If one work could be said to characterize Jean Sibelius' mature style, it is the Fifth Symphony. The first movement grows organically, from nebulous beginnings and the majestic emergence of a theme of ...

Coming at the end of the evening, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 cast a bright and somewhat unforgiving light on the other 20th-century symphony that had begun Thursday night’s Seattle Symphony program.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Sibelius Symphony No. 5 - Analysis Watch Stephen Johnson's analysis of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In an evening of deeply expressive repertoire, the Utah Symphony brings Sibelius' ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Two contemporary compositions provided the framework for the haunting, ebullient ...

Sarah Kwak joined the Oregon Symphony as concertmaster last season. (Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian) The beginning of Jean Sibelius' First Symphony is a marvel of mood setting. Unlike other ...

Music Director Leonard Slatkin leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the North American premiere of Ferran Cruixent's "Cyborg" (and yes, there is on-stage gadgetry involved!); the North American ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Part of Sibelius' Symphony No. 8? (Photo by Markus Jokela, Helsingen Sanomat) It's one of the heartbreakers of classical music: ...

The San Antonio Symphony performance of the Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 on Friday night was so good it almost makes one mad at conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Why did the symphony's music director, ...

This is outstanding. The longest sunrise in music emerges through crisp clean air in Nicholas Collon’s wonderfully lucid account of the Fifth Symphony. Woodwinds are keenly profiled, rhythm and ...

Our complete set of the symphonies by Jean Sibelius continues with his Symphony No. 5 — triumphant music that also reflects the struggles of the composer as he wrote the piece during WWI. Sakari Oramo ...

In his diary, Sibelius noted the inspiration for the grand theme in his Fifth Symphony: "Today I saw 16 swans. God, what beauty! They circled over me for a long time. Disappeared into the solar haze ...