Orchestra
SKU:
BR.SON-633
Composed
by Jean Sibelius.
Orchestra; Linen.
Complete Works.
Late-romantic; Early
modern. Complete Works.
156 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #SON 633.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.SON-633).
ISBN 9790004803684. 10
x 12.5
inches.
Symphony,
symphonic poem, fantasy,
or something else
entirely different? For a
long time while working
on the Sixth Symphony,
Sibelius was not certain
what his new orchestral
work was now about to
become or what to call
it. He had to interrupt
work on the symphony time
and again during the
Finnish civil war and
because of financial
difficulties that forced
him to earn a living with
little things. So, it is
not surprising that many
small ideas for other
works repeatedly
culminated in the Sixth.
In a letter to a friend,
he describes his early
ideas for the work: The
6th symphony is wild and
turbulent in character.
Gloomy with pastoral
contrasts. Probably in 4
movements with a
conclusion growing into a
dark orchestral shower in
which the main theme
drowns. The editor Kai
Lindberg now presents the
definitive version within
the context of the
Sibelius Complete
Edition.
