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Suite for Violin and String Orch. op. 117. Jean Sibelius.

Translation

Suite for Violin and String Orch. op. 117. Jean Sibelius.

Original

Suite for Violin and String Orch. op. 117. composed by Jean Sibelius. 1865-1957. For violin and string orchestra. Score & solo part. violin. Published by Fennica Gehrman. FG.55011-083-0. ISBN 979-0-55011-083-0. This suite is one of Sibelius' last works, written in 1928-29 shortly after the completion of Tapiola and the music to The Tempest. It represents the culmination of a series of works for violin and orchestra which started with the Serenades op. 69 and continued with the Humoresques opp. 87 and 89. The voice of the violin - Sibelius' mother-tongue - unites with the orchestral writing of a mature and experienced symphonist. All three movements of the op. 117 revolve around themes of the countryside in summer, and its airy solo violin writing is reminiscent of a lyrical, rustic story-teller. As is typical with Sibelius, harmonies occasionally touch a darker, more unpredictable vein, but on the whole this is an unusually direct and uncomplicated work from the mature composer's pen.

Translation

Suite for Violin and String Orch. op. 117. composed by Jean Sibelius. 1865-1957. For violin and string orchestra. Score . violin. Published by Fennica Gehrman. FG.55011-083-0. ISBN 979-0-55011-083-0. This suite is one of Sibelius' last works, written in 1928-29 shortly after the completion of Tapiola and the music to The Tempest. It represents the culmination of a series of works for violin and orchestra which started with the Serenades op. 69 and continued with the Humoresques opp. 87 and 89. The voice of the violin - Sibelius' mother-tongue - unites with the orchestral writing of a mature and experienced symphonist. All three movements of the op. 117 revolve around themes of the countryside in summer, and its airy solo violin writing is reminiscent of a lyrical, rustic story-teller. As is typical with Sibelius, harmonies occasionally touch a darker, more unpredictable vein, but on the whole this is an unusually direct and uncomplicated work from the mature composer's pen.