Choral and Vocal Works with Instruments

Composer, Conducter, Accordionist Timo-Juhani Kyllönen

Choral and Vocal Works with Instruments

Zygan (Gypsy)
Composed: 1983
baritone and piano
Text by Sergey Pushkin (in Russian)
Duration: 5′
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Kalle Toivio, piano,

Raahe Music Week, Raahe, February 4, 2001

Publisher: Music Finland

Ciclo de dos canciones Op. 6
Composed: 1985
soprano/tenor and piano
Text by Carmen Luz Bejarano (in Spanish,

Finnish translation printed in the score)
Canción de Otoño Op. 6a
Canción del Olvido Op. 6b
Duration: ca. 7’30”
Fp: Lena Kopaneva, soprano, Julia Nikitina, piano,

Moscow, January 10, 1986
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman

Lapsikuorosarja nro 1

(Suite for Children’s Chorus) Op. 7
Composed: 1985
children’s/female choir, soloist, 3 percussion, piano
Text by Maritza Núñez (in Spanish,

Finnish translation printed in the score)
Duerme leve ensueño Op. 7a
children’s/female choir, 3 percussion, piano
Duration: 4’19”
Un coro de estrellitas op 7b
children’s/female choir, percussion, piano
Duration: 4′
Wayno Op. 7c
children’s/female choir, 2 percussion, piano
Duration: 2′
Danza negroide Op. 7d
children’s/female choir, 2 percussion, piano
Duration: 2′
Duerme dulce niño Op. 7e
soprano, children’s/female choir, 3 percussion, piano
Duration: 4′
Total duration: 14’30”
Fp: Vesnyanka Children’s choir,

cond. Jelena Sveshnikova, Moscow, April 6, 1986
Publisher: Modus Musiikki

Two Songs for Children’s Choir Op. 10
Composed: 1986
Text by Maritza Núñez (in Spanish,

Finnish translation printed in the score)
Mollecito Op. 10a
children’s/female choir, 2 percussion, piano
Ña Panchita Op. 10b
children’s/female choir, 3 percussion, piano
Duration: 4′
Commissioned by the Candiris Choir

(Children’s Choir of the Espoo Music Institute)
Fp: Candiris Choir, cond Maritza Núñez,

Espoo, April 27, 1987

Publisher: Modus Musiikki

Ave Maria Op. 13
Composed: 1986
children’s choir/female choir/soprano/baritone and

piano/organ
Text: Bible (in Latin)
Duration: 2’30”
Commissioned by the Kamarikuoro 75

(Chamber Choir 75)
Fp: Kamarikuoro 75, cond. Maritza Núñez,

Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Publisher: Modus Musiikki

Two Christmas Songs Op. 14
Composed: 1986
tenor voice, mixed choir, 2 percussion, piano
(also arranged for female or youth choir)
Text by Maritza Núñez (in Spanish)
Huayno Navideño Op. 14a
mixed choir (female/youth choir), 2 percussion, piano
Pregón Op. 14b
tenor, mixed choir (female/youth choir), 2 percussion,

piano
Duration: 4’30”
Commissioned by the Kamarikuoro 75
Fp: Kamarikuoro 75, cond. Maritza Núñez,

Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Publisher: Modus Musiikki

Suite of Two Songs for Children’s Chorus Op. 19
Composed: 1988
children’s/female choir, piano, flute, soprano solo
Ha cantado la alondra (Kerran lauloi kiurulintu) Op. 19a
Text by Carmen Luz Bejarano (in Spanish and Finnish)
Barcarola (Venelaulu) Op. 19b
Text by Maritza Núñez (in Spanish and Finnish)
Duration: 7’30”
Commissioned by the Candiris Choir
Fp: Candiris Choir, cond. Maritza Núñez,

Espoo, May 5, 1988
Publisher: Modus Musiikki

Horus Op. 34
Composed: 1994
soprano and cello
Text: Ancient Egyptian poem, Book of the Dead (in English)
Duration: ca. 14′
Commissioned by the Joensuu Festival
Fp: Solveig Faringer, soprano, Aage Kvalbein, cello,

Joensuu Festival, June 22, 1994

Publisher: Fennica Gehrman

Tussilago (Coltsfoot) Op. 36
Composed: 1994
children’s/female choir and piano
Text by Elsa Beskow (in Swedish and English)
Duration: ca. 3′
Fp: Candiris Choir, cond. Timo-Juhani Kyllönen,

Espoo, May 9, 1994
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman

Note sample

Lux aeterna Op. 39
Composed: 1995
soprano, organ and accordion
version for flute, organ and accordion (2001)
Text: Bible (in Latin)
Duration: ca. 14′
Commissioned by the Organ Night and Aria Festival

(Urkuyö ja Aaria)
Fp: Kirsi Tiihonen, soprano, Kari Jussila, organ,

Timo-Juhani Kyllönen, accordion, Espoo, July 13, 1995
See also version for flute, organ and accordion (2001)

Publisher: Fennica Gehrman

Gudarnas lyra Op. 40a–c
Composed: 1995
female choir and 3 percussion (wood-blocks,

glockenspiel, maracas)
Text by Edith Södergran (in Swedish,

English translation printed in the score)
Gudarnas Lyra Op. 40a
Ljusfälten Op. 40b
Skum Op. 40c
Duration: 9’30”
Commissioned by the Helsinki University

Female Choir Lyran for their 50th anniversary
Fp: Helsinki University Female Choir Lyran,

cond. Johanna Almark, Helsinki, March 16, 1996
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman

Note sample

Two Kalevala Songs Op. 41
Composed: 1996/2003
female/youth choir and piano
Text: Kalevala (in Finnish,

English translation printed in the score)
Kuutar Op. 41a
Kokko Op. 41b
also a version for female choir and orchestra (2003)
Duration: 10′
Commissioned by the Joensuu Female Choir

for its 30th anniversary
Fp: Joensuu Female Choir, cond. Saara Juvonen,

Porvoo, March 15, 1997
Fp (version for female choir and orchestra):

Joensuu Female Choir and Orchestra of the Joensuu

Conservatory, cond. Saara Elomaa,

Joensuu, May 10, 2003

Publisher: Sulasol