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Fact file
| Year of birth | 1865 |
| Year of death | 1957 |
| Nationality | Finland |
| Period | Early 20th century |
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NorrköpingSibelius and the Mystique of the Kalevala
Madetoja, Musgrave, Sibelius
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra; Kristian Sallinen; Charlotte Engelkes
CheltenhamEnglish Symphony Orchestra - Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Smetana, Smyth, Sibelius
Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Smetana, Smyth, Sibelius
English Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Woods; Joely Koos
StockholmPhilharmonic Close-Up – Strings in Transformation
Beamish, Sibelius, Mustonen, Strauss R.
Andrej Power; Emma Agnas de Frumerie; Lola Torrente; Sergey Putnikov
GenevaFinnish Scenery
Saariaho, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Eva Ollikainen; Anu Komsi; Lionel Cottet
LondonSibelius Violin Concerto
Bacewicz, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Adam Hickox; Liya Petrova
TallinnPaavo Järvi & Estonian Festival Orchestra
Brahms, Sibelius
Estonian Festival Orchestra; Paavo Järvi; Vadym Kholodenko
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Baroque’n’roll Vivaldi from Pekka Kuusisto in Aurora jam session
Swedish folk musician Ale Carr joins the multi-faceted Finn and Aurora Orchestra in an unconventional but brilliant take on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
Storgårds’ superb Sibelius opens the BBC Philharmonic season
An intriguing evocation of the American forest in Gabriella Smith's amazing new organ concerto, Breathing Forests.
Salonen and Bronfman sustain musical momentum at Tanglewood
Wagner’s suspended longing, Sibelius’ continuous transformation and Beethoven’s expansive rhetoric unfold with clarity and purpose.
Beacons in the dark: Guy Johnston plays Britten at the BBC Proms
Cellist Guy Johnston joins Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony for a Prom journeying from humanity's darkest shadows to radiant optimism.
Spanning the ages from Dowland to Strauss at the BBC Proms
Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic are persuasive in Also sprach Zarathustra, less so in Sibelius. Thomas Dunford soothes with Dowland and Purcell.
Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May
French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.
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Sibelius' Symphony no. 7 in C major
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
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LSO on Stage: Sibelius' The Oceanides
London Symphony Orchestra
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Sibelius Symphony no. 3
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
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Wiklund and Sibelius
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
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Sibelius Symphony No. 3
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
List of works
6 Impromptus for Piano, Op.5Barden (The Bard), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.64Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar's Feast), suite for orchestra, Op.51En Saga, a symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.9Etude for piano, Op.76 no.2Finlandia hymn, Op.113 no.12Finlandia, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.26Five pieces for violin and piano, Op.81Five songs, Op.37Humoresque no. 1 in D minor, Op.87 no.1Humoresque no. 5 in E flat major, Op.89 no. 3Humoresque no. 6 in G minor, Op.89 no.4Karelia Suite for orchestra, Op.11King Christian II, Suite for orchestra, Op.27Lemminkäinen Suite (Four legends) for orchestra, Op.22Lemminkäinen's Return, Op.22 no.4Luonnotar, symphonic poem for soprano and orchestra, Op.70Night Ride and Sunrise, Op.55Pelléas and Mélisande, suite for orchestra, Op.46Piano quintet in G minor,Pohjola's Daughter, Op.49Six Humoresques, Op. 87/89Songs: selectionString Trio in G minorString quartet in A minorString quartet in D minor "Voces intimae", Op.56Sydämeni laulu (The Song of My Heart), words by Aleksis Kivi, Op.18 no.6Symphony no. 1 in E minor, Op.39Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.43Symphony no. 3 in C major, Op.52Symphony no. 4 in A minor, Op.63Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82Symphony no. 6 in D minor, Op.104Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105Tapiola, Op.112The Oceanides symphonic poem for orchestra, (Aallottaret) Op.73The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22 no.2Two pieces for violin or cello and orchestra, Op.77Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47Våren flyktar hastigt, Op.13 no.4