Ilkka Kuusisto's raucous and technically somewhat challenging suite for clarinet and piano Kissalan Aapelin soitteita (Aapeli of Kissala plays the Clarinet) is a musical portrait gallery of the Seven Brothers by playwright Aleksis Kivi. They all get musical pictures played by Aapeli, a character also appearing in the play. Musical motives are derived from the characteristics of the main persons, ie. the movement Tuomas is in slow tempo, as if portraying the trustworthiness of stable Tuomas. Aapo...

• 1. Jussin polska / Jussi's polska
• 2. Tuomas
• 3. Menuetti Aapolle / A Menuetto for Aapo
• 4. Simeoni ja Perkele / Simeoni and the Devil
• 5. Timon Masurkka / Timo's mazurka
• 6. Laurin marssi / Lauri's march
• 7. Eeron polkka / Eeros's polka