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Finnish musicologist, pianist and music teacher
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2019-08-04 15:22:00
All Sibelius Prom, but different - Pekka Kuusisto, Dausgaard
[…] could not do boring, even if he tried. A pity that on the broadcast, the announcer broke into hysterics, shouting loudly before the music really ended. Completely destructive. Send this one to cover football.A set of orchestrated songs based on themes by Sibelius provided a prologue to Sibelius Symphony no 5. Not "traditional" but tradition adapting modern art music. In this 1915 version of the symphony, the "stepping impulse" and "rocking impulse" described by Eric Tawaststjerna give thrust to the first movement, this character being retained in the final version, though the details are less defined, the second moveemnt, a scherzo, not yet integrated. On the other hand, this emphasizes the experimental nature of this version, still germinating in the composer's imagination. The "stepping impulse" makes emotional and well as musical sense : tiptoes into the unknown, so to speak. The strong chords that follow all the more expansive and […]
2018-01-07 21:50:00
Oramo and Komsi - Sibelius 2, 7 and Luonnotar Barbican
[…] incantation is building up to fulfillment. And indeed, when the creation of the stars is revealed, the orchestra explodes in a burst of ecstasy. The singer recounts the wonder, with joy and amazement: "Tähiksi taivaale, ne tähiksi taivaale". ("They became the stars in the heavens!"). I can just imagine a singer eyes shining with excitement at this point - and with relief, too, that she’s survived! As Erik Tawaststjerna said, "the soprano line is built on the contrast between … the epic and narrative and the atmospheric and magical".In his minimalist text, Sibelius doesn’t tell us that in the Kalevala, Luonnotar goes on to carve out the oceans, bays and inlets and create the earth as we know it, or tell us that she became pregnant by the storm and gave birth later to the first man. But understanding […]
2017-08-11 10:12:00
Lise Davidsen Luonnotar steals whole Prom ! Storgårds BBCPO
[…] incantation is building up to fulfilment. And indeed, when the creation of the stars is revealed, the orchestra explodes in a burst of ecstasy. The singer recounts the wonder, with joy and amazement: "Tähiksi taivaale, ne tähiksi taivaale". ("They became the stars in the heavens!"). I can just imagine a singer eyes shining with excitement at this point - and with relief, too, that she’s survived! As Erik Tawaststjerna said, "the soprano line is built on the contrast between … the epic and narrative and the atmospheric and magical". In his minimalist text, Sibelius doesn’t tell us that in the Kalevala, Luonnotar goes on to carve out the oceans, bays and inlets and create the earth as we know it, or tell us that she became pregnant by the storm and gave birth later to the first […]
2016-08-02 18:19:00
Spooky Sounds Prom 23 Widmann Schumann Sibelius Nielsen
[…] Zehetmair played it exquisitely, letting its legato flow with seductive - and dangerous - langour. It's a remarkable work, a tantalizing insight as to where Schumann might have headed creatively had time, and health, been on his side. More electic music followed. Sibelius's The Tempest Op90 (1926) is, in its own way, every bit as singular as his Symphony no 7 and Tapiola. It is music of such character that Eric Tawaststjerna has suggested that part of the reason Sibelius suppressed what might have been his Symphony no.8 was that his creative visions were raised so high that he couldn't be satisfied with anything but ultimate perfection. The Overture, which we heard here, sets the stage so to speak for the a play based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. Large orchestral forces, describing the driving winds of the storm at sea which throws Prospero […]
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