Ensemble Recherche performing pianoquartet "Chasse-Neige" composed in 2014.

Pianoquartet "Chasse-Neige", 2014

Organ: James E Bobb
Rec: 4/25/15 assisted by Laina Bennett
Boe Chapel, St. Olaf College

"Light Within" is a short concert work for organ written during the Fall of 2014 in Northfield, MN. The piece is effectively an advanced level organ work, as well as the original sketches for a band piece, which will have its premiere performance in Dec. of 2015. The piece explores the ideas of transcendence and unification, and functionally can be used as a prelude to a church service without stepping over explicit theological bounds, but can also be used in secular contexts. The piece is an homage to the great transcendent force which unites all people through the miracle of life. It is effectively a love song.

Specific thanks goes to Prof. Jamie Bobb for being an unequivocal champion of the piece, giving several performances around the upper Midwest.

Light Within (for organ)

Francesca Anderegg, Violin
Brent Funderburk, Piano

Live recording from recital at St. Olaf College, May 4th 2015.

Imagined Archipelagos I. The Island Of Many Calendars (May 2015)

Infirmus for string orchestra. 
Premiered 22.8.2015 in Aleksatnerin kirkko, Tampere
by the Caprico Orchestra
Conducted by Elisar Riddelin
Orchestra manager Matilda Seppälä
Concert master Amelie Wünsche
Recorded by Tero Koski

This piece is dedicated to every person around the world suffering from incurable diseases and what you would call “rare diseases” or non-acknowledged diseases such as for instance chronicle Lyme.

Infirmus

Goodbye Cosmos is a colourful and exciting musical journey into the vastness of our universe. 
Please listen, enjoy and comment!
Stunning artwork by Juuso HD
Awesome mix and co-producing by Emil Kauppi
Mastered by Aleksi Kiiskinen

This piece is a musical tribute to all life on earth and to the transcendental feeling a human experiences while listening to their favorite music. The feeling resembles that of flying somewhere above the clouds, like experiencing another dimension. Goodbye Cosmos is an “electronica-orchestral”-piece filled with shimmering synths, modal harmony, colourful textures and epic orchestral fanfares.

Goodbye Cosmos

A Passing Perpetuum is an ethereal fantasy piece for solo clarinet & soundtrack. 

Beautiful clarinet part by Mikko Raasakka
 Mixed by Emil Kauppi
Mastered by Aleksi Kiiskinen
Cover art by Rasmus Rask

This piece is all about impression and fantasy. The listener is free to imagine whatever worlds or horizons that they see with their mind’s eye. However, in mine, I imagined a forever-moving sound event, that has always sounded and will always sound. Still, the sound event is only audible when the piece is performed. With this thought I wanted to juxtapose the feeling of something eternal, yet momentary.

Score available!

A Passing Perpetuum - Single

A Passing Perpetuum

World premiere by JACK Quartet, New York City (December 9th, 2019).

Christopher Otto, violin
Austin Wulliman, violin
John Pickford Richards, viola
Jay Campbell, cello

Supernova (2019) — JACK Quartet

Linda Suolahti viulu
Laura Hynninen harppu

Suite for Violin and Harp

Elisar Riddelin is a finnish conductor and composer