If I were rating the national epics of the world, Finland’s Kalevala would not be near the top of my list. It has too many inconsistencies, does not form a consecutive whole, and features too much ...

Born in 1935, Aulis Sallinen is the most prominent composer to ride a resurgent wave in Finnish opera that began in the mid-1970s and saw several works enjoy international success. His third stage ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When Aulis Sallinen’s third opera was premiered at Savonlinna in 1984 and reprised at Covent Garden, it attracted ...

In contrast, Reimann and Henneberg can’t wait to get going with the psychological crises. Their Lear’s score is based on quick-moving accompanied recitative with underlaying or interposed instrumental ...

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We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Kaija news every morning. Thanks to contemporary composers such as Kaija Saarijao, Einojuani Rautaavara and Aulis Sallinen, Finland’s ...

Beethoven– Spring Sonata. Janacek– Violin Sonata. Aulis Sallinen– Four Etudes. Strauss– Violin Sonata. This celebrity violin and piano recital by Midori and Charles Abramovic was a virtuoso ...

This "chronicle for the music theatre of the coming Ice Age" was first performed in Finland in 1984, and staged at Covent Garden three years later. It was Aulis Sallinen's third opera (there have been ...