The downside is an increased tendency to emphasise the Tchaikovskian in Sibelius. Clearly this is a vital component in the music’s genealogy but the point is surely that Sibelius is in dialogue, or ...

Ahead of two January dates with the SCO, the violin virtuoso talks to David Kettle about life on the road, the importance of ...

Undoubtedly the most famous composer ever to come out of Finland, Jean Sibelius (pronounced Zhaa(ng) Sib-ayli-uss) completed seven amazing symphonies and a host of vivid descriptive music using ...

Probably no composer in history has meant so much to his native country as did Sibelius. He still does. ‘He is Finland in music; and he is Finnish music,’ observed one critic. Sibelius was born in a ...

As a young musician, Sibelius had his heart set on becoming a professional violinist. He once said: “My tragedy was that I wanted to be a celebrated violinist at any price. I hated pen and ink.

The on-stage boat, a visual synecdoche, is buffeted while the orchestra plays the Act I Scene I “On a ship at sea” storm music by Sibelius. Composers from Vivaldi to Haydn to Beethoven to ...

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius' Symphony No. 2, celebrated for epitomising the composer's mastery in creating an epic soundscape. including This program was published 1 month ago.