir (TYY), dedicated to Matti Hyökki, Helsinki, May 14, 1980 the memory of Jaakko Fredman Wind Pictures (Tuulenkuvia) (1991) Fp: TYY, cond. Tapani Saarinen, Turku, manuscript 2222/4331/03/1, synthesizer, strings, May 10, 2002 mixed choir Landet som icke är Texts: L. F. Kämtz, Bible (Psalm 103), Tomumieli (Mind of Dust) (2003) Eduard Mörike, Francesco Petrarca (The Land That Is Not) (1980) male choir and two djembe drums children’s or female choir and piano (in German, Latin and Italian) Text: Lassi Nummi (in Finnish) Text: Edith Södergran (in Swedish, with a Duration: 35’ Duration: 6’30’’ Finnish translation by the composer) Commissioned by the Chorus Commissioned by the Helsinki University Duration: 19’ Cathedralis Aboensis Chorus Commissioned by the Finnish Fp: Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku Fp: Helsinki University Chorus, cond. Broadcasting Company Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Jacques Matti Hyökki, Helsinki, April 5, 2003 Fp: Finnish Radio Children’s Choir, Pertti Mercier, Turku, November 26, 1992 Eerola, piano, cond. Heinz Hofmann, Helsinki, May 12, 1981 Luceat (1992) Splendid setting mixed choir The programme concludes with one Mannerkantaatti Text: Fragments from Requiem text of the strongest items: Mind of Dust, (Continent Cantata) (1985) (in Latin) Mikko Heiniö’s splendid setting of Lasse soprano, baritone, mixed choir and Duration: 10’ Nummi’s evocation of the terracotta orchestra Commissioned by the Jubilate Choir warriors at Xian for male choir and two 2222/4331/12/0, piano, strings Fp: Jubilate Choir, cond. Astrid Riska, West African Drums. Text: Lassi Nummi (in Finnish) Helsinki, December 6, 1992 Nordic Sounds 2005 Duration: 60’ The Bishop’s Spring Dream (2005) Fp: Satu Vihavainen, soprano, Skålbordun (1993) Pertti Lehtinen, baritone, Helsinki five male voices (5 or 15 singers) male choir Text: Juha Siltanen (in English) Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Pertti Text: Folk songs (in Swedish) Pekkanen, Helsinki Festival, Duration: 6’30” Duration: 5’ Commissioned by Talla for the August 21, 1992 Commissioned by the Helsinki manuscript Northlights Project with the support of University Chorus (YL) the Madetoja Foundation Fp: Helsinki University Chorus, cond. Fp: Lamentabile Consort, Quattro I den ljusa natten Matti Hyökki, Mikkeli, March 18, 1994 stagioni and Talla, Tampere Vocal Music (In the Light Night) (1985) Festival, Tampere, June 9, 2005 male choir Non-Stop (1995) Text: Bo Carpelan (in Swedish) mixed choir Duration: 8’ Duration: 11’30” Fp: Akademiska Sångföreningen, cond. Commissioned by the Finnish Tom Eklundh, Helsinki, March 7, 1988 Broadcasting Company Fp: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, cond. Heikki Liimola, Helsinki, October 13, 1995

22 Mikko Heiniö Mikko Heiniö 23 Vocal Works Neljä yölaulua (Four Night Songs) (1972) Sextet (2000) baritone or contralto and piano baritone, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (also available as a version for orchestra) Texts: fragments from Ultime lettere by Ugo Foscolo (in Italian); letters by Text: Mikko Heiniö (in Finnish) John Keats (in English) and Franz Kafka (in German) Duration: 10’ 1. Ritornello I (attacca) Fp: Olavi Hautsalo, baritone, Pentti 2. Aria I Koskimies, piano, Helsinki, May 10, 1973 3. Ritornello II manuscript 4. Scherzo (attacca) 5. Ritornello III (attacca subito) Tre böner (Three Prayers) (1976) 6. Aria II baritone and piano 7. Ritornello IV Text: Elmer Diktonius (in Swedish) Duration: 18’ Duration: 9’ Commissioned by Tommi Hakala Fbp: Olavi Hautsalo, baritone, Mikko Fp: Tommi Hakala, baritone, Focus Ensemble (Esa-Veli Riuttamäki, flute, Heiniö, piano, Finnish Broadcasting Mikko Kauppinen, clarinet, Liisi Nuora, violin, Juha Malmivaara, cello, Company, 1978 Katariina Liimatainen, piano), Time of Music Festival, Viitasaari, July 8, 2000 manuscript Modern music that sings Halllieder (1977) The most impressive piece on the disc is Mikko Heiniö’s Sextet. …Heiniö has soprano and piano done a fine job solving the problem of writing modern music that sings. Text: Constanze Hall (in German) Helsingin Sanomat 2003 Duration: 10’ Fp: Anette Hall, soprano, Mikko Heiniö, piano, West Berlin, May 21, 1977 manuscript 1. The End The Shadow of the Future / 2. Aubade Framtidens skugga (1980) 3. Jazz soprano, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and Duration: 13’ tuba Commissioned by Tommi Hakala with Text: Edith Södergran (in Swedish, support of the Foundation for the with an English translation by Jeremy Promotion of Finnish Music LUSES Parsons) Duration: 22’ Professori Huldénin aika-aaria Fp: Rita Bergman, soprano, Finnish Brass (Professor Huldén’s Aria) (2006) Ensemble, cond. Mikko Heiniö, Helsinki, from the opera Käärmeen hetki March 14, 1981 voice and piano Text: Juha Siltanen (in Finnish) La (1985) Quintet for Piano and Four Voices Syyskesän laulu (soprano, mezzo-soprano/contralto, (Late Summer Song) (2008) tenor, baritone) bass and piano (also available a version Duration: 10’ for chamber orchestra) Commissioned by the Association of Text: Lassi Nummi (in Finnish) Finnish Soloists Duration: 17’ Fp: Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano, Merja 1. Suuri valo (The Great Light) Wirkkala, soprano, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, 2. Kun saavumme tähän hetkeen mezzo-soprano, Risto Saarman, tenor, (When We Reach this Moment) Sauli Tiilikainen, baritone, Helsinki, 3. Tämä outo seutu (This Strange March 9, 1986 Region) 4. Virran partaalla (By the Stream) 5. Välimeri (The Mediterranean) Three Morning Songs (2003) 6. Taivaalla kuu (The Moon in the Sky) baritone and piano 7. Syyskesä (Late Summer) Text: Juha Siltanen (in English) Commissioned by the Turku and Kaarina Parish Union

Publisher: Fennica Gehrman unless otherwise mentioned • Fp: First performance • Fbp: First broadcast performance

24 Mikko Heiniö Discography Genom kvällen Skålbordun Finlandia 1576-53378-2 (FACD 378) (1989) Finlandia 4509-98993-2 (1995) Liisa Pohjola, piano, Tapiola Chamber Helsinki University Chorus (YL), cond. Choir, Espoo Chamber Orchestra, cond. Matti Hyökki Juhani Lamminmäki Hermes, In G Vuelo de alambre, Possible Worlds – Ondine ODE 870-2 (1996) A Symphony Juhani Lagerspetz, piano, Camilla Finlandia 1576-54408-2 (FACD 408) (1991) Nylund, soprano, Ostrobothnian Karita Mattila, soprano, Turku Chamber Orchestra, cond. Juha Kangas, Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Jacques Tuija Rantamäki, cello Mercier Piano Trio Suite for flute and two guitars Fifty Fifty Records FFCD-1014 (1996) Nikolauscommunity NCD 2 (1991) Simo Vuoristo, violin, Jukka Perksalo, Rainer Risberg, flute, Jorma Salmela, cello, Jukka Juvonen, piano Sextet Hannu Siiskonen, guitars JaseCD0040 (2003) Lindgreniana Tommi Hakala, baritone, Focus Ensemble Kolme kansanlaulua (Drei Finnische Suomen oboe- ja fagottiseura FUGA (Katariina Liimatainen, piano, Liisi Volkslieder) 9102 (1998) Nuora-Kapanen, violin, Juha Malmivaara, Ondine ODE 796-2 (1992) Tommi Mentu, oboe cello, Mikko Raasakka, clarinet, Esa-Veli Tapiola Chamber Choir, cond. Eric-Olof Riuttamäki, flute) Söderström Vuelo de alambre, Possible Worlds – A Symphony, Wind Pictures, Tomumieli (Mind of Dust) Minimba 1 Genom kvällen, Skålbordun Ondine ODE 1045-2 (2004) Finngospel FGCD 1074 (1993) Finlandia 3984-23404-2 (2 CD; 1999) Helsinki University Chorus (YL), cond. Jam Quartet (Matts Kulvik, Paul Pajarinen, “Meet the Composer” Matti Hyökki Juho-Pekka Putkonen, Kari Rantanen, various performers (previously released guitars) material) Pikavuaro Turkku (Turku Express) TYYK 004 (2004) Ritornelli Juhlamarssi hiljaisille miehille Turku University Student Choir (TYY), Sibelius Academy SACD-4 (1994) (Festive March for Quiet Men) cond. Tapani Saarinen Liisa Pohjola, piano Polyteknikkojen Kuoro PKCD16 (1999) “Matkalla / Male Voice Voyage” Minimba I Duo for Violin and Piano Polytech Choir, cond. Tapani Länsiö Fuga 9194 (2004) MILS 9439 (1994) Kari Äikäs, Ilmari Hytönen, Juan Antonio Sakari Tepponen, violin, Liisa Pohjola, Piano Trio Muro, Pekka Vesanen, guitars piano Tritonus TRICD-001 (2000) “Poike” Jukka Juvonen, piano, Simo Vuoristo, Deductions Tuulenkuvia (Wind Pictures) violin, Jukka Perksalo, cello JaseCD 0045 (2007) “PianoHorizons” Finlandia 1576-54452-2 (FACD 544522) Tuomas Mali, piano (1994) Landet som icke är Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus LYRANCD-2 (2001) “Lust” Symphony No. 2 “Songs of Night Cathedralis Aboensis, cond. Jacques Akademiska Damkören Lyran, and Love”, Alla madre Mercier cond. Kari Turunen Sony BMG (2009) Tommi Hakala, baritone, Kurt Nikkanen, Vuelo de alambre The Knight and the Dragon violin, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Finlandia 4509-99403-2 (1995) (Riddaren och draken) cond. Petri Sakari Karita Mattila, soprano, Turku BIS-CD-1246 (2001) Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Jacques Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Mercier Turku Opera Chorus and soloists, cond. Ulf Söderblom Piano Quintet Ondine ODE 865-2 (1995) Avanti! Quartet (John Storgårds, violin, Anna Hohti, II violin, Tuula Riisalo, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello), Jaana Kärkkäinen, piano

Mikko Heiniö 25 Sextet

26 Mikko Heiniö Sextet

Mikko Heiniö 27 CD sampler 1. Possible Worlds 3:36 3rd movement Placidamente – Appassionato (excerpt) Turku PO / Jacques Mercier Finlandia CD 3984-23404-2 2. Vuelo de alambre (Barbed-wire Flight) 5:53 4th movement Fué anoche (It Happened Last Night) Turku PO / Jacques Mercier, sol. Karita Mattila Finlandia CD 3984-23404-2 3. Symphony No. 2 Songs of Night and Love 6:25 2nd movement Meren hiljaisuus (The Silence of the Night) (excerpt) Finnish RSO/Hannu Lintu, sol. Tommi Hakala Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) 4. Wind Pictures 7:06 4th movement Tuuli Maria Turku PO/Jacques Mercier, Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis /Juha Kuivanen Finlandia CD 3984-23404-2 5.– 6. Riddaren och draken (The Knight and the Dragon) 12:55 Act 1, scenes 4&5 Turku PO / Ulf Söderblom, Turku Opera Chorus and soloists BIS-CD-1246 7. On the Rocks 3:35 (excerpt) Finnish RSO / Sakari Oramo YLE 8. Khora, Piano Concerto No. 7 4:31 5th movement Khora II (excerpt) Kroustikon Percussion Ensemble / Risto Pulkkinen, sol. Jussi Laukola 9. Hermes, Piano Concerto No. 6 3:45 8th movement Finale (excerpt) Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra / Juha Kangas, sol. Juhani Lagerspetz, Camilla Nylund Ondine ODE 870-2 10. Sextet 3:13 4th movement Scherzo Focus Ensemble, sol. Tommi Hakala JaseCD 0040 11. Piano Quintet 5:50 (excerpt) Avanti! Quartet & Jaana Kärkkäinen Ondine ODE 865-2 12. Piano Quartet The Voice of the Tree (Puun ääni) 3:09 3rd movement Interno (excerpt) Philippe Graffin (vl), Eriikka Nylund (vla), Marko Ylönen (vc), Heini Kärkkäinen (pf) YLE 13. Non Stop 3:13 (excerpt) Radio Chamber Choir / Heikki Liimola YLE 14. Pikavuaro Turkku (Turku Express) 2:21 4th movement Kiittämättömi Turku University Student Choir (TYY) / Tapani Saarinen TYYK 004

28 Mikko Heiniö Editor: Henna Salmela Design: Pirkko Huttunen CV text and work list: © Fimic Photos: Society of Finnish Composers / Annu Mikkonen (cover photo), Finnish National Opera / Stefan Bremer, Fimic / Maarit Kytöharju, Robert Seger, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra / Seilo Ristimäki, ERI Dance Theatre / Jari Laurikko Copyright © 2009 Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab ISMN 979-0-55009-613-4 • ISBN 978-952-5489-08-8 Unless otherwise mentioned, all works are published by Fennica Gehrman

PO Box 158, FI-00121 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358-10-3871220, Fax +358-10-3871221 www.fennicagehrman.fi • [email protected]