His music is seeped in the myths and the natural marvels of his homeland and helped articulate the struggle for Finnish independence, but it is his seven symphonies that confirmed his place as one of ...

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 ...

Sibelius on his Sixth Symphony: "Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water". Benjamin Britten on the ...

Sibelius’s mighty Finlandia is a triumphant celebration of the ancient beauty of Finland and the proud independence of her people. "It is as if the Almighty had thrown down pieces of a mosaic from ...

Jean Sibelius, born 150 years ago on Dec. 8, 1865, was the first Finnish composer to reach an international audience, but his popularity began at home. In the late 1890s, Finland was a part of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Various speculations over fragments and lines in manuscripts over the years are as nothing compared to three fully realised orchestral sketches which have just come to light, the quality of which we ...

Sibelius 5 is a first-class piece of software, and while the new features won´t make or break your ability to create good-looking scores, they´re welcome additions to an already outstanding program.