Sarah Kwak joined the Oregon Symphony as concertmaster last season. (Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian) The beginning of Jean Sibelius' First Symphony is a marvel of mood setting. Unlike other ...

The symphonic repertoire is full of music that evokes aquatic environments, from Handel’s “Water Music” to Debussy’s “La Mer” and John Luther Adams’ “Become Ocean.” The Seattle Symphony’s current ...

The school year will come to a musical end at the annual Spring Symphony concert. The UCLA Symphony will perform two symphonic and orchestral works at Schoenberg Hall on Wednesday. The concert will ...

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Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote seven fine symphonies over the course of about 25 years. This evening on Symphony @ 7, I'll have his first foray into the genre with Symphony No. 1 in E minor. But ...

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I attended my first morning concert by the San Diego Symphony on Friday, February 28. The concert started at 11 am, and I was happy to have the day free in order to attend. I’ve reached an age where a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Part of Sibelius' Symphony No. 8? (Photo by Markus Jokela, Helsingen Sanomat) It's one of the heartbreakers of classical music: ...

If one work could be said to characterize Jean Sibelius' mature style, it is the Fifth Symphony. The first movement grows organically, from nebulous beginnings and the majestic emergence of a theme of ...

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 ...