Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote seven fine symphonies over the course of about 25 years. This evening on Symphony @ 7, I'll have his first foray into the genre with Symphony No. 1 in E minor. But ...

From the classical archive, 4 December 1905: Sibelius’s first public appearance in England, conducting his symphony no 1, and Finlandia The Liverpool Orchestral Society’s Concert of Saturday was ...

If the world were a piece of music, it would surely sound like Sibelius. All the curves and jagged edges of the planet seem to be not just reflected, but imbedded, in his work, especially the ...

Conductor JoAnn Falletta leads the Buffalo Philharmonic in music by Finland's greatest composer, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). We hear Sibelius' first journey into the symphonic landscape, his Symphony ...

It’s a bit startling to realize that Jean Sibelius has been dead for only 50 years, for he is a figure who seems like part of a deeper past. To put it in stark perspective, he was born in the year ...

Born in southern Finland in 1865, Jean Sibelius’ music helped to define Finnish national identity for many in the 19th and 20th centuries, as the country struggled for independence against the Russian ...

It’s easy to imagine Hilary Hahn having this weekend circled on her calendar. For her lone American concerts of the winter, the renowned violinist is performing Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with a ...

He was one of the great musical visionaries of the 20th century and his symphonies revitalised a tradition that was close to collapsing under its own expressive weight. There are few of us who haven’t ...

In Jean Sibelius's house, about half an hour north of Helsinki and within sight of haunting Lake Tuusula, there is a massive green fireplace, the height of the dining room. Every brick has been ...