A Warning from Above
Donald Macleod considers the effect of poverty and ill-health on Sibelius's music.
Years of heavy drinking had taken a toll on the health of Sibelius, to the extent that at the age of only 39, he had tremors in his hands. He was persuaded to move out of the city to a house in the countryside. But word had got around that he was in poor health and people who had funded him in the past turned their backs. Donald Macleod explores the music composed by Sibelius in this period, when, with health problems becoming more acute, the composer receives a "warning from above".
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Jean Sibelius
Valse Triste
Performer; Hallé Orchestra Performer: John Barbirolli
- EMI 7 69205 2.
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Jean Sibelius
Pohjola's Daughter
Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Leonard Bernstein
- CBS 44720.
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Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise
Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme Järvi
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony no 4 - Mvts 1 & 2
Performer: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Performer: Pietari Inkinen
- Naxos 8.572227.
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- Thu 22 Aug 201318:00BBC Radio 3
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