Jean Sibelius

Five multi-movement trios for piano and two string instruments by Sibelius are known from the years 1883–1888. The “large” trios, such as the Havträsk and Korpo Trio (JS 207, JS 209), were written for...

Five multi-movement trios for piano and two string instruments by Sibelius are known from the years 1883–1888. The “large” trios, such as the Havträsk and Korpo Trio (JS 207, JS 209), were written for...

Annäherung an den 'En saga'-Urklang 'En saga', die erste bekannte Tondichtung von Jean Sibelius, entstand nicht voraussetzungslos als Orchesterpartitur. Der junge finnische Komponist konzipierte in se...

Sibelius was a major force in the Finnish national movement and many of his works were inspired by the music and the culture of his homeland. In this transcription, arranger Andrew Middleton aimed to...

'The Swan of Tuonela' is the most famous of the four symphonic poems that Jean Sibelius composed under the title Lemminkäinen-Suite op. 22. It is one of the most beautiful and expressive solo pieces e...

This Sibelius masterwork is now intelligently transcribed for today's orchestra. Vital brass entrances have preparation to assure secure attack. Careful doubling, cuing, and more, will allow the work...

Spring Song, Op. 16 (Vårsång) was written in 1894 by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and was initially titled Improvisation for Orchestra. Sibelius revised the single-movement tone poem a year later and ret...

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.

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 the four movements en...

… a forest god in New York 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 t...

Im Rahmen der Neuausgabe der Sibelius-Werke wurde auch die Partitur dieses sehr beliebten Werkes im Dirigierformat veröffentlicht.

Sibelius composed the Kanteletar Rakastava texts first for male choir in 1894, he then added a string orchestra to the male choir, and finally, he made a version for mixed choir in 1898. In 1911-1912...

Sibelius composed this short Romance in C, op. 42, lasting only five minutes, in 1903; the work received its premiere in Turku in March 1904.

These Impromptus are arrangements of the impromptus for piano from op. 5. The exact date for arranging the piano impromptus for string orchestra is presently not known, but it took place approximately...

Eine Wiederentdeckung zum Sibelius-Jahr Als Breitkopf & Härtel 1909 die 'Romanze in C' herausbrachte, geschah dies gleich in großem Stil, u. a. durch das Arrangement für Violine und Klavier von Otto T...

Das Arrangement des Herrn Gärtner ist ausgezeichnet. Herr Gärtner ist Gold wert und ich beneide ihn aufrichtig. (Jean Sibelius)

Das Arrangement des Herrn Gärtner ist ausgezeichnet. Herr Gärtner ist Gold wert und ich beneide ihn aufrichtig. (Jean Sibelius)

Characteristic Numbers Sibelius completed his final opus-number compositions, opp. 115 and 116, in 1929. They were originally composed at the suggestion of the publishers Carl Fischer, Inc., but were...