Uusinta Publishing Company
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Composers –> Räihälä, Osmo Tapio
Räihälä's early works are stylistically varied. He builds his works on fluently progressing musical processes. Some of his works are inspired by the Liverpudlian football team Everton, whom he is known to be supporter
of. Some of Räihälä's postmodern works contain short quotations from prog rock and jazz. His music is definitely atonal, but due to the rich use of whole step scales there is often a feel of consonance. In some of his works there are also some theatrical elements.
Räihälä's oeuvre comprises almost exclusively instrumental music. Most
works are chamber music, but his orchestral works and concertos (for mallet
instruments, the viola and the cello) form an important line in his output
as well, as well as Rock Painting and Suprematisse, both for a large chamber ensemble, and the symphonic poem Ardbeg—The Ultimate Piece for Orchestra.
Contact:
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FI-00271 HELSINKI
Finland
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Published works
Levels of Difficulty:
violin solo
(co-composer: Fagerudd, Markus)
guitar
2 violins
clarinet, horn, violin
flute, oboe, clarinet, violin
2 violins, viola, violoncello
accordion, 2 violins, viola, violoncello
kantele, vibraphone
chamber ensemble
chamber ensemble
Photo: Markku Pihlaja