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CURRENT ISSUE:
July 2024
- Finnish Folklore in the Work of Jean Sibelius David Revilla Velasco
- Sibelius – Pure and Simple – 25 years of the Lahti International
Sibelius Festival Andrew Barnett - The Sibelius in Korpo Festival 2002–23 Folke Gräsbeck
- Fake News Artificial Intelligence writes about Sibelius
Previous issues:
January 2015
- Music in my Life Presenting John Davis, President of Sibelius One
- Sibelius Festival 2014 – indecipherable parts, long hours and 100% worth it Eva Ryan
- Sibelius and Astronomy: Cosmic Connections Douglas Whittet
- Sibelius and the Provincial Orchestras in Finland Fabian Dahlström
- Hans Rosbaud Peter Frankland
July 2015
- Sibelius One in concert at the Finnish Ambassador’s Residence, London
- Sibelius in Australasia Geoffrey Hayes
- A Quartet for the Twenty-first Century The Flinders Quartet is introducing audiences in Australia and beyond to Sibelius’s music for string quartet
- Jussi Jalas: Memories of Sibelius A lecture offering a touching personal insight into
Sibelius’s character - ‘This music crept by me’: Sibelius’s incidental music Leah Broad
- Why do you like Sibelius? Opinions from around the world
January 2016
- ‘Many congratulate me on getting to play on a Stainer’ – Sibelius’s Violin Andrew Barnett
- The Eleventh International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition Leon Chia
- ‘Playing to him was so natural that I didn’t really realize that it could have been considered as something very special.’ An Interview with Satu Jalas
- ‘How could anyone play that and not want to discover more?’ Five violinists discuss Sibelius’s music for their instrument
- Burmester, Nováček and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto Timo Virtanen
- The Sixth International Jean Sibelius Conference Hilary Finch
- The Sixth Sibelius Lecture An extract from the novel ‘The Seven Symphonies: A Finnish Murder Mystery’ by Simon Boswell
- Widespread they stand… Peter Frankland discusses ‘Tapiola’
July 2016
- The Sibelius Museum in Turku
- Jean Sibelius: Works for kantele Suvi & Folke Gräsbeck
- Sibelius and Shakespeare: ‘Geniuses who have found each other’ Andrew Barnett
- Time for a Reappraisal? The curious case of Sibelius’s piano music Joseph Tong
January 2017
- Jean Sibelius and Finnish Culture –
the changing significance of Finlandia Hannu Salmi - Greetings from Hämeenlinna Erkki Korhonen
- Kullervo goes to Minnesota Robert Suff
- Setting the Record Straight About Ian Maxwell’s Sibelius discography
- Playing Sibelius under Paavo Berglund
(and a few other conductors) Philip Borg-Wheeler - Maestro Sibelius Peter Frankland
July 2017
- My name is Sibelius, Jean Sibelius David Revilla Velasco
- Aspects of Leopold Stokowski in Philadelphia John Davis
- ‘Now I’m off to the Kämp again’: Celebrating 130 years of Sibelius’s favourite watering hole Andrew Barnett
- Reputation and Art: Sibelius during the Great War Period Guy Rickards
- Northern Exposure: The Symphonies of Sibelius (Part One) Leon Chia
January 2018
- 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
July 2018
- Hommage à Sibelius – a survey of works dedicated to
Finland’s national composer Doug Whittet & Rob Ebbers - Sibelius’s Lost Villa Federico Ermirio
- Pelléas et Mélisande Eija Kurki
- Sibelius: The Symphonic Line (Part One) Peter Frankland
January 2019
- Under the Fir-Trees: Sibelius’s honeymoon home is restored
- Sibelius’s last symphonic thoughts re-processed: New orchestral arrangements by Luukas Hiltunen of the Intrada and Surusoitto
- Breitkopf & Härtel 300: Sibelius’s publisher celebrates its 300th anniversary
- Exoticism, snake dances, violin playing and ghosts: Eija Kurki discusses Sibelius’s music for the plays ‘Belshazzar’s Feast’ and ‘The Lizard’
- Sibelius: The Symphonic Line (Part Two) Peter Frankland
July 2019
- Entering the Silence
John Greening discusses the composition of his poem ‘The Silence’
- The Language of the Birds
In the first ever major article about the piece, Eija Kurki discusses the background,
origins and history of the Wedding March Sibelius composed for Adolf Paul’s play. - View from the Podium
Conductor Tom Hammond writes about his enduring love for the music of Sibelius - Fragmentation and Sibelius Peter Frankland
January 2020
- Lahti Sibelius Festival 2020
Preview of the festival’s 21st season
- ‘A score that is both masonic and universal’
Sibelius’s Masonic Ritual Music arranged for two accordions - Scaramouche – Sibelius’s horror story
In a major article including extensive new research, Eija Kurki discusses the background, origins and history of Sibelius’s massive ballet-pantomime score.
- En saga Peter Frankland
July 2020
- A Universe of Creations – Eero Heinonen on Sibelius’s piano music
- A play about death, but the music lives on – Eija Kurki discusses Arvid Järnefelt’s play ‘Kuolema’ with music by Sibelius, including the famous Valse triste
- Oma maa – ‘a song of praise to the scenery and light nights of Finland’ –
David Revilla Velasco - Rakastava – Peter Frankland
January 2021
- Sibelius and the Symphonic Poem – Tuomas Kinberg
- My Grandfather Jean Sibelius and the Finnish Colour in his Music – Satu Jalas
- Jean Sibelius in the Netherlands – Rob Ebbers
- Jean and Aino: In the very trees of Ainola – Leon Chia
- The Kerava Connection – Andrew Barnett
- Karajan’s Sibelius – Peter Frankland
July 2021
- Khadra and Sea Change: Sibelius’s music at Sadler’s Wells – Eija Kurki
- Sustaining the dramatic arch – Sasha Mäkilä
- Japanese Rhapsody: Jean Sibelius, Kojiro Kobune and Akira Ifukube – Erik Homenick
- If you like Sibelius… – Peter Frankland
January 2022
- My 90 World Première Performances – Folke Gräsbeck
- A Beautiful Silence, this Silence of Järvenpää – Leon Chia
- New Sibelian discoveries in recent years – David Revilla Velasco
- Harty Sibelius – Kornel Kossuth
July 2022
- Lost works by Jean Sibelius David Revilla Velasco
- Sibelius’s Helsinki
- Jean Sibelius – ‘To the giant of Finnish Music’
- The Sibelius Society of Japan Shihoko Iino
January 2023
- Janne’s Rhine Journey: What Sibelius learned from Wagner Stephen Johnson
- An interview with Dalia Stasevska
- Following in Sibelius’s Footsteps
- The Varro Quartet: introducing Sibelius’s Piano Quartet to the USA
July 2023
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- Sibelius and Vaughan Williams – Symphonic Synergies Douglas Whittet
- Sibelius’s ‘Swanwhite’ – the original incidental music Eija Kurki
- ‘The stage works are not B-level symphonic works’ Tuomas Hannikainen
- Finlandia – Anthem, Hymn or What? Kornel Kossuth
- Two Poems by Hilary Finch
January 2024
- A Day in Turku Folke Gräsbeck
- The Fifth poem by Kornel Kossuth
- ‘Fresh, colourful and utterly Finnish’ – The 1894 version of Karelia Andrew Barnett
- Many on the sea of life – Sibelius’s Op. 23 songs Sheahan Virgin