Karjalainen, Ahti

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Karjalainen, Ahti

Karjalainen, Ahti , Finnish conductor and composer; b. Oulu, March 20, 1907; d. Jyväskylä, Oct. 2, 1986. He studied composition at the Helsinki Cons., the Viipuri Inst., and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. After playing violin and trombone in various orchs., he conducted the Jyväskylä City Orch

Works

orch:Polonaise for Trombone and Orch. (1935); Scherzo for Trumpet, Trombone, and Orch. (1940); Trombone Concerto (1942); Summer Scenes for Oboe and Orch. (1944); Winter Scenes (1948); Sym. (1948); Concert Suite for Bassoon and Orch. (1949); Duo for 2 Trumpets and Orch. (1950); Violin Concerto (1952); Ostinato for Cello and Orch. (1954); 2 cello concertos (1956, 1966). chamber: 6 partitas for Various Instrumental Combinations (1936, 1940, 1945, 1961, 1964, 1965); Wind Sextet (1945); solo pieces. vocal:The Eagle’s Way for Chorus and Orch. (1965); Setting Out for Narrator, Baritone, Mixed Chorus, Men’s Chorus, and Orch. (1968); The Song of Wood, cantata (1971).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire