SL: In 1915, Sibelius conducted the first version of his Symphony No. This is the most unsettling, fascinating, uplifting writing. They are the most unusual ones because they are big chords, separated by huge pauses. YNS: Music lovers recognize very often the last few bars of the symphony. SL: Sibelius, says Yannick, created a new way of thinking about the form. 5 closes it with rich orchestral textures, bold brass proclamations, and a final movement inspired by serene scenes of Nordic swans. As if masses of people would be united in the same song, and makes it a total different architecture and shape. Steven Stucky’s Radical Light, inspired by the grandeur of Jean Sibelius’ symphonies, opens the concert and Sibelius’ Symphony No.
Yannick Nezet Seguin: Here we have a Finnish composer, taking a word - very much associated with Germanic repertoire, symphony, and the 5th – arguably since Beethoven being a symbolic one - and using songs which are, on the one hand, originating from the folklore, and by the end becoming something very large. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at. Instrumentation edit It is scored for an orchestra including 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B and A), 2 bassoons, 4 horns (in F and E), 2 trumpets (in F and E), 3 trombones, timpani, glockenspiel, and strings. What’s more, writing this symphony was a momentous musical undertaking, says Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director YannickNezet-Seguin. Written between 19, it was premiered in Helsinki on 3 April 1911 by the Philharmonia Society, with Sibelius conducting. 5 during the tumultuous years of World War I - a time when he was also undergoing multiple surgeries for throat cancer.
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