Elis Pehkonen

The English composer with the Finnish name

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      • Irinna’s Song
      • Mountain Sketches
      • Tara’s Harp
      • Travel Sonata
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      • Russian Requiem
      • Buccinate Tuba
      • The First Coming
      • Gloria
      • Laudate
      • Ode to Saint Cecilia
      • Requiem Missa Pro Defunctis
      • Suffolk Canticles
    • Orchestral Music
      • 13th Century Dances
      • The Death of Barquentine
      • Over the Water
      • The Sunset and Evening Star
      • Viola Concerto
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      • Alleluia
      • Four Russian Songs
      • Song of the Turtle Dove
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Past Events

Elis Pehkonen portrait

2011

December 
Gloria (5 performances)
Performance in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

November
Recording of CD at Purcell School with Antony Hopkins.

October
Hymn to the Sun
Performance at Alwyn Festival, St. Felix School, Southwold.
John Turner, Solo Recorder.

September
White Fire and Moonlight
Performance at Alexander Centre, Faversham, Kent./
The Oare String Orchestra. Conductor Peter Aviss.

September
Playing with Fire (Classical Orchestra Version)
Performance by Worthing Symphony Orchestra. Conductor John Gibbons.

May
Pieds en l’air
Performance at  Berkhamstead Civic Centre.
Antony Hopkins CBE 90th Birthday Celebration Concert.

May
Suffolk Bells
Wissett Church
Liz Page and Margaret Westlake.

April 
Fireworks Music
Performance at Casterton Parish Church, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.
John Turner, Recorder, and Ian Thompson, Harpsichord.

March 
Playing with Fire (Classical Orchestra Version)
Performance at Framingham Parish Church & Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall (2 performances).
Prometheus Orchestra. Conductor Edmond Fivet CBE.

January
Sunset and Evening Star
Radio broadcast in New Zealand.

2010

September 25

Viola Concerto
Performance at Alexander Centre, Faversham
Oare String Orchestra, Autumn Concert
Robin Ashwell, viola.

March 25

Russian Requiem
Performance at Exeter Cathedral
Lesley-Jane Rogers, soprano.

2007

January 27
Recorder Concerto: Over the Water
Performance at Faversham, Kent.
John Turner (recorders), and The Oare String Orchestra. Directed by Peter Avis.

2006

November 10
Songs of the Turtle Dove
Opening Concert at Greenwich Early Music Festival, St. Alfege Church, Greenwich.
Turner, Clapton, and Price.

October 27
Songs of the Turtle Dove
Performance at Cambridge Festival, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.
Turner, Clapton, and Price.

September / October
Turning World
CD release by Corinium Music.
A selection of Elis Pehkonen’s tonal music to celebrate 40 years as a professional composer. Various performers. Pre-release orders accepted.

August 19
Songs of the Turtle Dove
Performance at Kendal Festival, Ambleside, Cumbria.
John Turner (Alto Recorder), Nicholas Clapton (Counter-Tenor), and Jonathan Price (Violoncello).

July
Over the Water
CD release by Dutton CDs.
John Turner & The Manchester Camerate Ensemble. Conducted by Philip Mackenzie.

July 7
Travel Sonata
Performance at Leonard Stanley Priory, Glostershire.
Fenella Humphreys (Violin) and Helen Reid (Piano).



Fairly Recent Broadcasts

The Agnus Dei & Requiem Aeternam from the Russian Requiem. Presenter: Natalie Wheen on “Classic Discovery.”


Fairly Recent Performances

Russian Requiem
Huddersfield (2003)
Aberdeen (2003)
Portsmouth

Ode to Saint Cecilia
Birmingham Festival Choral Society.
Eire, St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin.
Oxford, OUP Choir.
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Music Club Choir and Orchestra.

Gloria
Wirksworth, Derbyshire Singers & East of England Sinfonia.

Philomel
Foyer Covent Garden, Harare Zimbabwe – Timothy Kipling, Danielle Perrett.

Irinna’s Song
USA various venues including St George’s Island! Raymond Burley, guitar.

Four Russian Songs
Leeds, Soprano Hilary Thomas. Dan Gordon, Piano.

Alleluia
Dartington International Summer Festival.
St. Ann’s Music Society, Manchester.

Upcoming Performances

Nov 14th Elis Pehkonen will be present for the performance of The Russian Requiem at Ripon Cathedral.

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Links Familial

  • Nic Pehkonen
  • Marc Pehkonen
  • Lori Taylor Pehkonen
  • Eliza Pehkonen

Links Musical

  • British Music Information Centre
  • Music hire from Oxford University Press
  • Patron of Birmingham Festival Choral Society

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