SEARCH



25. February 1911

Concert tour to Gothenburg and Riga

Route

Helsinki (train)-Turku (boat)-Stockholm- (train)-Gothenburg.

Accommodation

Hotel Palace, Gothenburg

Route

Gothenburg-Malmö-Trelleborg (ferry)-Sassnitz (train)-Stralsund-Berlin-Posen-Allenstein-Insterburg-Kaunas-Jelgava (Mitau)-Riga.

Accommodation

Hotel de Rome, Riga

Return route

Riga (train)-Pskov-St Petersburg-Vyborg-Helsinki.

The works played in Sibelius's first concerts in Sweden included the third symphony, The Swan of Tuonela and Lemminkäinen's Return, En Saga and Night Ride and Sunrise. In concerts in Latvia (three concerts in Riga and one in Mitau) he conducted at the invitation of Georg Schnéevoigt.