ORCHESTRA
*Contact with questions regarding doublings and percussion details
| TITLE | DURATION | INSTRUMENTATION* | COMMISSION | WORLD PREMIERE | LISTEN |
| Bacchanale (2023) | ca. 5′ | 2222 / 4331 / timp / 1 perc / 108654 | Orchestre National d’Île de France | 15.01.2024 – Orchestre National d’Île de France, conducted by Ainars Rubikis, Philharmonie de Paris (France) | – |
| Naava (2021) | ca. 7′ | 2222 / 2200 / timp / 86542 | Jyväskylä Sinfonia | 14.12.2022 – Jyväskylä Sinfonia, conducted by Elena Schwarz, Jyväskylän teatteritalo (FI) | Contact for more details |
| Sunfall (2019-20) | ca. 17′ | 3333 / 4331 / timp / 2 perc / hp / pno / 14.12.10.8.6 | London Symphony Orchestra through the LSO Discovery Panufnik Composers Scheme, generously supported by Lady Hamlyn and the Helen Hamlyn Trust | 03.04.2022 – London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by François-Xavier Roth, Barbican Hall, London (UK) | Contact for more details |
| Ripped Tapestry (2019) | ca. 10′ | 1222 / 2200 / timp / 86444 | Orchestre National d’Île de France, Radio France | 21.02.2019 – Orchestre National d’Île de France, conducted by Jean Deroyer, Centre des bords de Marne, Paris (France) | Audio |
| Suns extinguished (2018) | ca. 5′ | 3333 / 4331 / timp / 2 perc / hp / 14.12.10.8.6 | London Symphony Orchestra through the LSO Discovery Panufnik Composers Scheme, generously supported by Lady Hamlyn and the Helen Hamlyn Trust | 25.03.2019 – London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by François-Xavier Roth, LSO Panufnik Scheme Workshop, LSO St. Lukes, London (UK) | Contact for more details |
| Stonewalls (2017) | ca. 8′ | 2222 / 2200 / timp / 86442 | 3rd Prize Winner in RNS ‘New Year, New Music’ Composition Competition 2017 | 26.01.2018 – Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Lars Vogt, ‘New Year, New Music’ competition final, Sage Gateshead, Newcastle (UK) | Contact for more details |
ENSEMBLE
*Contact with questions regarding doublings and percussion details
| TITLE | DURATION | INSTRUMENTATION* | COMMISSION | WORLD PREMIERE | LISTEN |
| Bourrée (2022) | ca. 4′ | – / 4331 / timp / 3 perc / – | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 29.01.2023 – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Clark Rundell, Symphony Hall, Birmingham (UK) | – |
| Bells & Echoes (2022) | ca. 15′ | clarinet, violin, piano | Kamarikesä-festival | 08.2023 Klaara Vasara, Abel Puustinen, Ossi Tanner, Kamarikesä, Helsinki (FI) | – |
| Pilgrim (2020) | ca. 12′ | clarinet, percussion, harp, accordion, violin, viola, cello, double bass | Royal Philharmonic Society | No public performance. Released by NMC recordings | Audio |
| Songs of Empty Landscapes (2020) | ca. 16′ | alto saxophone (or clarinet), piano, violin, viola, cello | Uusinta Ensemble, with support from Teosto | 28.08.2020 – Uusinta Ensemble, Tampere Biennale Festival, Puistotorni, Tampere (FI) | Audio / Video |
| Lullaby from Songs of Empty Landscapes (2020) | ca. 3′ | violin, cello, piano | – | – | Audio |
| On Blue (2019) | ca. 12′ | string quartet | Kreutzer Quartet, with support from Sibelius Foundation Fund | 24.11.2020 – Kreutzer Quartet, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, University of Oxford, Oxford (UK) | Video |
| Suns kindled arrangement of Suns extinguished (2018) | ca. 5′ | string quartet | – | No public performance | – |
| Piano Concerto (2018) | ca. 13′ | 1111 / 1110 / perc / pno (soloist) / 11111 | Laura Farré Rozada | 04.12.2018 – Laura Farré Rozada (piano), New Perspectives Ensemble, conducted by Timothy Lines, Royal College of Music, London (UK) | Video 1 / Video 2 |
| Tumma (2017) | ca. 7′ | 1111 / 1110 / 2 perc / hp / pno / 11111 | Written for the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme Composition Course 2017 | 14.07.2017 – Ulysses Network Ensemble, conducted by Jonathan Berman, Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Snape (UK) | Audio |
SOLO
| TITLE | DURATION | INSTRUMENT | COMMISSION | WORLD PREMIERE | LISTEN |
| Soliloquy (2022) | ca. 7′ | accordion | Vincent Gailly | 19.03.2022 – Vincent Gailly, Auditorium de Moulin de Mouses, Festival de Breuillet, Paris (FR) | – |
| Snowscapes (2021) | ca. 13′ | piano | Allison Wang, with support from Finlandia Foundation National | 24.10.2021 – Allison Wang Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago (USA) | Video |
| Ritual (2020) | ca. 5′ | violin (scordatura) | Peter Sheppard-Skærved | No public performance | – |
| Kajo (2019) | ca. 6′ | viola (version for violin available) | – | 15.10.2019 – Wenhan Jiang (viola), Ella Holappa (dancer) & Alina Sakko (dancer), choreographed by Vilma Tihilä, Bloomsbury Festival, Holy Cross Church, London (UK) | – |
| Triptych (2018) | ca. 6′ | horn | – | 14.05.2018 – Alexander Ian Oon, West Parry Room, Royal College of Music, London (UK) | – |
| Soi (2017) | ca. 9′ | violin | Peter Sheppard-Skærved | 15.02.2018 – Peter Sheppard Skærved, ‘Preludes & Vollenteries’, St Vedast Foster Lane, London (UK) | Audio |
| elegy (2017) | ca. 4′ | piano | – | 22.05.2018 – Clare Simmonds, Borough New Music, St. George the Martyr Church, London (UK) | – |
| Beach (2017) | ca. 6′ | guitar (scordatura) | Chris Roberts | 01.03.2018 – Chris Roberts, St. Matthew’s Church, Bayswater, London (UK) | Audio |
| la vehemència del despertar (2016) | ca. 4′ | piano | Laura Farré Rozada | 11.05.2017 – Laura Farré Rozada, Recital Hall, Royal College of Music, London (UK) | Audio |
VOCAL
| TITLE | DURATION | ENSEMBLE | COMMISSION | WORLD PREMIERE | LISTEN |
| Autumn Songs (2021) | ca. 12′ | soprano & piano | Maria Turunen & Armaan Madar, with support from Sibelius Foundation Fund & Taike | 25.09.2021 – Maria Turunen & Armaan Madar, Kallion kirkko, Helsinki (FI) | Video |
| En sourdine (2020) | ca. 7′ | soprano & viola (versions for soprano & cello, alto & viola, alto & cello, tenor & cello, flute & cello available) | Jennifer Coumbe to commemorate the 95th anniversary of Charles Richardson’s birth | No public performance | Video |
| reflected in the eye (2018) | ca. 3′ | solo soprano (versions for alto, tenor & bass available) | – | 19.06.2018 – Olivia Moss, Borough New Music, St. George the Martyr Church, London (UK) | – |
| Most quiet need (2018) | ca. 3′ | three sopranos (versions for three altos or three tenors available) | Philomel | 24.11.2018 – Philomel, The Swiss Church, London (UK) | Audio |
CHORAL
| TITLE | DURATION | ENSEMBLE | COMMISSION | WORLD PREMIERE | LISTEN |
| There will come soft rains (2022) | ca. 8′ | SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB choir | Helsinki Chamber Choir, with support from Teosto | 08.06.2022 – Helsinki Chamber Choir by Nils Schweckendiek, Ritarihuone, Helsinki (FI) | Video |
| Reflecting Taverner (2019) | ca. 6′ | SSAATTBB choir | 3rd Prize in ORA Singers Open Composer Competition 2019 | 27.07.2019 – ORA Singers, conducted by Suzi Digby, King’s College Chapel, London (UK) | Audio |
FIXED MEDIA
| TITLE | DURATION | COMMISSION | WORLD PREMIERE | LISTEN |
| through stained glass (2017) | 3’23” | – | No public performance | Audio |
| ‘Talvinen elegia’ (2017) | 5’55” | – | No public performance | Audio |
Photo by © Peter Sheppard Skaerved (February 2018)
Sheet music of ‘Soi’ with a Finnish granitoid
Joel Järventausta 