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They have an annual event in Finland to coincide with Jean Sibelius's birthday
on the 8th of December: the Finnish Music Day.
Of course nowadays Finnish Music is a lot more than the towering Sibelius,
with world-renowned music education, conductors, soloists and singers
making their mark in global classical music.
A notable example, composer Kaija Saariaho:
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| Kaija Saariaho, photo Esa Jaske. |
However, there's no denying the continuing importance of
Jean Sibelius (1865- 1957) to the Finnish musical and historical life.
And of course not just for Finland, but for the global audience
as well: Our ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) just had their
annual classical music countdown on their ABC Classic radio channel,
this year about listeners' favourite 20th century classical music,
with some seven Sibelius works voted in (the top one was his
Finlandia suite at number 15).
Last year we were lucky to visit Ainola, the home of Sibelius,
in Järvenpää, Finland. I posted photos of the event, which can be
re-visited here:
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| Jean Sibelius. |
And by the way, you might be interested in the full list of
Australian top 100 20th Century Classical Music Works:
Australian top 100 20th Century Classical Music Works:
Countdown list
100, ADAMS - Nixon in China
99, RAMIREZ - Misa Criolla
98, PROKOFIEV - Lieutenant Kije Suite
97, ADDINSELL - Warsaw Concerto
96, SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93
95, TAVENER - Song for Athene
94, SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
93, ELGAR - Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61
92, BRITTEN - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
91, LLOYD WEBBER - A Requiem: Pie Jesu
90, SHORE - Lord of the Rings
89, LEHAR - The Merry Widow
88, ELGAR - Dream of Gerontius
87, O'BOYLE - Concerto for Didgeridoo
86, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Fantasia on Greensleeves
85, WEILL - The Threepenny Opera: Prologue and Act 1
84, VILLA LOBOS - Bachianas Brazileiras No.5
83, RAVEL - Daphnis and Chloe
82, GLASS - Akhnaten
81, MESSIAEN - Turangalila-Symphonie
80, GRAINGER - Irish Tune from County Derry
79, BARBER - Violin Concerto Op.14
78, ELGAR - Symphony No.1 in A-flat Op.55
77, GERSHWIN - Piano Concerto in F
76, BERNSTEIN - Candide
75, STRAUSS - An Alpine Symphony Op 64
74, KORNGOLD - Violin Concerto in D, Op35
73, MAHLER - Symphony No 6 in A Minor
72, GERSHWIN - An American in Paris
71, BRITTEN - A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
70, BRITTEN - A Ceremony of Carols
69, RACHMANINOFF - Vespers Op. 37 (All Night Vigil)
68, JENKINS - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
67, DEBUSSY - Preludes
66, MAHLER - Symphony No.9 in D
65, PARRY - Jerusalem
64, RESPIGHI - Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
63, SCHOENBERG - Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextet Op.4
62, RAVEL - Piano Concerto in G
61, MAHLER - Symphony No.4 in G
60, SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No.7 in C Op.60, 'Leningrad'
59, BRITTEN - War Requiem
58, MAHLER - Symphony No.8 in E-flat, 'Symphony of a Thousand'
57, PROKOFIEV - Symphony No.1 in D Op.25, 'Classical'
56, PART - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
55, CANTELOUBE - Chants d'Auvergne (Songs of the Auvergne)
54, RAVEL - Pavane pour une infante defunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
53, RESPIGHI - Ancient Airs and Dances
52, PUCCINI - Turandot
51, SCULTHORPE - Kakadu
50, BRITTEN - Peter Grimes
49, EDWARDS - Dawn Mantras
48, SHOSTAKOVICH - Gadfly Suite
47, STRAVINSKY - Petrushka
46, SCULTHORPE - Small Town
45, EDWARDS - Violin Concerto 'Maninyas'
44, RACHMANINOFF - Symphony No.2 in e minor Op.27
43, GLASS - Violin Concerto No.1
42, BARTOK - Concerto for Orchestra
41, MESSIAEN - Quatuor Pour Le Fin Du Temps
40, STRAUSS - Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
39, KATS-CHERNIN - Wild Swans
38, PROKOFIEV - Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
37, RAVEL - String Quartet in F
36, MORRICONE - The Mission
35, STRAVINSKY - L'Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)
34, DEBUSSY - La Mer
33, MAHLER - Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
32, COPLAND - Fanfare for the Common Man
31, SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No.5 in d minor Op.47
30, SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 5
29, WESTLAKE - Antarctica Suite
28, PUCCINI - Tosca
27, SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 43
26, KHACHATURIAN - Spartacus
25, MAHLER - Symphony No.5 in c-sharp minor
24, GERSHWIN - Porgy and Bess
23, SIBELIUS - Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
22, RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43
21, ELGAR - Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D Op.39
20, RAVEL - Bolero
19, RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30
18, COPLAND - Appalachian Spring
17, PUCCINI - Madama Butterfly
16, PART - Spiegel Im Spiegel
15, SIBELIUS - Finlandia
14, GORECKI - Symphony No.3 Op.36, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
13, BERNSTEIN - West Side Story
12, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
11, STRAUSS - Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
10, PROKOFIEV - Romeo and Juliet Op.64
9, STRAVINSKY - Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
8, ORFF - Carmina Burana
7, BARBER - Adagio For Strings
6, RODRIGO - Concierto de Aranjuez
5, RACHMANINOV - Piano Concerto No. 2
4, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - The Lark Ascending
3, GERSHWIN - Rhapsody in Blue
2, HOLST - The Planets
1, ELGAR - Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85
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