The Red Bike
Petri Makkonen

The Red Bike Contains music for accordion composed by Petri Makkonen from Finland. These pieces are influenced by many musical styles from Finnish folk music to classical, pop, jazz and movie music. Some pieces are excelent for children to study with, and others may demand virtuosic plying (even acting!!!). Four of the pieces are written for Free Bass Accordion / Bayan, one (… Like Swans) requires a concert accordion / Bayan with Free Bass and Standard Bass manuals and the rest are written for Standard Bass Accordion / Bayan.

Selected contents

• Polka Furioso (1979) - Petri Makkonen
• Darkness of Winter (1981) - Petri Makkonen
• Jogging Elk (1980) - Petri Makkonen
• Twittering Birds (1981) - Petri Makkonen
• Etude (1981) - Petri Makkonen
• Wedding Song (1982) - Petri Makkonen
• The Red Bike (1983) - Petri Makkonen
• Waltzing Eotion (1985) - Petri Makkonen
• Polka of Martikkala Village (1984) - Petri Makkonen
• A March for Graduated Students (1986) - Petri Makkonen
• Fishing in a Bucket (1987) - Petri Makkonen
• Return of the Fieldfares (1992) - Petri Makkonen
• Blue Slippers (1986) - Petri Makkonen
• Dorian Emotion (1987) - Petri Makkonen
• Modal Emotion (1987) - Petri Makkonen
• Intro & Fugazzo (1990) - Petri Makkonen
• … Like Swans (2000) - Petri Makkonen
• Stocking Rag (1998) - Petri Makkonen