Sibelius Tone Poems

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North Star

#40
May 31, 2015, 11:11:58 AM Last Edit: May 31, 2015, 11:15:19 AM by North Star
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 31, 2015, 11:10:07 AM
En saga...and Wood-Nymph.

Sarge

Yay, yet another vote for the Skogsrået. 8)
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Mirror Image

#41
June 01, 2015, 07:06:40 AM
Favorite Sibelius tone poems (in no particular order): Tapiola, The Oceanides, Night Ride and Sunrise, En Saga, and Pohjola's Daughter.

bigshot

#42
June 01, 2015, 08:31:39 AM
Robert Kajanus / London Symphony Orchestra 1932

Pohjola's Daughter: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence02.mp3
Tapiola: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence03.mp3

vandermolen

#43
June 04, 2015, 01:04:41 PM
Quote from: bigshot on June 01, 2015, 08:31:39 AM
Robert Kajanus / London Symphony Orchestra 1932

Pohjola's Daughter: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence02.mp3
Tapiola: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence03.mp3

These are great performances.
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#44
June 05, 2015, 03:15:23 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 01, 2015, 07:06:40 AM
Favorite Sibelius tone poems (in no particular order): Tapiola, The Oceanides, Night Ride and Sunrise, En Saga, and Pohjola's Daughter.

In a category for which there is no bad answer, these make a superb Gang of Five  8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
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[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

#45
June 05, 2015, 06:18:37 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 05, 2015, 03:15:23 AM
In a category for which there is no bad answer, these make a superb Gang of Five  8)

They certainly do, Karl. 8)

Sergeant Rock

#46
June 05, 2015, 06:36:42 AM Last Edit: June 05, 2015, 06:42:40 AM by Sergeant Rock
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 01, 2015, 07:06:40 AM
Favorite Sibelius tone poems (in no particular order): Tapiola, The Oceanides, Night Ride and Sunrise, En Saga, and Pohjola's Daughter.

Quote from: karlhenning on June 05, 2015, 03:15:23 AM
In a category for which there is no bad answer, these make a superb Gang of Five  8)

Indeed, you can't make an inferior list of five. All the tone poems superb (including Finlandia). Still, if I had to choose five (considering Kullervo as a symphony):

Tapiola, En saga, The Wood-Nymph, Luonnotar, The Swan of Tuonela


Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#47
June 05, 2015, 06:44:27 AM
Sarge, what's your opinion on this Burning Philosophical Question—Is the Valse triste a short tone-poem, or is it simply a characteristic dance?

8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Sergeant Rock

#48
June 05, 2015, 06:55:00 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 05, 2015, 06:44:27 AM
Sarge, what's your opinion on this Burning Philosophical Question—Is the Valse triste a short tone-poem, or is it simply a characteristic dance?

8)

I tend towards the latter. Too short for a tone poem? (But then Bantock's The Sea Reivers is even shorter, so there goes my argument.) Since it was originally part of the incidental music to a play I suppose that disqualifies it from being labeled a tone poem. Whatever it is, I love it. Never tire of hearing it (unlike so many other popular, overplayed pieces).

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#49
June 05, 2015, 06:56:09 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 05, 2015, 06:55:00 AM
I tend towards the latter. Too short for a tone poem? (But then Bantock's The Sea Reivers is even shorter, so there goes my argument.) Since it was originally part of the incidental music to a play I suppose that disqualifies it from being labeled a tone poem. Whatever it is, I love it. Never tire of hearing it (unlike so many other popular, overplayed pieces).

Sarge

It is a masterly gem.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot
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