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Sibelius: Music for Mixed and Female Choir

5/31/2000, 40 Tracks, 1:05:47

Featuring

  • Astrid Riska
  • Gustav Djupsjöbacka
  • Kaj-Erik Gustafsson
  • Sirpa Lilius
  • Monica Groop
  • Sauli Tiilikainen
  • Juhani Hapuli
  • Ari-Pekka Mäenpää
  • Jubilate Choir
  • Jean Sibelius

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Composer Biography

Sibelius composed some of his earliest choral works, such as "Kör av vindarna" and "Sonens brud," for teaching purposes at the Helsinki Music Institute, founded by his composition teacher Martin Wegelius.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

The "Finlandia Hymn" has been sung with various texts in the USA and Europe since 1915, and Sibelius himself made new arrangements due to the spread of inferior versions.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The nine choral songs of Sibelius's Op. 23 are excerpts from a cantata he wrote for the 1897 degree ceremony at Helsinki University, which was his most extensive work for soloists, mixed choir, and orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Sibelius's "Carminalia" are arrangements of three Latin school songs, which he noted down after hearing them sung by teacher Elisa Stenback, unaware they were part of the 16th-century "Pia Cantiones" collection.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The "March of the Primary School Children" was composed by Sibelius in 1910 to be performed simultaneously in many Finnish schools for the 100th anniversary of Uno Cygnaeus, known as the 'father of Finnish popular education'.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

In the 1880s, Finland saw a popular choral movement, initially bilingual, but soon divided into Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking factions, with Sibelius's teacher Martin Wegelius leading the Swedish-speaking group.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Sibelius's "Three Songs for American Schools" were commissioned in 1911 by Horatio Parker, who also arranged Sibelius's only trip to the USA.

Source: Booklet

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