Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Composer of the Week Podcast vor 5 Monaten

Kate Molleson explores Sibelius’s life through his seven symphonies.

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This week, Kate Molleson traces the development of Jean
Sibelius’s symphonies. Set against Finland’s changing political
climate and Sibelius’s own, turbulent personal circumstances, the
podcast explores what shaped each symphony’s character – from the
nationalism surrounding Nos. 1 and 2, to the renewed sense of
form in the Third, the more inward Fourth, and the reworked
Fifth. The week concludes with the distinctive Sixth and the
single‑movement Seventh, composed during a period of uncertainty
both for Finland and Sibelius himself.

Music featured includes: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 43 Song of my
Heart, Op 18 No 6 Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39 The Diamond on
the March Snow, Op 36 No 6 Sunrise, Op 37 No 1 Kyllikki, Op 41 No
3 Symphony No 3 in C, Op 52 The Captive Queen, Op 48 Erloschen
String Quartet in D minor, Op 56 ‘Voces Intimae’ Des Abends, Op
58 No 5 Symphony No 4 in A minor, Op 63 Spring’s Spell, Op 61 No
8 Romance, Op 78 No 2 The Oceanides, Op 73 The Echo Nymph, Op 72
No 4 Symphony No 5 in E flat, Op 82 Jokamies, Op 83 Autrefois, Op
96b Symphony No 6 in D minor, Op 104 Danses Champêtres, Op 106 No
1 Symphony No 7 in C, Op 105

Presented by Kate Molleson Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC
Audio Wales and West

For full track listings, including artist and recording details,
and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after
broadcast) head to the series page for Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rr2j

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve
featured on Composer of the Week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z