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Composer of the Week: Sibelius

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Jeremy Hayes ends his exploration of Sibelius's theatre music with the remarkable closing scenes of the composer's score for Hofmannstahl's play Everyman. Also The Oceanides, Sibelius's only symphonic poem not to have been inspired by Finnish mythology, and Tapiola, a powerful evocation of dark gloomy forests, heard here in Karajan's last recording and preceded by a short recording of Sibelius speaking. The Oceanides
City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Incidental music: Everyman (excerpt) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska
Tapiola
Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan Repeated from last Friday

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Unknown:
Jeremy Hayes
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Source: Radio Times

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