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 ...

From the classical archive, 4 December 1905: Sibelius’s first public appearance in England, conducting his symphony no 1, and Finlandia The Liverpool Orchestral Society’s Concert of Saturday was ...

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 ...

We’re talking about the music of Jean Sibelius, the voice of Finland, the Scandinavian North. This is an unusual view of the Jean Sibelius monument in Helsinki, Finland on Feb. 27, 1968. (AP) The work ...

Hear the serene hymn section from Sibelius’ ‘Finlandia’ “sung” by an SATB choir of electric toothbrushes. Yes, toothbrushes. Filmed by a lakeside in Finland, this video presents a performance of ...

There were novelties at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday night. Finnish was spoken over the PA system for the first time -- in a request that audience members turn off their cellphones -- as the ...

Wildly popular a century ago as an icon of Finnish nationalism in a late-Romantic vein, Jean Sibelius was largely dismissed by music aficionados after World War II as something of a conservative ...

So thorough is an immersion into the world of Jean Sibelius offered by Seattle Symphony in coming weeks that a drinking-age patron will be able to sample the Finnish composer’s favorite cocktail in ...