Finnish composer Jean Sibelius incorporated Finland's main folk legend, the Kalevala, into his music. The Karelia region was in the Russian-occupied part of Finland, and it's also the setting of many ...

The third volume of Inkinen’s Sibelius cycle with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra boasts the same sure interpretative instincts, warm-hearted playing and excellent sound as its predecessors.

Jean Sibelius’s Karelia Suite pulses with the spirit of Finnish pride. Inspired by the rugged landscapes and folklore of Karelia—a region central to Finland’s cultural identity—the music is bold, ...

The Music: Sibelius’s Second Symphony – in which he forged his most famous symphonic ‘big tune’ – is the warmest and most readily embracing of his seven. He wrote it not in the opaque light of Finland ...

Favourites by Sibelius and Schubert, a haunted house by Boccherini, and a lesser-known Bruch Violin Concerto are the highlights of tonight's Concert. Our Concert starts tonight with Sibelius' Karelia ...

The Helsinki Philharmonic and John Storgards play Sibelius live from Birmingham with the 2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition winner. Programme: Sibelius: En Saga Op 9 Sibelius: Violin ...

I was on Irondequoit Drive in Rochester, N.Y., driving an old MG-TD in September 1957 when I heard the news of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ death at age 91 and had to pull over. If a boyhood ...

We open the hour with music by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra plays the first movement from his Karelia Suite, Op. 11. Yoel Levi is the conductor. The Atlanta Symphony is ...

The myths and melodies of the disputed region of Karelia - so important to Finnish identity, proved fertile inspiration for Sibelius. Listen to the rhythms and tunes in the third movement, a direct ...