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Jean Sibelius

Pohjola's Daughter

The tone poem Pohjola's Daughter (in Finnish: ), Op. 49, was composed by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in 1906. Originally, Sibelius intended to title the work , after the character in the (the

Instrumentation#

Pohjola’s Daughter is scored for the following instruments, organized by family (woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings): *1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 cor anglais, 2 clarinets (in B), 1 bass clarinet (in B), 2 bassoons, and 1 contrabassoon *4 horns (in F), 2 cornets (in B), 2 trumpets (in B), 3 trombones, and tuba *Timpani *Violins (I and II), violas, cellos, double basses, and harp

Discography#

The Finnish conductor Robert Kajanus and the London Symphony Orchestra made the world premiere studio recording of Pohjola’s Daughter in June 1932, which appeared on Volume 1 of HMV’s The Sibelius Society series (C 507, 1933). Since Kanajus’s pioneering example, many conductors have recorded the work, with Sir Colin Davis—in terms of superlatives—having made four recordings (1979, 2000, 2002, and 2005). The table below lists these and other commercially available recordings:

    • On-line biography of Jean Sibelius, “The first years in Ainola 1904–1908”.
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Jean Sibelius