Beautiful - like following a stag's tracks through the deep green forest, only to catch a glimpse of it in the dappled sunlight before it moves off into the landscape once more.
So much more lyrical and accessible than the mighty Seventh, to my ears.
This movement faintly foreshadows some of his later music, Tapiola for example. The instrumentation and harmonization point in that direction. The movement is easier to get a handle on, however, than Tapiola.
@mrotwist Interesting - I'd go with that. It certainly seems that this is the symphony that lies closest to the whole Sibelian nature-world of the tone poems... I do see what you mean about Tapiola, although strangely, after reading of the 'harmonic statis' of Tapiola many years ago, I then sought it out expecting it to be challenging at first and yet instantly it chimed with me; individual personal inclination plays a part in how we first respond to a work of art, I would suppose?
the beginiing of part 2 sounds like mozarts requiem.
gr4l9um20b7o 7 months ago
Beautiful - like following a stag's tracks through the deep green forest, only to catch a glimpse of it in the dappled sunlight before it moves off into the landscape once more.
So much more lyrical and accessible than the mighty Seventh, to my ears.
KrillLiberator 7 months ago
The end of the this movement is the music that plays when you startup Sibelius 6 Software
stevedcohen 7 months ago 9
@stevedcohen Haha yeah! 5:22 exactly =D
markzemusic 7 months ago
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5:21 Sibelius startup sound!
kirkpear 8 months ago
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kirkpear 8 months ago
This movement faintly foreshadows some of his later music, Tapiola for example. The instrumentation and harmonization point in that direction. The movement is easier to get a handle on, however, than Tapiola.
mrotwist 11 months ago 2
@mrotwist Interesting - I'd go with that. It certainly seems that this is the symphony that lies closest to the whole Sibelian nature-world of the tone poems... I do see what you mean about Tapiola, although strangely, after reading of the 'harmonic statis' of Tapiola many years ago, I then sought it out expecting it to be challenging at first and yet instantly it chimed with me; individual personal inclination plays a part in how we first respond to a work of art, I would suppose?
KrillLiberator 7 months ago
I love the woodwinds in the beginning, it almost sounds like an organ!
kratanuva725 1 year ago
whos the conductor???? I love it..it´s my fav sibelius symphony, but I don´t know nothing about the conductor of this version..
Kullervo884 1 year ago
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That's the performance: Ashkenazy & Philharmonia
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008CLIG/weta909-20
jlaurson 6 months ago
☀ ☀ ☀ ☀beautiful video ☀ ☀ ☀ ☀
sansan8100 2 years ago