Naomi Wilkinson explores Sibelius's ode to Finland with facts, insight and animation. Sibelius loved Finland. One of his most beloved works is Finlandia, which is about the Finnish people ...

Is Nielsen the new Sibelius? Over Osmo Vänskä’s 19 seasons as Minnesota Orchestra music director, the orchestra became internationally renowned for its interpretations of music by Vänskä's fellow Finn ...

No Place Like by Kerry Andrew Mars from The Planets by Gustav Holst Finlandia by Jean Sibelius The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams These resources are bursting with ideas for how to get young ...

With this fine account of the First Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra complete their Sibelius cycle for Decca—and triumphantly, too! The Karelia suite is the most common ...

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 ...