The final B in Heininen's ...touching... is played by the guitar and prolonged by singing, performed on this recording by Robert von Bahr because he has a better voice.
Compositional Technique
Paavo Heininen's guitar piece, ...touching..., includes several playing techniques invented by Heininen himself, such as a 'cracking' sound produced by the left hand.
Composition History
Nordgren's guitar piece, Butterflies, Op.39, was inspired by the butterfly stories in Lafcadio Hearn's book Kwaidan, a book that had previously inspired his 10 Ballades for piano.
Performer Biography
Jukka Savijoki, one of the few internationally known Nordic guitarists, is a senior lecturer at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and has had several Finnish and foreign composers write works for him.
Composer Biography
Pehr Henrik Nordgren, a Finnish composer, spent three years in Japan studying composition and traditional Japanese music, which significantly influenced his musical career.
Composer Biography
Seppo Nummi, primarily a writer of lieder, created a large repertoire of solo songs before the age of 25, which he refined and developed throughout his life.
Compositional Technique
Erik Bergman, a pioneer of modern music in Finland, was the first to use spoons as an instrumental effect in his compositions, a technique also featured in two other pieces on this record.
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