Two songs for female voice and accordion: When the Sun goes down & Man goes into noisy crowd
Two songs (2007) for female voice and accordion from Shom
Man goes into noisy crowd
When the Sun goes down
from a song cycle Shom
Duration 7 min.
Dedicated to Timo Kinnunen and Virpi Räisänen
Fp. Virpi Räisänen-Midth and Timo Kinnunen at Viitasaari Time of Music, July 7th 2007.
Two songs II (2009)
arrangement for female voice and piano. Duration 9 min.
Fp. Jutta Seppinen and Cecilia Oinas, New York
The first song from a song cycle Shom: Man goes into noisy crowd is a virtuosic movement. In its vocal part I play a lot with vowels and syllables. In the middle of the song there is a partly improvised cadenza for voice. The second song, When the sun goes down is a simple and static movement, a descending line. Its Bengalese words remind of a sunset seen from the East. By the time of composing this movement I was fascinated by the possibility of the accordion to produce a continuous line, which vibrates without any interruptions or pauses. Both songs are from a song cycle Shom.
Performances e.g.
29th January 2025 Kaustinen Chamber Music Week
Shom (parts) (2007)
Meeri Pulakka, soprano
Veli Kujala, accordion
15th June 2024 Kangasala Classic
When the sun goes down
Meeri Pulakka, soprano
Janne Valkeajoki, accordion
19th July 2026 Konnevesi Shedding my Skin
Kaisa Kraft, soprano
Mikko Luoma, accordion