Composer, Conducter, Accordionist Timo-Juhani Kyllönen
Chamber works
Syysillan karkeloissa
paraphrase on a Finnish folksong
Composed: 1979
violin and piano
Duration: 6′
Fp: Antti Tikkanen, violin, Kalle Toivio, piano,
Raahe Music Week, Raahe, February 4, 2001
Publisher: Music Finland
Dream Train (Unelmajuna)
Composed: 1982
violin and accordion
Duration: ca. 5′
Commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company/TV 1
Fp: Ville-Veikko Honkkila, violin, Sari Jaarila, accordion,
Forssa, September 8, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 3
“In Memory of a Friend”
Composed: 1984–1985
Duration: ca. 20′
Fp: String Quartet of the Composers’ Union of the USSR (S. Ryabov, I violin, M. Dolgopolsky, II violin, M. Vinogradov, viola, K. Tsvetkova, cello),
Moscow, December 5, 1985
Publisher: Modus Music
Trilogy for Two Pianos Op. 4
“Reflections”
Composed: 1984
Duration: 14′
Fp: Maritza Núñez, Alvaro Manzano,
Lima (Peru),
January 18, 1985
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Trio No. 1 Op.9
violin, cello and accordion
Composed: 1986
Duration: ca. 23′
Commissioned by the Helsinki Festival
Fp: Maija Kontunen, violin, Janne Aalto, cello,
Timo-Juhani Kyllönen, accordion, Helsinki, July 29, 1986
Publisher: Finnish Accordion Institute
Elegia Op. 15
“quasi una sonata”
per violino e pianoforte in memoriam Kira Tsvetkova
Composed: 1987
Duration: ca. 18′
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki,
April 23, 1987
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Desolazione (Disconsolation) Op.16a
Composed: 1987
organ and oboe
Duration: 12’30”
Commissioned by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Fp: Aale Lindgren, oboe, Kari Jussila, organ, Helsinki,
June 12, 1987
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Desolazione (Disconsolation) Op.16b
Composed: 1987
version for accordion and oboe
Duration: 12’30”
Fp: Helka Kymäläinen, accordion, Tommi Mentu, oboe,
Helsinki, May 5, 1996
Trio No. 2 Op. 18
Composed: 1988
piano, violin/flute and cello
Duration: 9′
Commissioned by the Juvenalia Chamber Music Competition as obligatory repertoire for participants in the competition
Fp: Juvenalia Chamber Music Competition, Espoo,
November 12, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Contrasts Op. 22
Composed: 1988
percussion ensemble (5 players)
Duration: ca. 14′
Commissioned by the Helsinki Biennale
Fp: Finnish Radio Percussion Ensemble (Lassi Erkkilä, Timothy Ferchen, Pauli Hämäläinen, Jorma Lahtinen, Juho Vartiainen),
Helsinki, December 15, 1990
Publisher: Music Finland
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 23
Composed: 1989
Duration: ca. 17′
Commissioned by the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
Fp: Keller Quartet (András Keller, violin I, János Pilz, violin II,
Zoltán Gál, viola, Ottó Kertész, cello), Kuhmo Chamber
Music Festival, Kuhmo, July 26, 1989
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Fantasia Op. 28
Composed: 1991
flute and piano
Commissioned by Ilari Lehtinen
Duration: 10′
Fp: Ilari Lehtinen, flute, Anna-Leena Hakuli, piano, Turku,
November 17, 1991
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Ikaros Op. 32
Composed: 1993
2 pianos with eight hands (or 4 pianos with eight hands)
Duration: ca. 4′
Commissioned by the Espoo International Piano Festival and the Finnish Broadcasting Company/TV 1
Fbp: Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris, Hui-Ying Liu, Erik T. Tawaststjerna,
Marita Viitasalo, Finnish TV 1, May 10, 1993
Publisher: Music Finland
Trio No. 3 Op. 35
Composed: 1994
flute/violin/clarinet, cello and piano
Duration: ca. 10′
Commissioned by the Juvenalia Chamber Music Competition
as obligatory repertoire for participants in the competition
Fp: Trio Toivio (Lauri Toivio, flute, Seeli Toivio, cello,
Kalle Toivio, piano), Espoo, May 9, 1994
Publisher: Modus Music
Three Alleluias Op. 37a–c
Composed: 1994
brass ensemble
Alleluia Op. 37a
Alleluia, Vidimus Stellam Op. 37b
Alleluia Op. 37c
Duration: ca. 10′
Fp (37b): St. Michael Brass, cond. Tarja Viitanen,
Kirkkonummi, June 5, 1994
Publisher: Music Finland
Trio No. 4 Op. 38
Composed: 1994
accordion, flute/violin, and clarinet/violin
Duration: ca. 12′
Commissioned by the Association of Finnish Music Schools
Fp: Johanna Elomaa, accordion, Helina Kaasik, flute, Petrus Laitinmäki, violin, Helsinki, March 24, 1996
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Horus Op. 48 I Horus II The Soul of Re III Hail to You My Heart
Composed: 1998
accordion and cello
Duration: ca. 14′
Fp: Timo-Juhani Kyllönen, accordion, Sami Mäkelä, cello,
Zarautz (Spain), June 25, 1998
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Three Alleluias for Accordion, Violin and Cello Op. 45a
Composed: 1998
version of Three Alleluia Songs Op. 26a-c
Duration: ca. 10′
Publisher: Music Finland
Three Alleluias for Accordion and Cello Op. 45b
Composed: 1998
version of Three Alleluia Songs Op. 26a-c
Duration: ca. 10′
Fp: Timo-Juhani Kyllönen, accordion, Sami Mäkelä, cello,
Zarautz (Spain), June 25, 1998
Lux aeterna Op. 39b
Composed: 1995/2001
version for flute, organ and accordion
Duration: ca. 14′
Dedicated to Espoo ‘the City of Light’
Fp: Ulla Suokko, flute, Timo-Juhani Kyllönen, accordion,
New York, November 16, 2001
See also version for soprano, organ and accordion
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Meditación a Carmen Luz Op. 61
Composed: 2001
flute and cello
Duration: 5′
Dedicated tp Carmen Luz Bejarano
Fp: Lima (Peru), August 2001
Romances for Cello and Piano Op. 70 a-b
Composed: 2004
Romance I
Romance II
Duration: ca 10′
Dedicated to Seeli Toivio
Fp: Seeli Toivio, cello, Valeria Resjan, piano, Pieksämäki,
October 13, 2004
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Trio No. 5 Op. 72
“Vuoksen kosketus” (‘The Touch of Vuoksi’)
Composed: 2004
flute, violin and piano
I Vuoksen kosketus (The touch of Vuoksi)
II Vuoksen kuohu (The foam of Vuoksi)
Duration: 11′
Commissioned by the Imatra Music Institute and the Association of Finnish Music Schools
Fp: Imatra, May 12, 2005
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Hermes Op. 73
Toccata for Two Accordions
Composed: 2004
2 accordions
Duration: ca 12′
Commissioned by The Finnish National Council of Music
Dedicated to Kalle Välimaa and Jukka-Pekka Kuusela
Fp: Heidi Luosujärvi and Terhi Sjöblom, accordion, Helsinki, November 16, 2005
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Ceremonial Music Op. 83
for Brass Quintet, 2 trumpets in Bb, Corno in F, Trombone,Tuba
Composed: 2012
Duration: ca 5′
Commissioned by The Royal Order of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen
Fp: Madeleine Andersson, Johan Odin, Jón Klintö, William Raagart, Per-Ola Eneroth, Norrbärke Church, Sweden July 16, 2015
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Festive Fanfare (Jubileumsfanfar) op.93
for 2 trumpets in C
Composed: 2015
Duration ca. 3:27
Commissioned by The Organ Night and Aria Festival for their opening concert in honour of its 30-anniversary, broadcasted by The Finnish Radio 1 (YLE 1)
Fp. Jani Huopala and Tapio Paavilainen, Espoo Cathedral, Finland June 4, 2015
Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Party for Freedom op.87 in 3 parts 1.Speedy Bording 2. Seance Right 3. World is Flooding
violin, cello, flute, clarinet in Bb, accordion, marimba, vibraphone+perc.
Composed: 2013
Duration: ca. 23′
Commissioned by The Kone Foundation, Finland in cooperation with the performance artist Oreet Ashery(UK).
Fp: Conductor, Timo-Juhani Kyllönen, musicians from the BBC Symphonic Orchestra, London, May 1, 2013
Publisher: Music Finland
