ORCHESTRAL»

Seven Songs by Jean Sibelius

Instrumentation: *2*2*22/ 4 2 3 1/ timp. + 2perc/ hp/ strings
Duration: ca. 18'

Programme Notes

Orchestrations of the following songs:

  • Vilse, Op.17 No.4
  • Illalle, Op.17 No.6 (transposed mionor third higher than original)
  • Soluppgång, Op.37 No.3
  • Var det en dröm?, Op.37 No.4
  • Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op.37 No.5
  • Säv, Säv, Susa, Op.36 No.4 (transposed minor second higher than original)
  • Svarta Rosor, Op.36 No.1

 

Audio Samples

 

Premiere

June 15, 17 , 2006
BEN HEPPNER, tenor, TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Peter Oundjian
Roy Thomson Hall
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

 

 

Subsequent Performances

Ben Heppner, tenor Los Angeles Philharmonic. October 25, 26 2007 Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, California

 

Ben Heppner, tenor Los Angeles Philharmonic November 5, 2007 Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France

Ben Heppner, tenor Los Angeles Philharmonic November 10, 2007 Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Barbican Hall, London, England

Reviews

"Estacio’s orchestrations were nothing short of gorgeous, with limpid sounds and pulsing textures that often echoed Sibelius’s own experimentations in odd pairings of instruments". - John Terauds, The Toronto Star

"Estacio’s versions were smart and idiomatic, and sometimes quite original. His rendition of Soluppgang, about a knight preparing to leave home for battle, alternated between sections for portentous Wagnerian brasses and transparent writing for a few front-desk strings.

Estacio used his big orchestra sparingly and well, giving a fresh woodwind colouring to Vilse, and providing a layered ensemble tutti for Heppner to ride up to the effusive crests in Var det en drom?" - Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail

 

 

Score/Parts Rental

For more information on score and parts rental for Seven Songs by Jean Sibelius, contact John Estacio