Kaija Saariaho's Sombre was commissioned jointly by The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation and Da Camera of Houston.The world premiere took place on 23 February 2012 at Rothko Chapel Houston USA given by the Da Camera Ensemble: Daniel Belcher Baritone; Camilla Hoitenga bass Flute; Bridget Kibbey Harp; Matthew Strauss Percussion and Paul Ellison Double Bass.Duration: 17 19 minutes.

First performed on 14th September 1997 at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki by John Storgårds violin the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra and Hannu Lintu conductor.

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Figura is a work by composerKaija Saariaho for Solo Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet. This is the score and parts. Figura is a work by composer Kaija Saariaho for Solo Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet. This is the score and parts./ Répertoire / Clarinette, Piano et Quatuor à Cordes

Commissioned by the French Government and Musica Strasbourg.As the title suggests Trois rivières is divided into three separate sections. The first part introduces all the instrumental colours used in the piece. The rhythmicaspect is here nearly eliminated giving room for the timbral scales colours resonances attacks and textures to come to the fore. The instruments come from all members of …

The first performance took place on 28th August 2009 at the Berlin Philharmonie given by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.Orchestral parts are available on hire from thepublisher.The score is transposed.Crotales sound two octaves higher than written.

The separate Cello part for the 1992 work by the Finnish spectral composer Kaija Saariaho; an intense and complex piece for solo Cello and electronics. The music is derived from preliminary recordings made by the composer withCellist Anssi Karttunen with an electronic part constructed from these recordings at IRCAM. The finished electronic realisation relies in part on real-time processing with M…

This setting of a text from Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest is written for Baritone soloist with a small chamber ensemble. Characterised by Saariaho's unusual and progressive instrumental writing the musical texture issparse and delicate exposing the soloist. The song was premiered in Helsinki 2002.

A setting texts by Sylvia Plath this 1988 work is for Soprano and Mezzo Soprano voices. Commissioned for the 1988 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. A cycle of five duets the texts originate from Plath's novel The Bell Jar and from the poem Paralytic from the Ariel collection.