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Lahti Sibelius Festival 2013 Online Brochure

By Leon On 24 April, 2013 · Posted in Performances · Add Comment
Sibelius Festival 2013 Brochure 3
You can now have a look at the full brochure for the Lahti Sibelius Festival 2013, from the Festival webpage. The direct link to the interactive brochure is at http://multimagazine.fi/index.php?id=Sibelius-festivaaliesite. And do have a look! It loads swiftly, looks beautiful and even has sounds for page turns. The piano and chamber programme has also been [...]
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Memories from the Woods – recollections of a Sibelius granddaughter

By Leon On 7 March, 2013 · Posted in Concerts, Musicians, Reviews · 2 Comments
Sibelius' Violin
Janet Abbots and Andrew Barnett of the United Kingdom Sibelius Society bring us a glimpse of the recital at Brighton, where Sibelius’s granddaughter Satu Jalas recently performed. Like the composer’s music, the reflection is brief, but concentrated in intense memories. It was a somewhat surreal experience to see Satu strolling though the streets of Brighton, [...]
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The Lahti Sibelius Festival 2013

By Leon On 13 February, 2013 · Posted in Performances · Add Comment
Lahti Sibelius Festival 2013
“Legends, a Tempest and an Oriental Feast at the Sibelius Festival” So goes the webpage of the 14th International Sibelius Festival of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, which will run from 5 – 8 September 2013, at the Sibelius Hall in Lahti, Finland. Without further ado, here is the programme: Thursday, 5 September Musik zu einer Scène [...]
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In his grand-daughter’s dreams: A Winter Evening with Sibelius

By Leon On 5 February, 2013 · Posted in Musicians, Performances · 1 Comment
Sibelius in 1881
The Finnish School of Brighton proudly presents an evening of music by Sibelius on Thursday 21st February 2013. Satu Jalas, granddaughter of Sibelius and Folke Gräsbeck, world-renowned concert pianist, will be visiting the Finnish School of Brighton and performing in concert. The evening will include an attractive selection of Sibelius’ music for violin and piano, as well as a world première concert performance of a newly discovered piano piece by Sibelius from 1889.
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Yours and My Sibelius – an exhibition at the Sibelius Museum

By Leon On 30 January, 2013 · Posted in Inspired by Sibelius · 3 Comments
Yours and My Sibelius
As some of you might have noticed, I run a particular board on Pinterest. Amidst the visual feastful of amazing food, fashion and nature’s scenery, I think mine is quite possibly the platform’s only Jean Sibelius board. I try not to just pin ANY image of Sibelius, as that would probably result in a whole hoard [...]
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A Beautiful Silence, this Silence of Järvenpää

By Leon On 17 January, 2013 · Posted in Featured, Inspired by Sibelius · 8 Comments
Finland2012-026 Ainola
The grave of Jean Sibelius is cold. It is monumental and simple, a great bronze square whose expanse bears nothing except his name and Aino’s. It exudes the grandeur of a hewn rock, as if nature’s forces had sculpted it, shaped it to represent the final resting place of one of her greatest musical avatars. [...]
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Kullervo – Once and Never Again

By Leon On 24 August, 2012 · Posted in Musicians, Video · Add Comment
The Forging of the Sampo by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1893
In 1892, when he was 26 years old, Jean Sibelius unleashed something on an unsuspecting Finnish audience. It was their very own sound. For the first time ever, they heard sounds coming from an orchestra and choir that they instantly recognized as “Finnish”. Unsatisfied with the composition, Sibelius pulled it from public in 1893 after [...]
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Confessions of a Sibelius Champion

By Leon On 30 July, 2012 · Posted in Essays, Inspired by Sibelius · 6 Comments
Marshall Cavendish Great Composers Series - Sibelius (cassette version)
“Daddy, why do you like Sibelius so much?” A month ago, my daughter, now age 10, asked me this simple question. Pause. I didn’t really know how to answer her. In truth if anyone older asked me, it would’ve been equally difficult to explain. And those of you who made the little mistake of asking [...]
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