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Jean Sibelius. Life, Music, Silence by Daniel M. Grimley – Book Review by Veijo Murtomäki

29/10/2023Articles, NewsDaniel M. Grimley, Jean Sibelius. Life Music Silence, Veijo Murtomäkisibelius

Veijo Murtomäki, Professor emeritus of music history at the Sibelius Academy of the University of Arts Helsinki, reviews Jean Sibelius. Life, Music, Silence by Daniel M. Grimley (Reaktion Books, 2021)

‘Daniel M. Grimley is a musicologist whose expertise and deep understanding especially of Scandinavian and British music has been widely acknowledged thanks to his admirable books on Grieg, Nielsen, and Delius as well as his work as an editor of anthologies and as a writer of many peer-reviewed articles. Given his attachment to the music of Jean Sibelius, it is with a sense of expectation that one approaches his new book on Sibelius.’ Click here to read on…

Sibelius One AGM 2022 – minutes/accounts

20/09/2022ArticlesAGM 2022sibelius

Sibelius One Members at Ainola, 1 September 2022

Members may now view and download minutes and accounts from Sibelius One’s AGM on 1 September 2022: please click here.

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Scenes from the Kalevala – review

21/02/2022ArticlesBIS, Dima Slobodeniouk, Kalevala, Lahti Symphony Orchestrasibelius

Click here to read the review by Kornel Kossuth of the new ‘Scenes from the Kalevala’ SACD from the Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Dima Slobodeniouk. (BIS-2371)

Contents of the disc:
Leevi Madetoja: Kullervo, Op. 15
Uuno Klami: Kalevala Suite, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2 (1897 version – world première recording)
Tauno Pylkkänen: Kullervo Goes to War

Sibelius One AGM 2021 – minutes/accounts

26/09/2021Articlessibelius

Members may now view and download minutes and accounts from Sibelius One’s AGM on 19 September 2021: please click here.

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Finlandia, Valse triste and other works: JSW critical edition

23/03/2020Articles, NewsFinlandia, JSW, Valse tristesibelius

Jean Sibelius: Complete Works (JSW) – SON 630

Series I (Orchestral works) Vol. 22: Revisions and arrangements for orchestra (Finlandia, Op. 26, Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1, Kurkikohtaus, Op. 44 No. 2, Canzonetta, Op. 62a, Valse romantique, Op. 62b, Valse lyrique, Op. 96a, Valse chevaleresque, Op. 96c) edited by Timo Virtanen

Title page of SON 630

Click here for our review of this important new issue in the JSW Critical Edition.

Review: Lahti Sibelius Festival 2018

20/09/2018ArticlesDima Slobodeniouk, Lahti Sibelius Festival 2018, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvisibelius

Baiba Skride, Dima Slobodeniouk and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, 6 September 2018. Photo: © Lahti SO / Maarit Kytöharju

Click here for our review of the 2018 International Sibelius Festival in Lahti.

Magazine, January 2018

13/12/2017ArticlesMagazinesibelius

The January 2018 issue of Sibelius One’s full-colour magazine is currently in preparation, with a selection of articles and contributions from eminent authors and scholars plus a listing of major new CD releases. Subscribers will receive the magazine in January.

To receive your magazine, make sure you select the ‘printed copies’ option when joining Sibelius One (just £5 for two issues).

If you would like to add the magazine to your existing subscription, or to purchase individual copies (£5 each plus postage – also available to non-members) please contact info@sibeliusone.com

Highlights of the forthcoming issue:

Sibelius’s music for ‘Everyman’ Eija Kurki
Sibelius and Busoni Ernest Pauwels
The Spell of Italy John Grimshaw
Jean Sibelius. Un Finlandais en France Peter Frankland
And the Sounds are Godlike: The Symphonies of Sibelius (Part Two) Leon Chia

Click here for a listing of articles in previous magazines.

Lahti Sibelius Festival 2017 Review

30/10/2017Articles, News2017, Lahti, Sibelius Festivalsibelius

The Eighteenth International Lahti Sibelius Festival coincided with the centenary year of Finland’s political independence. In a previous year forty percent of tickets were sold to non-Finnish patrons, so its claim of international status is well justified. As usual concert tickets and hotel accommodation had been arranged at a special price for Sibelius One members. Click here to read the full review by Geoff Hayes.

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Recent publications from Breitkopf & Härtel

21/12/2016Articles, NewsBreitkopf & Härtel, JSW, Luonnotar, piano music, Skogsrået, The Wood-Nymphsibelius

Click here to read our review of three recent Sibelius publications from Breitkopf & Härtel: the study score of Skogsrået (The Wood-Nymph), a selection of 18 piano pieces and the manuscript facsimiles of Luonnotar.

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