Hi there everybody!   Exciting news here… This song of mine is going to have lyrics! https://open.spotify.com/track/5gK2E6Is1YQINl1hLwHuD0 And trust me, those lyrics are GREAT!   An arrangement for a full choir and piano is also on it’s way…   Stay tuned for more news! 🙂

Hi everybody! I want to wish you all a happy Easter! Here’s a very beautiful Swedish Easter hymn for you to enjoy! (Sung in Finnish though) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwRik_uMdkE The hymn tells about what pains Jesus went through during his final days and that He endured all that because of us. Enjoy!

I recorded today this old beautiful God-praising hymn tune with Spectrasonics Omnisphere… it’s such a great software synthesizer! Thank you Spectrasonics for your hard work in making such a wonderful software instrument! Here’s the link for the track: https://soundcloud.com/mikey-a/holy-holy-holy-played-with-omnisphere

I played this old beautiful classic hymn using Omnisphere’s preset “Infinite Celeste”… enjoy! I just love this hymn! WE SHALL OVERCOME!

Played around with Spectrasonics Omnisphere and recorded this old hymn tune with it’s preset “Epic Solina Richness” 😀 Enjoy! A Finnish text “On meillä aarre verraton” (We have an uncomparable treasure), written by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, is set to this tune… In here the tune is in it’s original form, not “standardised” as it is

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Got this from the Finnish Literature Society’s webstore… a replica and critical edition of “Yxi Tarpelinen Nuotti-Kirja” (A Necessary Book of Sheet Music), a Finnish hymnal collection published in 1702… Quite an interesting book, there are many very beautiful hymns with very old-fashioned lyrics (the Finnish poetical tradition hadn’t developed yet and the language is

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I transcribed a piece for two trumpets and trombone… a very beautiful German hymn from the 16th century, composed by Burkhard Waldis… This hymn is included in the hymnal book of the Finnish Lutheran Church in a little bit altered form, but I think the original one (which I transcribed here) is more beautiful… waldis.pdf

I made another arrangement for strings… an old beautiful Finnish hymn “Mun kanteleeni kauniimmin” (Once my kantele will play more beautifully in Heaven)… composed by Ms. Kreeta Haapasalo in the 1800s… A very, very beautiful tune in my opinion… I hope my arrangement brings justice for it… mun kanteleeni kauniimmin for strings.PDF