All Sibelius articles
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Janine Jansen: Prokofiev, Sibelius
Two masterly musicians on top form in an unusual pairing
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaud Powell and Sibelius: how the violinist championed the composer's Violin Concerto
Violin virtuoso Maud Powell was the first American performer to recognise and champion the genius of Sibelius’s epic Violin Concerto in D minor, in spite of the initial scepticism of some US critics. Karen A. Shaffer reveals the mutual respect and friendship that made it possible
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ReviewConcert review: Jennifer Koh (violin) NYO2/Joseph Young
Bruce Hodges reviews the concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on 15 July 2023, comprising Sibelius, Bernstein, Prokofiev, Carlos Simon and Antonio Abreu
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ReviewConcert review: Frank Huang (violin) New York Philharmonic/Jaap Van Zweden
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Sibelius and Julia Wolfe at New York’s David Geffen Hall on 3 June 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Golda Schultz (soprano) Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Sibelius, Mozart and Thomas Adès at New York’s Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, on 25 April 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Maxim Vengerov (violin) Romanian National Philharmonic Orchestra/Sergey Smbatyan
David Kettle attends an unusual performance by the violinist at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on 27 November 2022
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ReviewBook review: The Northern Silence: Journeys in Nordic Music and Culture
Robin Stowell reviews Andrew Mellor’s account and analysis of music in the Nordic countries
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ReviewJohan Dalene: Nielsen, Sibelius
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: April 2022 Description: Two great Scandinavian violin concertos from a rising star Musicians: Johan Dalene (violin) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds Works: Nielsen: Violin Concerto op.33. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor op.47 Catalogue number: BIS BIS-2620 (HYBRID SACD) ...
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ReviewFenella Humphreys: Sibelius
Rare outing for small-scale pieces that perhaps hint at Sibelius’s ‘lost’ Eighth
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ReviewReview round-up: BBC Proms 2021
Peter Quantrill attends the cream of the strings crop during this year’s Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall
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ReviewConcert review: Johan Dalene (violin) Julien Quentin (piano)
Charlotte Gardner visits the Verbier Festival in Switzerland to hear the performance at Verbier Church on 18 July 2021
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ReviewFenella Humphreys: Sibelius, Josephson
A concerto with strength of spirit plus a heavenly journey postscript
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Ilze Klava (viola) Bergen Philharmonic/Edward Gardner
Andrew Mellor watches the performance at the Grieghallen Bergen, Norway, on 3 February 2021
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ReviewJohan Dalene: Nordic Rhapsody
Twenty-year-old artist’s second album looks north for inspiration
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ReviewConcert review: Augustin Hadelich (violin) Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck
Andrew Mellor hears the performance at Copenhagen’s DR Concert Hall on 27 November 2020
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ReviewBook review: Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto
Robin Stowell reviews a comprehensive guide to one of the most important and popular concertos of the 20th century
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ReviewEmmanuel Tjeknavorian: Sibelius, Tjeknavorian
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian: Sibelius, Tjeknavorian The Strad Issue: July 2020 Description: Violinist plays his father’s concerto, a valuable addition to the repertoire Musicians: Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (violin) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Pablo González Works: Loris Tjeknavorian: Violin Concerto. Sibelius: Violin Concerto Catalogue Number: BERLIN CLASSICS 030142BC Emmanuel Tjeknavorian won the ...
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ReviewThe World Is (Y)Ours. Clyne, Sibelius, Fujikura, Rautavaara, Ullén etc
Exciting modern cello music with not-so-secret links to Bach
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ReviewSo Many Stars: Sonatinas for Violin and Piano by Berkeley, Françaix, Frances-Hoad, Sibelius, Crosse and Alwyn
Fenella Humphreys employs her customary imaginative flair and luminous palette of tone colours