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A journey to Sibelius's Swan of Tuonela

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Sibelius's The Swan of Tuonela, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Sibelius's The Swan of Tuonela, diving down sonic avenues that link music across time and space. From Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake to The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons via Scott Joplin and Monteverdi, Sara charts a musical journey towards Sibelius’s atmospheric tone poem.

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Producer: David Fay.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Oct 202513:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Ondine.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a: I. Scene. Moderato

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
    • ABC.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Kehruuvirsi ja tuutulaulu (Spinning Song and Lullaby)

    Singer: Oksenja Mäkiselkä.
    • Ondine.

  • Uuno Klami

    The Spout of Spring (Kalevala Suite, Op 23, 2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kyllikki: Commodo

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • SONY.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Toccata (L'Orfeo)

    Ensemble: Concerto Vocale. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Juliette Hurel. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • WARNER.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Can-Can (Orpheus in the Underworld)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • William Tell and other favourites: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Kunzel.
    • Telarc.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zerfliesse, mein Herze (St John Passion, Part 2)

    Singer: Joanne Lunn. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Oboe Trio, Op 87 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marilyn Zupnik. Performer: Kathryn Greenbank. Performer: Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia.
    • Resonance.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 "From the New World" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swan

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Scott Joplin

    Silver Swan Rag

    Performer: Richard Dowling.
    • Rivermont Records.

  • You Are Wolf

    Swansong

    Performer: You Are Wolf.
    • Stone Tape.

  • Richard Wagner

    Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin)

    Conductor: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Gustav Holst

    Suite in E flat major for military band, Op. 28, No. 1 (II. Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • British Wind Band Classics.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 15 Sep 202413:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sun 5 Oct 202513:30
    BBC Radio 3