Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 / Pelleas & Melisande Suite

Featuring

Neeme Järvi
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Jean Sibelius

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Instruments

In the Sixth Symphony, Sibelius uses brass more sparingly than in his other symphonies, and the harp reappears, treated with archaic simplicity like the Finnish five-stringed kantele.

Compositional Technique

In his Sixth Symphony, Sibelius achieved a synthesis between church modes and the major-minor key system, feeling uniquely suited to this due to his "birth and uninterrupted habit."

Performer Biography

Neeme Järvi, born in Estonia in 1937, received his conducting education in Leningrad and was chief conductor for the Estonian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and the Tallinn Opera from 1963-1980.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Gothenburg Concert Hall, which is scientifically proven to be one of the world's best concert venues, confirmed by acoustic studies and interviews with 23 internationally renowned conductors.

Composer Biography

During World War I, while drafting the Sixth Symphony, Sibelius composed many pieces for violin and piano, and even proposed a new violin concerto to his publisher for 5,000 Reichsmark.

Composition History

Sibelius conceived the basic idea for his Sixth Symphony in autumn 1914, at the same time as his Fifth Symphony, with thematic worlds often interweaving between the two.