Teodor Nicolau - composer


T E O D O R N I C O L A U – W O R K S C A T A L O G

WORKS FOR THE STAGE

"FAIRY  TAIL  ABOUT  A  SMALL   VIOLIN" op. 10 (2001)
for  narrator - mezzosoprano and orchestra.
Text author: Anni Swan , poetry: Raili Mikkanen .
Orchestra: 1111 - 2110 - 02 and strings
Duration:  ca 30' Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA OR LARGE ENSEMBLE

"BACCHANALE" op. 9 version 1 (2002)
for  full orchestra: 3332 - 4331-12-1, Celesta and strings
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"BACCHANALE" op. 9 version 2 (2002)
for orchestra: 2222- 4331-12-1, Celesta and strings
Duration:  ca 2' Distributor: Music Finland
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"TWO  PIECES  FOR  ORCHESTRA" (2009)
for full orchestra -2222-4331-12-1-Celesta & strings.
Durration: ca. 7’-8'  Distributor: Music Finland
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"MUSIC  FOR  7  PAINTINGS" op. 11 b (2004 / 2010)
for  full orchestra:  2222 – 4220 – 12 -1 and strings
Duration:  ca  15' Distributor: Music Finland
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"MIORITIC  ROOTS" op. 12 b (2009 / 2011)
for   full  orchestra:  2(+Pan Fl.optional)222 - 4221 – 12 - 1  and strings
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"MIORITIC  ROOTS" op. 12 c (2009 / 2011)
for   orchestra:  2222 - 2200 – 11 - 1  and strings
Duration:  ca 17' Distributor: Music Finland 
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“LE CREPUSCULE DES PENSEES” op. 17 (2013)
for  alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, harp, piano, percussion and string orchestra
Duration: ca. 14'  Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR SOLOIST AND LARGE ORCHESTRA

"POEME  CONCERTANTE" op. 12 (2009)
for  solo violin and orchestra.
Orchestra: 2(+Pan Fl.optional)222 - 4221 – 12-1 and strings
Duration:  ca 24' Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR SOLOIST AND SMALL ORCHESTRA

OBOE  CONCERTO  op. 3 (1986)
for oboe solo and orchestra
Orchestra: 0000-2100-12 and Strings
Duration:  ca 24' - Distributor: Music Finland
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 "MISSISSAUGA-SUITE" op. 5 (1994)
for flute and orchestra
&

"MISSISSAUGA-SUITE" op. 5 b (1994)
for violin and chamber orchestra,
&

"MISSISSAUGA-SUITE" op. 5 c (1994 / 2010)
for oboe (+english horn) and chamber orchestra
(Orchestra: strings + harp)
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA

"17  CHAMBER  MUSIC MINIATURES" op. 8 b (1997 / 2002)
for string orchestra
Duration:  ca 27' Distributor: Music Finland 
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“ECHOES” op. 21 (2014)
for string orchestra (54331 players or doubled)
Duration:  ca 12’ Distributor: Music Finland 
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“DISTANT ECHOES” op. 24d (2015 / 2017)
for string orchestra (33221 players or doubled)
Duration:  ca 16’ Distributor: Music Finland 


W O R K S F O R C H A M B E R M U S I C E N S E M B L E S

WORKS FOR 13 PLAYERS

"SUITE FOR 12 VIOLINS AND HARP" op. 6 b (1995 / 2004)
&

"SUITE FOR 12 VIOLAS AND HARP" op. 6 c (1995 / 2004)
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"GIPSY-SONG" op. 7 b (1999 / 2006)
for 6 or 12 violins and piano,
Duration:  ca 6'  Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR 9 PLAYERS

""GIPSY-SONG" op. 7 d (1999 / 2013)
for 9 players: 3 violins, viola, v-cello, c-bass, percussion, piano & quitar
Duration:  ca 6'  Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR 8 PLAYERS

"THREE  PIECES  FOR EIGHT PLAYERS" ( 1988 / 2014)
for flute, clarinet, piano, marimba and string quartet
Duration:  ca 10' - Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR 7 PLAYERS

"MUSIC  FOR  7  PAINTINGS" op. 11 (2004)
for  7 players: oboe, perc., accordeon, harp and strings trio.
Duration:  ca  15' - Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR 6 PLAYERS

"HORN-SUITE" op. 6 d (1995 / 2006)
for 6 french horns
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"PARAGRAPHS FROM A DIARY" op. 27 b - 2017
for 6 players: bass cl., bassoon, vibraphone, piano, viola & v-cello
Duration:  ca 15'30'' - Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR 5 PLAYERS

"3  PIECES FOR FIVE PLAYERS"  op. 4 b (1998 / 2013)
for 5 players: flute, oboe, clarinet, piano and marimba
Duration:  ca 10' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"MISSISSAUGA SUITE"  op. 5 e (1994 / 2017)
for 5 players: flute solo & piano quartet (violin, viola, v-cello & piano)
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"GIPSY SONG"  op. 7 f (1999 / 2016)
for 5 players: flute, violin, viola, v-cello & piano
Duration:  ca 7' - Distributor: Music Finland
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“KADUN  KULMISSA” (“AT THE CORNER OF THE STREET”) op. 15 (2010)
for  5 players (oboe, violin, v-cello. accordeon & perc.)
Optional: 1 dancer or dancers

Duration: ca. 23'  Distributor: Music Finland
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“TWO FUGITIVE IMAGES” op. 20 (2014)
for  double reed quintet
(oboe, oboe d’amore, english horn, basso oboe (or heckelphone) & bassoon
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“TWO FUGITIVE IMAGES” op. 20 b (2014)
for woodwind quintet
(flaut, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & horn)
Duration:  ca  15’ Distributor: Music Finland
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“ECHOES II” op. 23 (2014)
for mixed piano quintet – fl., cl., piano, violin & v-cello
Duration:  ca 14’ Distributor: Music Finland 
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“DISTANT ECHOES” op. 24 e (2017)
for piano quintet: 2 violins, viola, v-cello & piano
Duration:  ca 16’ Distributor: Music Finland 
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"A SMALL OUVERTURE" (2015)
for  brass quintet: 2 trp., horn, trombone & tuba
Duration:  ca  2' Distributor: Music Finland 


WORKS FOR 4 PLAYERS

THREE  PIECES  FOR STRING QUARTET (1988 / 2014)
2 violins, viola & v-cello
Duration:  ca 10' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"HORN-SUITE" op. 6 (1995)
for french horns quartet
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"SUITE FOR STRING QUARTET" op. 6e (1995 / 2016)
for 2 vlns, viola & v-cello
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"GIPSY SONG" op. 7e (1999 / 2016)
for 4 players: flute, violin, viola & v-cello
Duration:  ca 7' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"FAIRY TALE FOR STRING QUARTET" op. 13c (2009 / 2017)
2 violins, viola & v-cello
Duration:  ca 6' - Distributor: Music Finland
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“DISTANT ECHOES – LOINTAINS ÉCHOS – KAUKAISET KAIUT” op. 24 (2015)
for string quartet.
Duration:  ca 18' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"17  CHAMBER  MUSIC MINIATURES FOR YOUNG PLAYERS" op. 8 (1997)
for  string quartet, (or 3 violins + v-cello)
Duration:  ca  30’ Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR 3 PLAYERS

"MISSISSAUGA-SUITE" op. 5 d (1994 / 2013)
for flute and 2 harps
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland
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"GIPSY-SONG" op. 7 (1999)
for oboe, violin and piano
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"GIPSY-SONG" op. 7c (1999 / 2013)
for 2 violins and piano
Duration:  ca 6'  Distributor: Music Finland
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“DISTANT ECHOES – LOINTAINS ÉCHOS – KAUKAISET KAIUT” op. 24b (2015)
for piano trio: violin, v-cello & piano
Duration:  ca 16' - Distributor: Music Finland
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“DISTANT ECHOES – LOINTAINS ÉCHOS – KAUKAISET KAIUT” op. 24c (2015)
for string trio (violin, viola & v-cello)
Duration:  ca 16' - Distributor: Music Finland
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“PARAGRAPHS FROM A DIARY - OTTEITA PÄIVÄKIRJASTA” op. 27 (2017)
for bass clarinet in Bb, vibrafon and v-cello
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland
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“PARAGRAPHS FROM A DIARY - OTTEITA PÄIVÄKIRJASTA” op. 27c (2017)
for bass clarinet in Bb, piano & v-cello
Duration:  ca 15' - Distributor: Music Finland
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“Fufitives Visions” (2022)
for violin, clarinet in Bb, bassoon and harp
Duration:  ca 12'' 

WORKS FOR 2 PLAYERS

3  MINIATURES  op. 4 (1986)
for oboe and clarinet.
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"FAIRY  TALE  FOR  A  DUO" op. 13 (2009)
for 2 violins.
Duration: ca. 7’-8' 
Distributor: Music Finland
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"QUO VADIS" op. 16 (2012)
for  violin and v-cello
Duration:  ca  9' Distributor: Music Finland


WORKS FOR SOLO INSTRUMENT

"COME UNA CADENZA" (2013)
for  violin solo
Duration:  ca  5' Distributor: Music Finland
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"FAIRY  TALE  FOR  PIANO SOLO" op. 13 b (2013)
Duration: ca. 7’-8'  Distributor: Music Finland
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"INTRADA" (2013)
for  oboe solo
Duration: ca. 5’
Distributor: Music Finland
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"INTRADA II" (2014)
for  solo Bass Clarinet
Duration: ca. 5’ Distributor: Music Finland
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"INTRADA III" (2017)
for  solo alto flute in G
Duration: ca. 5’ Distributor: Music Finland
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“CHANT AU SOLEIL” (2014)
for  violin solo
Duration: ca. 7’
Distributor: Music Finland
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“TUULEN VIEMÄÄ / PE ARIPILE VÂNTULUI” (2015)
for  violoncello solo
Duration: ca. 1’
Distributor: Music Finland