Jean Sibelius

Viewed closely, Lemminkäinen op. 22 could well be called the 'zeroth' Sibelius symphony, for the early versions of these four tone poems date back to 1895/96, i.e. to the time before the 1st symphony....

Sibelius on the organ today? - More than ever! A look at the history of transcriptions of the famous 'Karelia Suite' reveals something astonishing: when Herbert A. Fricker selected orchestral movement...

CD City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra cond. Sakari Oramo ERATO 8573 85822-2 London Symphony Orchestra cond. Sir Colin Davis BMG 7321 68945 2 Masayo Matsuo Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra cond. Neeme...

The 'Valse triste' originates from a multi-movement incidental music that Sibelius put together in 1903. Detached from this functional framework, the concert version of the 'Valse triste', composed sh...

Where else than in the land of 1000 lakes could a symphonic work be created, which has the world current Okeanos and its 4000 daughters (Okeanides) as its theme?

The fact that the Sibelius Symphony, which is now performed most often, provoked controversial aesthetic reactions after its first performances in Finland at the time seems almost inconceivable today.

The premiere of 'Luonnotar' took place on September 10, 1913 at the Shire Hall in Gloucester. Luonnotar' is not only Sibelius' most important work for Ackté, it is one of his most important works ever...

Über den Kompositionsprozess von Lemminkäinenist wenig bekannt und die Aufführungs- und Veröffentlichungsgeschichte ist ziemlich komplex. Eine vollständige Veröffentlichung aller vier Sätze als Suite...

Little is known about the actual composition process of Lemminkäinen, and the performance and publication history is rather complex, resulting in a first complete printing of all four movements en sui...

The symphonic poem Tapiola is the final major composition for orchestra that Sibelius was able to complete and publish. In January 1926 he had accepted the commission from the conductor Walter Damrosc...

Im Herbst 1909 schrieb Sibelius in sein Tagebuch: "Am Koli! Eines der größten Erlebnisse meines Lebens. Pläne [für] "La Montagne"! Es stellte sich heraus, dass es sich dabei um Pläne für die Vierte Sy...

In the fall of 1909 Sibelius wrote in his diary: “At Koli! One of the greatest impressions in my life. Plans [for] ‘La Montagne’!” These plans proved to be for the Fourth Symphony. The composition pro...

The tone poem Pohjola's Daughter Op.49 - a 'Symphonic Fantasy for Large Orchestra' - was written by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in 1906. The story is a variation of Orpheus in the Underworld, depic...

There's high interest of professionals and public in the early version of the Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius. The performance material of this Original Version' is now printed for the first time. It...

There's high interest of professionals and public in the early version of the Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius. The performance material of this Original Version' is now printed for the first time. It...

This pocket sized book contains Humoresques I - II Op. 87 Nos. 1/2, the first two of Jean Sibelius' Humoresques for Violin solo and Orchestra. This handy study score can be easily referenced. Duration...

Jean Sibelius completed this work in February 1923 and conducted the premiere in Helsinki on February 19 of that same year. His first reference to the work, in 1918, described it as 'wild and passiona...