Harri Wessman
Harri Wessman was born in Helsinki, he is best known outside Finland for his Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, and the choral work "Vesi väsyy lumen alle" (Water weary under snow), composed for the Tapiola Choir.
Harri Wessman
- Born
- 1949
- Nationality
- Finland
- Occupation
- composer · musicologist
- Teachers
- Joonas Kokkonen
- Languages
- Finnish
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1949
Harri Wessman born.
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- 1.Fanfare - Volume 12, Issue 2 - Page 330 1988 The title of this album is taken from a composition by Harri Wessman, a graduate himself of what must be the world's most skilled children's choir. Wessman's piece is an adaptation of a sadly beautiful traditional melody, and it is accompanied ...
- 2.Classic CD. - Issues 114-119 - Page 40 1999 "In his attractive choral song "Water under Snow is weary" (Tapiola Choir, Finlandia) Finnish composer Harri Wessman depicts the interminable sleep of nature in winter, when only the wind and snow- dance. Further south snow becomes more ..
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