Sibelius - "Symphony No. 3 (Radio Philh. Orch., cond. K. Canellakis)" [Classical]

"Symphony No. 3 (Radio Philh. Orch., cond. K. Canellakis)" music video by Sibelius
Added: 14-09-2020
Genre : Classical
Description : The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and The Netherlands Radio Choir are celebrating their 75th anniversary! The party took place during the opening of the brand new season of The AVROTROS Friday Concerto, a series by Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS. Among other works, they performed the 'Symphony No. 3' by Jean Sibelius.

On the musical program:
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52

The musicians:
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
The Netherlands Radio Choir
Karina Canellakis [conductor]

Recording: The AVROTROS Friday Concerto of Friday the 11th of September 2020, in the Great Hall of TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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The Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52, by Jean Sibelius is a symphony in three movements composed in 1907. Coming between the romantic intensity of Sibelius's first two symphonies and the more austere complexity of his later symphonies, it is a good-natured, triumphal, and deceptively simple-sounding piece. The symphony's first performance was given by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society, conducted by the composer, on 25 September 1907. In the same concert, his suite from the incidental music to Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 51, was also performed for the first time. It is dedicated to the British composer Granville Bantock an early champion of his work in the UK.

The first recording featured the Finnish conductor Robert Kajanus and the London Symphony Orchestra, for the HMV label in June 1932.

Tags : 2020, 20s, Sibelius