MEGAN THOMAS (Soprano) JOHN THORNE (Baritone)
The GERSHOM PARKINGTON QUINTET
VALSE TmsTE, probably the best known piece by Sibelius, is taken from music which he wrote for a drama called Kuolema, by his brother-in-law Jarnefelt, not the Jarnefelt whoso name also appears here as composer. In the drama, the moment which the waltz accompanies is far more deeply tragic than the word ' triste ' conveys, so hopelessly sad, indeed, that Jistoners had better not know of it, had better listen to this famous waltz tune and regard it as merely touched with a deep melancholy.