Elis Pehkonen

The English composer with the Finnish name

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    • Turning World CD
    • Chamber Music
      • Irinna’s Song
      • Mountain Sketches
      • Tara’s Harp
      • Travel Sonata
    • Choral Music
      • 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
    • Vocal Music
      • Alleluia
      • Four Russian Songs
      • Song of the Turtle Dove
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Choral Music

Elis PehkonenA Capella Choir

  • At the Last (5 mins) Words by Walt Whitman.
  • Harvest of the Sea (8 mins) Traditional Manx Fisherman’s Song First Performed in Bulgaria by the Birmingham Festival Choral Society Touring Choir.
  • The Raven (10 mins) Settings of Key Words from the poem by Edgar Allen Poe.
  • Three Holderlin Songs (10 mins) Commissioned by the Cheltenham Ladies College. First broadcast Radio 3 by the BBC Singers.


Chorus & Brass

  • In Ecclesiis (SATB & 2 Trombones, 7 mins) Composed for the Cheltenham Festival. First broadcast BBC Singers on Radio 3.
  • Buccinate Tuba (SATB & Brass Ensemble with Timps & Organ, 12 mins) Commissioned by John Sanders and the Three Choirs Festival.
  • New Work (SATB & Horn, 15 mins) For Janet Lince & the OUP Choir.


Chorus & Orchestra

  • Russian Requiem (43 mins) Short Setting of the Requiem with texts by Boris Pasternak.
  • Ode to Saint Cecilia (38 mins) Commissioned by John Smith & the Bedford Choral Society.
  • Gloria (38 mins) Commissioned by Brian Kay and the Cheltenham Bach Choir.
  • Laudate (30 mins) Commissioned by Jeremy Patterson & the Birmingham Festival Choral Society.
  • The First Coming (28 mins) Tenor Solo, Horn, Harp & Bell in A.
  • Requiem Missa Pro Defunctis (1 hr 50 mins) For Choir, Full Orchestra, and 5 soloists.


SATB Choir & Organ/Piano

  • A Boy Is Born (6 mins) Commissioned by the Cheltenham Choral Society. First Performed Cheltenham Town Hall with Tony Hewitt-Jones organ.
  • How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings (8 mins) Commissioned by Christopher Barton and the Choir of St Woolos Cathedral Newport for a special celebratory service with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Balulalow (4 mins)
  • Suffolk Canticles (8 mins) Recent 5 & 3 minute settings of the Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis.
  • Orkney Calendar (19 mins) Commissioned by Ronald Corp and the New London Childrens Choir. First performed at St Johns Smith Square.
  • The Sun on the Sand (6 mins) Commissioned by Tony Rogers and the Australian National Choral Association for their regular magazine ANCA.

Upcoming Performances

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

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Blog

  • WWI Requiem Concert in Ripon
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  • Musical Fireworks
  • Carillon Performs Vision in a Dream
  • Amor Vincit Omnia review

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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