![]() ![]() Completed in 1886.įor violin, cello and piano: 1. These early works must be seen against their background: the music is astonishingly good considering that it was written by a teenager who, apart from a few piano lessons, had received no instruction and who had studied musical theory on his own with the help of just a couple of books.Ĭhamber music with piano during the composer's student yearsĪllegro for violin, cello and piano. Sibelius himself probably thought that the quartet was good enough, since he showed a fragment of the finale to Erik Furuhjelm, who wrote the first book on Sibelius's life and work in 1916. It is not known whether it was ever actually performed (which is why the performance of the quartet during the Sibelius Weeks in Järvenpää, September 2002, was claimed to be the first public performance). The piano quartet in D minor from August 1884 is reminiscent of Mendelssohn. Following Lobe's teachings, Sibelius composed a piano quartet and a piano trio. ![]() If Sibelius really did wade through the book, he must have acquired a knowledge of musical theory that was exceptional for a youth of his age. In February 1884, Janne got hold of Johann Christian Lobe's work Lehrbuch der musikalischen Composition, which he called Compositionslehre in a letter to Uncle Pehr. In the early works critics have seen influences from the Viennese classical school. Erik Furuhjelm and Erik Tawaststjerna have studied the early sketches in detail. Sibelius wrote his earliest works to be played by family members. The extant trio is the first of Sibelius’s compositions that can be dated with certainty. "They are rather poor, but it is nice to have something to do on rainy days," he wrote. He disclosed that he had composed one trio and was working on another. The first mention of a composition can be found in a letter Sibelius wrote from Kalalahti, 25th August 1883. In the autumn of 1882 Sibelius joined a string quartet whose repertoire included quartets by Haydn. At the beginning of the summer Sibelius wrote to his Uncle Pehr that he was playing Kayser's études and duets with Anna Tigerstedt, the daughter of Theodor Tigerstedt, the municipal Officer of Health. In 1882 there was a rapid increase in the musicians who took part. Janne composed for piano and violin at a fairly early age, and I had to accompany him from the notes he had written down, which was not easy," Linda Sibelius later recollected. "We played together Janne played the violin, Kitti the cello, mother the piano or the harmonium. Their mother played the harmonium with the children. In 1881 Sibelius and his siblings had formed a trio in which Linda played the piano, Christian the cello and Janne the violin. Grave - Rondo (Vivacissimo) Completed in 1884.īefore Sibelius enrolled at the Music Institute (autumn 1885), he included a piano in nearly all the chamber music works he wrote for at least three musicians. ![]() Andante molto - Allegro moderato, 2.Īdagio, 3. Menuettoįor two violins, cello and piano: 1. Completed in 1883.įor violin, cello and piano: 1. The music captures Schubert’s fearful state of mind in a remarkable ‘freeze frame’ effect.Chamber music for trios, quartets and quintetsĬhamber music with piano (composed in Hämeenlinna)įamily trio: Jean, Linda and Christian Sibeliusįor two violins and piano: 1. ‘Give me your hand, you fair and gentle creature I am a friend and do not come to punish’ sings Death soothingly. The D minor quartet makes ingenious use of his earlier song ‘Death and the Maiden’ from 1817 in the slow movement’s variations. With his emotions veering from happy memories of earlier years to shuddering terror at the prospect of death, he composed two string quartets and the Octet over a two- month period. "I am the most unhappy and wretched creature in the world…whose health will never be right again" wrote Schubert to a friend in 1824. Taut and highly concentrated, it has an almost Haydnesque construction, and the quartet’s first movement’s sheer perfection of form approaches that of the 3rd Symphony’s opening movement. The bleak and highly personal 4th Symphony is the masterwork from this period, but the string quartet ‘Intimate Voices’ of 1908 should not be underestimated. Sibelius had undergone several operations to remove a tumour in his throat. $ ĭeath preyed heavily on the minds of both Schubert and Sibelius when they were composing the two string quartets on this new CD from the Ehnes Quartet.
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