The Oceanides
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The Oceanides, Op. 73, is a single-movement tone poem for orchestra written from 1913 to 1914 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece, which refers to the nymphs in Greek mythology who inhabi
Großes Marinestück by Max Jensen (c. 1880), which depicts a stormy sea reminiscent of the one Sibelius creates musically in The Oceanides
Aallottaret (c. 1909), by Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela, the composer's friend
Postcard of the Music Shed (c. 1920s), the venue at which Sibelius premiered The Oceanides in 1914
Swedish composer, Wilhelm Stenhammar (c. 1916), a friend of Sibelius's who was key in securing the European premiere of The Oceanides for Gothenburg
Lemminkäinen Suite
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The Lemminkäinen Suite, or more correctly Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22, is a sequence of four tone poems for orchestra completed in 1896 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The work was c
The composer (c. 1895)
An 12 April 1896 advertisement from Uusi Suometar (in Finnish) promoting the premiere of Sibelius's Lemminkäinen Suite. Note that The Swan of Tuonela is listed in its original position of No. 3.