tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post5441136757616748605..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Sibelius at home III: tributesDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-75121895049775263462010-04-05T19:53:38.870+01:002010-04-05T19:53:38.870+01:00JV, you're referring to Sir David's terrib...JV, you're referring to Sir David's terrible pedantry on the 'swan songs' entry - I did indeed think of invoking that exquisite Gibbons piece, which I've sung with such pleasure, but didn't - though it's been running through my head ever since.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-1932827082542281032010-04-05T12:24:46.044+01:002010-04-05T12:24:46.044+01:00Hopefully both of you know the famous Gibbons madr...Hopefully both of you know the famous Gibbons madrigal, "The Silver Swan," which manifests that very thing. <br /><br />J. V.JVaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468133975019785693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-68030373978775445692010-04-04T16:57:48.922+01:002010-04-04T16:57:48.922+01:00DAvid Damant writes
I suppose that those in charg...DAvid Damant writes<br /><br />I suppose that those in charge of the collection or records at the house of Sibelius know that modern techniques could transcribe them beautifully? And even correct ( some of the ) defects. I have "All God's Chillums have Wings" transcribed from a pretty ropey original, and I am aware that that is not by Sibelius.David Damanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409591480349323761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-31475611726968574842010-04-04T15:05:23.912+01:002010-04-04T15:05:23.912+01:00Sallinen's are perhaps the finest, and there w...Sallinen's are perhaps the finest, and there was a splendid recording recently of The King Goes Forth to France. Saariaho's leave me underwhelmed, and even her admirers have been losing interest recently.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-71404584553785968762010-04-03T11:51:29.602+01:002010-04-03T11:51:29.602+01:00I have a number of Berglund's recordings, fine...I have a number of Berglund's recordings, fine work all. <br /><br />For a while many years back, there was a wonderful outpouring of new Finnish opera but that has either ended, or the non-Finnish opera world is no longer interested. I remember particularly an opera or oratorio named, I think, Thomas, on the Bishop who sent the Teutonic Knights to their deaths at the hands of Alexander Nevsky.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-54081785517457391002010-04-03T09:12:57.200+01:002010-04-03T09:12:57.200+01:00Oh, right, Jusi Jalas (if I remember correctly: ha...Oh, right, Jusi Jalas (if I remember correctly: had a recording by him of the Lemminkainen Legends).<br /><br />A BBCSO cellist told me that the two conductors she'd found the most inspiring to work with were Neeme Jarvi (my hero) and Okko Kamu, which is interesting as I've never heard him live. Berglund apparently doesn't conduct much, if at all, any more. He was the greatest.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-20883658644162805252010-04-03T06:02:56.757+01:002010-04-03T06:02:56.757+01:00This conductor was, I think, Sibelius's nephew...This conductor was, I think, Sibelius's nephew, and may have been in charge of a festival in Helsinki shortly after the composer's death. Spelled phonetically, it is something like Yusi Yallis. <br /><br />J. V.JVaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468133975019785693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-7212420138737983132010-04-02T14:43:04.558+01:002010-04-02T14:43:04.558+01:00What an impressive pair you are. Kippis!What an impressive pair you are. Kippis!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-64840567707525652552010-04-02T14:31:25.491+01:002010-04-02T14:31:25.491+01:00Fritz spent a summer during college working at a F...Fritz spent a summer during college working at a Friends International work camp north of the Arctic Circle in Inauri, Finland, building schools for Lapp children. He even learned a respectable amount of Finnish and loved the place. Since he's always loved Sibelius, he was delighted when I got him to sit down to your posts, the house being a particular favorite. Thanks, David!Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-60343996555589832492010-04-02T13:14:28.662+01:002010-04-02T13:14:28.662+01:00No, at least not from the catalogue.
Not sure to ...No, at least not from the catalogue.<br /><br />Not sure to whom you're referring in your second para.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-76625334716959963762010-04-02T12:51:14.807+01:002010-04-02T12:51:14.807+01:00This may be a small point, but do we know when the...This may be a small point, but do we know when these VW scores were acquired, especially that of the _Fourth_, thus giving us at least a circumstantial clue as to whether Sibelius admired VW's music prior to first hearing the _Fifth_? <br /><br />On a slightly-different, though related after a manner, tack, a relative of Sibelius, whose name I know but dare not try to spell, recorded at least some of his music, and yet we seem to hear none of his work these days. Was it not up to scratch? <br /><br />J. V.JVaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468133975019785693noreply@blogger.com