To most people Sibelius is the composer of Finlandia and the Karelia Suite; to others he is one of the great symphony composers; to the people of Finland he is these things and a national hero. While ...

In 1926, Sibelius produced his final work of any real significance: the symphonic poem Tapiola, which was premiered in New York in December that year. As so often, the starting point was Finnish ...

Sibelius wrote his patriotic tone poem in 1899 as a protest against increasing censorship in his home country of Finland. In the summer of 1900, just as the world was beginning to wake up to Finlandia ...

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 ...