Jean Sibelius
Overture in E major and Ballet Scene
The Overture in E major and Ballet Scene (in French: ), respectively JS 145 and 163, are two single-movement works for orchestra written in 1891 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius while he was a
Instrumentation#
The Overture in E major is scored for the following instruments, organized by family (woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings): * 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons * 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, and tuba * timpani, cymbals, and triangle * violins (I and II), violas, cellos, and double basses The Ballet Scene, on the other hand, is one of the most luxuriously scored orchestral works in Sibelius’s oeuvre. To the forces listed above for the Overture, it subtracts timpani from the percussion section but adds castanets; moreover, both flutes double piccolo, while one oboist and one clarinetist switch, respectively, to cor anglais and bass clarinet.
Discography#
The Estonian-American conductor Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra made the world premiere studio recordings of the Overture in E minor and Ballet Scene (both then still in manuscript) in 1989 for BIS. The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
- Composer
- Jean Sibelius