Karelia-Suite

The Karelia Suite, Op 11 is a collection of orchestral works by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It is one of his earliest works and one of his most popular.

The individual pieces come from various independent works, which Sibelius composed in 1893 for a patriotic parade of students of the University of Helsinki in Viipuri in Karelia in the southeast corner of Finland. To Sibelius Karelia has always had a special relationship. He was initially inspired by the folk music there and spent his honeymoon. Sibelius had consecutively compiled a " Concert Suite " consisting of three parts of a previous festival music ( an overture had already been published separately as Op 10).

The Karelia Suite

The somewhat rough - hewn cope character of the music was intended. The aesthetic intention was not in sophisticated technology, but they deliberately wanted to preserve the naive, folk authenticity. Past comments have emphasized the national character of the music.

In addition to soloists and choir is the occupation of the suite of 3 flutes (including piccolo ), 3 oboes (including an English horn ), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 5 horns in F and E, 3 trumpets in F and E, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine and strings.

Ralph Wood has pointed to the special role of percussion in this composition.

The suite consists of three movements:

Reconstructions of the full Karelia music

It been two attempts to reconstruct the full Karelia music have been made. A version of Kalevi Aho was recorded in 1997 by the Lahti Symphony under the direction of Osmo Vänskä on CD. Also in 1997, reconstructed the Finnish composer Jouni Kaipainen the entire " Karelia music ", it was first recorded in 1998 by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra under Tuomas Ollila on CD. It consists of an overture and 10 pieces and takes about 44 minutes while the suite only takes 12 minutes.

* Completed and reconstructed by Jouni Kaipainen 1997

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