Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Koskenlaskijan morsianet (1897)

for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) and orchestra
[Les Fiancées des torrents]

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1897
    • Duration: 12 mn
    • Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel
    • Opus: 33/1
    • Libretto (details, author):

      August Oksanen.

Detailed formation
  • soloist: singing voice
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 3 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 1 November 1897
    Location:

    Finlande, Helsinki


    Performers:

    Abraham Ojanperä, baryton ; Jean Sibelius, direction.