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 ...

Finland's most famous art music composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) gradually ceased writing new music at the end of the 1920s. At the same time, radio broadcasts became more common in Europe. In ...

Composer Jean Sibelius is a hero to all Finns, most Englishmen and many Americans. His music is heavy enough to sound profound—something like the work of a rural and obstinate Brahms. It seemed ...

A continuation of an occasional series featuring my serendipitous discovery of musical connections, cross-fertilisations and unusual thematic ancestries that centuries of musical history have managed ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of classical composer Jean Sibelius. Musician David Was says the composer's work was in danger of falling out of fashion, but is recently enjoying a ...

In his native Finland, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) has always been much more than “just” a great composer. He was the country’s first modern hero: To find an American equivalent, we might liken him to ...

He mystified his Finnish countrymen with an unstoppable flow of compositions. He was also, one journalist said, “an alarming person to interview.” By Adam Nossiter As the orchestra searches for a new ...

For me, there is always something slightly mournful about the first real hints of Autumn here in Central Ohio, usually felt near the end of September. No surprise there about the timing, but still, ...

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 ...