JEAN SIBELIUS

Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer whose music stands between late Romantic style and early modern orchestral thought. His major works include Finlandia, the Violin Concerto, seven symphonies, Tapiola, and the Karelia Suite. Sibelius shaped a powerful image of Finnish landscape, myth, and symphonic compression.

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Valse triste: why wasn't Sibelius' famous piece performed on his 150th birthday?

Valse triste or Sad Waltz is a short orchestral composition written by Jean Sibelius in 1903 for Kuolema, a drama by the...
Nature Sounds

8 orchestral pieces depicting thunderstorms

Of all the meteorological phenomena, thunderstorms are perhaps one of the most imposing forces of nature, so it is not...
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The Oceanides: the deeply impressionistic tone poem by Sibelius

The magnificent mythology of ancient Greece describes the Oceanids as water nymphs whose life and functions are...
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The attractive sounds of Nordic Romanticism of Wilhelm Stenhammar

Swedish pianist Wilhelm Stenhammar was one of the few composers who remained faithful to the ideas of Romanticism in the...
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Famous Sibelius piece was commissioned for a plywood mill anniversary

Jean Sibelius originally wrote Andante Festivo for a string quartet which was later made all the more luscious when he...