Jean Sibelius

The Dryad (Sibelius)

The Dryad (in Finnish: ), Op. 45/1, is a tone poem for orchestra written in 1910 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. He completed it between skiing trips. He conducted the first performance in

Instrumentation#

The Dryad is scored for the following instruments, organized by family (woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings): *1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B), 1 bass clarinet (in B), and 2 bassoons *4 horns (in F), 3 trumpets (in B), 3 trombones, and tuba *Bass drum, snare drum, castanets, and tambourine *Violins (I and II), violas, cellos, and double basses

Structure#

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Discography#

The Finnish conductor Nils-Eric Fougstedt and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra made the world premiere studio recording of The Dryad in 1959 for the (in Finnish: ). The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings: In addition, the Finnish pianist Erik T. Tawaststjerna made the world premiere studio recording of Sibelius’s piano transcription of The Dryad in 1987 for BIS. The table below includes this and other commercially available recordings:

Composer: Jean Sibelius