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Work: Tapiola, Op.112

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ComposerSibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1926
Work typeOrchestral
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NorrköpingSibelius and the Mystique of the Kalevala

© Antti Rintala
Madetoja, Musgrave, Sibelius
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra; Kristian Sallinen; Charlotte Engelkes

StockholmSibelius, Bartók and Ravel

© Marco Borggreve
Sibelius, Ravel, Bartók
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Fazıl Say; Storkyrkans Chamber Choir

DortmundKian Soltani & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – Schumann Cellokonzert

© Marco Borggreve
Sibelius, Schumann, Nielsen
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ryan Bancroft; Kian Soltani
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Icy Sibelius, savage Stravinsky: Klaus Mäkelä makes his LSO debut

Klaus Mäkelä and the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO | Mark Allan
Klaus Mäkelä opens his London Symphony Orchestra debut with Tapiola, gripping from its very first bars. 
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Vivid late autumn colours from Martyn Brabbins and the BBCSSO

Elizabeth Llewellyn © Shirley Suarez

The programme featured Sibelius's vividly terrifying Tapiola, alongside a gorgeous Four Last Songs with Elizabeth Llewellyn and Vaughan Williams's wistful Fifth Symphony.

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Icy blast: total immersion into the world of Sibelius, the storyteller

Anu Komsi, Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan
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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