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Work: Barden (The Bard), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.64

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ComposerSibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1913
Work typeOrchestral
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BirminghamShostakovich's Last Symphony

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Sibelius, Shostakovich
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vänskä; Helena Juntunen

HamburgNDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester / Johan Dalene / Jukka-Pekka Saraste

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Sibelius, Adès, Tchaikovsky
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester; Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Johan Dalene

LahtiEncounters: Sibelius & Rachmaninov

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Sibelius, Rachmaninov
Sinfonia Lahti; Hannu Lintu; Olga Heikkilä; Mihails Čuļpajevs; Gabriel Kivivuori Sereno; Dominante
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Icy blast: total immersion into the world of Sibelius, the storyteller

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Sakari Oramo, Anu Komsi and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson take a deep dive into the world of Sibelius' tone poems in two concerts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Joshua Weilerstein and the LPO shed light on rarely played works

Anssi Karttunen  gracefully mastered the difficulties of Magnus Lindberg's score, marrying the serialist tendencies of his early opuses with more ear-pleasing tonal figments.
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Masterful Sibelius from Osmo Vänskä

A great evening of Sibelius – shape, architecture and detail from Osmo Vänskä, excellent ensemble and solo work from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and an impassioned performance of the Violin Concerto from Alexandra Soumm.
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