Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Karelia (1894)

suite for orchestra, after the overture

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1894
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel, nº PB 4938
    • Opus: 11
Detailed formation
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 October 1900
    Location:

    Finlande, Helsinki


    Performers:

    Robert Kajanus, direction.

Table of contents

Intermezzo
Ballade
Alla marcia