Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 San Francisco Symphony & Esa-Pekka Salonen

• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957): Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82:
• 1 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato (1915 Version) 14:09
• 2 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto (1915 Version) 09:34
• 3 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III. Allegro molto (1915 Version) 10:22
• Total Runtime 34:05

Info for Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Composed in 1915, Jean Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony was commissioned by the Finnish government to celebrate the composer’s 50th birthday, which was declared a national holiday. When he returned home a year earlier from a recent successful trip to America, he heard the news of the assassination at Sarajevo of the heir to the Austrian throne. He had scarcely settled into his life again when, to his horror and disbelief, virtually all Europe was at war. Sibelius had jotted these words in his notebook: “In a deep valley again. But I already begin to see dimly the mountain that I shall certainly ascend….. God opens His door for a moment and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony.” These recordings were produced by Jason O’Connell. Jon Johannsen was the recording engineer, and Mark Willsher was the mastering engineer and mixing engineer.

San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Recorded live on June 2022

Esa-Pekka Salonen
is known as both a composer and conductor. He is currently the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, where he works alongside eight Collaborative Partners from a variety of disciplines ranging from composers to roboticists. He is Conductor Laureate for London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, where, as Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor from 2008 until 2021, he spearheaded digital projects such as the award-winning RE-RITE and Universe of Sound installations and the much-hailed app for iPad, The Orchestra; the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he was Music Director from 1992 until 2009, and was instrumental in opening the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall; and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is currently in the midst of Multiverse Esa-Pekka Salonen, a two-season residency as both composer and conductor, at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg; he is also the Composer in Residence at the Berliner Philharmoniker. As a member of the faculty of LA's Colburn School, he develops, leads, and directs the pre-professional Negaunee Conducting Program. He is the cofounder—and until 2018 served as Artistic Director—of the annual Baltic Sea Festival. In 2015 he addressed the Apple Distinguished Educator conference on the uses of technology in music education, and his Violin Concerto was featured in an international campaign for iPad.

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