Sallinen's Sonata For Cello And Piano Op.86 was commissioned by the Naantali Music Festival Finland in 2004. It was first performed by Arto Noras and Rolf Gothoni at Naantali Church on 10th June 2005 as part of the festival. The piece is structured across four movements a Barcarola a Serenata a Scherzo and an Epilogue.
