Works for the Stage
Shakkipeli (Chess) Op. 5/1-4
music for a play by Eino Leino
Composed: 1910
2221/2200/11/0
1. Juhlamarssi
2. Kansankarkelo
3. Miekkatanssi
4. Menuetto
Duration: 13’
Fp: Apostol Concert Orchestra, cond. Leevi Madetoja, February 15, 1910
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman (Edition Fazer)
[Arrangements piano / horn ensemble]
Alkibiades Op. 6/1-5
music for a play by Eino Leino [“Naamioita” vol. 4 (1909)]
Composed: 1910
reciter, flute, oboe, cello and harp [2 violins and piano]
1. Timandran laulu (Andante sostenuto)
2. Alkibiadeen näky
3. Juhlaleikki (Allegro)
4. Theanon laulu (Allegro agitato)
5. Rukous
Fp: Finnish National Theatre, April 27, 1910
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman (A. Lindgren 1912; parts 4-5.)
Pohjalaisia (The Ostrobothnians) Op. 45
Composed: 1918-1923
2 sopranos, 1 alto, 2 tenors, 1 baritone, 2 basses, 2222/4331/11/0, strings
Libretto by Leevi Madetoja based on a text by Artturi Järviluoma
Duration: 2 h 20 min
[Libretto includes folksongs collected by composer Toivo Kuula.
Libretto in German G. Schmidt and in French J.-L.Perret]
Fp: Suomalainen Ooppera, Helsinki, October 25, 1924
Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen 1925 (also piano score and Haukka aria by Edition Wilhelm Hansen)
[See arrangements]
Okon Fuoko Op. 58
Ballet Pantomine in one act
Composed: 1925-1927
3222/4331/12/arpa cel xyl camp/strings, voices, speaker, dancers, actors
Libretto by Poul Knudsen
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Fp: Suomalainen Ooppera February, 12, 1930
Publisher: Unpublished, distribution Music Finland
[See also Suite for Orchestra and Yiain laulu 1-2.]
Juha Op. 74
opera in three acts (six tableaux)
Composed: 1934
3 sopranos, 1 mezzo soprano, 1 tenor, 1 baritone, 1 bass, 2222/4331/11/0, strings
[ob+ehn, 2cl in B+2cl in A, 3tr in F]
Libretto by Aino Ackté and Leevi Madetoja based on a novel by Juhani Aho
Duration: 1h 35 min
Fp: Suomalainen Ooppera, February 17, 1935
Publisher: Unpublished; distribution Music Finland
[See also orchestral suite Traagillinen episodi ja Koskenlasku]
Elämä on unta (La Vida es Sueno) Op. 75a/1-9
Composed: 1939
chamber ensemble
Text by Pedro Calderon
Commissioned by National Theatre
Fp: Finnish National Theatre, February 8, 1939
Publisher: Unpublished
Kuningas Oidipus Op. 75b/1-7
Music for the play Oedipus Rex
Composed: 1936
choir and chamber ensemble: 2 flutes, oboe, horn, military trumpet, timpani, violin, viola, cello
Text by Sofokles
Commissioned by Finnish National Theatre
Fp: Finnish National Theatre December 30, 1936
Publisher: Unpublished
Antonius & Kleopatra Op. 80/1-14
Composed: 1944
unisono choir and chamber ensemble 1100/0210/01, strings
Text by William Shakespeare
Commissioned by Finnish National Theatre
Fp: Finnish National Theatre January 28, 1944
Publisher: Unpublished
Paimentytöt
Lauluja Arvi Järventauksen näytelmään (1924)
Songs for Arvi Järventaus’s play
Composed: 1924
Ritari ja linnanneito
Composed: 1934–1935
Intermezzo – Oopperaparodia – On synkkä tumma yö
Soprano, mezzosoprano, tenor, choir, piano
Text by Mia Backman
Published as a record, Fuga 2005
Kolme laulua A. Järventauksen näytelmään “Uusi Pirtti” Op. 41b/1-3
Three songs for A. Järventaus’s play “Uusi pirtti”
Composed: 1918
coro unisono
Text by Arvi Järventaus
1. Kun Tschaimatunturi ruskossa illan ui
2. Oi Lappi, sä onnen ja rauhan maa
3. Vei tunturihaltija kerran satuvuoreen pienen lapsen
Publisher: Kustannus Oy Kirja, Tampere 1918 [published as a booklet for play]
Vuoksen varrella Op. 7b/1-2
Two songs for a Martti Vuori’s play “Vuoksen varrella”
Composed: 1910
voice and piano
Text by Martti Vuori
1. Vihurin laulu
2. Uskottomalle
Duration: 2’30”
Fp: February 15, 1910
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman (Apostol 1910)