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Tag Archives: Composer Focus: Sibelius
Tone Poem Tuesday
Jean Sibelius wrote The Bard in 1913, when he was entering the late period of his compositional life. The work has little by the way of orchestral fireworks; while there is power, this is no showpiece. It is instead a work … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday (and Composer Focus: Sibelius, part 4)
It’s not Tuesday. Sorry about that. But let’s give a listen to something our boy Jean Sibelius wrote in 1908: a tone poem called Night Ride and Sunrise. It’s quite an evocative piece, starting with a brief fanfare figure in … Continue reading
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Composer Focus: Jean Sibelius (part three)
Written when was 30, and thus nearing the halfway mark of his productive career, Sibelius’s The Swan of Tuonela is one movement from his Lemminkainen Suite, a collection of four tone poems that tell the story of one of the heroes … Continue reading
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Composer Focus: Jean Sibelius (part two)
Returning to Sibelius! The land of Karelia is a region in northern Europe that currently comprises sections of Eastern Finland, and Northwestern Russia. Like Alsace-Lorraine between France and Germany, Karelia is a land that has been disputed for centuries, and … Continue reading
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Composer Focus: Jean Sibelius (part one)
So here’s something new I’ll be trying for a bit, based on my experience in 2020. I wrote a lot last year about Ludwig van Beethoven, which was fitting since 2020 marked his 250th birthday. I don’t plan to focus … Continue reading