One of the first composer-ethnomusicologists, and the author of ten operas, Armas Launis was born in Hämeenlinna (also Sibelius’s birthplace) 140 years ago today.

Interesting discussions & article. As an adult I know I don't absorb info from a screen as well as paper nor interact with it the same way. 15yr/o hates that GCSE music composition is expected on Sibelius. She composes with pencil & paper & then transfers as that works for her!

Morning on the Lake,
based on an impression of Symphony No. 5 by Jean Sibelius
Pastel on Pastelmat 24x30 cm

#pastel art #pastel #softpastel #pastel painting #pastel drawing #landscape #パステル画

The cries of 16 flying swans led Sibelius to write about it in his diary -'.......Nature's mystery & life's melancholy! The Fifth Symphony's finale theme'

‘Whenever this comes on at a party I kinda lose my mind.’

What gets composer Gavin Higgins moving? Find out when he talks to Jess Gillam on #ThisClassicalLife . Gavin & Jess share tracks by #Sibelius , #Schumann , #Bowie & #Loreen . Listen BBC Sounds bit.ly/3U5UjSn

Jfc why tf does everyone take Sibelius 7 so fast

Closing out the night with Leonard Bernstein conducting Sibelius #NowPlaying #np #classical

Tchaikovsky VC
Sibelius VC
Dvorak CC
Tchaikovsky sym1
Brahms sym1

Well, well this is quite something. #NowSpinning the Karelia Overture from the same disc. This orchestra is ideal for Sibelius.

Jean Sibelius, commission, mixed media on canvas, 25” x 36”. #commissions #black4 #sibelius

I was scrolling through benny’s ig and saw bretty likes his sibelius😭

'My teeth are pressed against the pavement, every achievement to be wasted.'
A younger Corvus Sibelius, relative of a lancer pilot of mine, also known as winner of Worst Woman of the Year for 90 consecutive years

I JUST HANDED IN MY MUSIC ASSINMENT I DONT HAVE TO OPEN SIBELIUS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR

No such thing as petty nationalism. Our small nations are the foundational units of European civilization. Dvorak, Sibelius, Boradin, and Tchaikovsky were all nationalists and local folk music was the bedrock of their greatest symphonies.

'If Sibelius is a good composer, it invalidates the standards of musical quality that have persisted from Bach to Schoenberg,'

- Theodor Adorno, cultural philosopher, modernist ideologue

(Image: Sibelius, Symphony No. 3, 1st movement)

#NowSpinning Sibelius suite from his incidental music to King Christian II. Gorgeous transparency and glowing tone from the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra under Shuntaro Sato. Classy stuff.

Maybe one of the silliest musical statements ever made. Sibelius went his wonderful direction but he was not with out fundamentals or a precision demanded of Bach's he was not a dwarf standing on solders of giants, but a giant standing letting giants whisper in his ear...

Matt Flaibbi 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌱 Anthony Princiotti In spite of that, which I have no argument with, I still don't understand why, coming across a condescending opinion of his on Sibelius, or jazz, or popular culture, I should give it any credence. My own opinions on those are beside the point, but I probably disagree with him.