Jean Sibelius

The anthem from the tone poem *Finlandia*, Op. 26, for orchestra is one of Jean Sibelius’s best-known works and, with lyrics by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1906–1962), became Finland’s unofficial natio...

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...

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...

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...

Written by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) in 1913, this cryptic tone poem premiered on March 27th of that year by the Philharmonic Society Orchestra in Helsinki, under the composer's baton. Following that...

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...

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...

I am now working on a new symphony, entirely in the Finnish spirit, wrote 25-year-old Jean Sibelius to his fiancée, Aino Järnefelt, in April 1891. Just one year later, his work for soprano and bariton...

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

Sibelius completed his Fifth Symphony, Op. 82, in time for a concert organized to celebrate his 50th birthday on December 8, 1915. The festive concert in Helsinki took place in the ballroom of the Imp...

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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.