Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Lemminkäinen palaa kotitienoille (1895)

symphonic poem for orchestra
[Le retour de Lemminkäinen]

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1895
      Revision dates: 1897 , 1939
    • Duration: 7 mn
    • Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel, nº PB 5585
    • Cycle: Lemminkäinen
    • Opus: 22/4
Detailed formation
  • 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 13 April 1896
    Location:

    Finlande, Helsinki


    Performers:

    Jean Sibelius, direction : version originale.

  • Date: 1 November 1897
    Location:

    Finlande, Helsinki


    Performers:

    Jean Sibelius, direction : version révisée.

  • Date: 28 September 1939
    Location:

    États-Unis, New York


    Performers:

    Georg Schnéevoigt, direction : version définitive.