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[Op. 10/11] Karelia music
Tableau music for a "lottery arranged by the Vyborg Students’ Association to promote popular education in the province of Vyborg"; overture (see op. 10) and eight tableaux (arrangement: see op. 11). Completed 1893; first performance at a social evening of the Vyborg Students’ Association on 13th November 1893 (orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society? under Jean Sibelius).
Op. 11 Karelia Suite for orchestra:
1. Intermezzo, 2. Ballade, 3. Alla marcia. Completed in 1894. Composed on the basis of the music for a “lottery arranged by the Vyborg Students’ Association to promote popular education in the province of Vyborg” (1893). See also op. 10. Adaptation for piano of parts 1 and 2 in 1897?
Op. 12 Piano sonata in F major:
1. Allegro molto, 2. Andantino, 3. Vivacissimo. Completed in 1893.
Op. 13 Seven songs to words by Runeberg
No. 1 Under strandens granar;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1892.
No. 2 Kyssens hopp;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1892.
No. 3 Hjärtats morgon;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1891.
No. 4 Våren flyktar hastigt;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1891.
Arrangement for song with orchestra in 1914.
No. 5 Drömmen (The Dream);
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1891.
No. 6 Till Frigga; words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1892.
No. 7 Jägargossen (The Hunter Boy);
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1891.
Op. 14 Rakastava (The Lover) for string orchestra:
1. Rakastava, 2. Rakastetun tie, 3. Hyvää iltaa - jää hyvästi. Composed on the basis of a composition of the same name for male choir in 1912; first performance in Helsinki on 16th March 1912 (the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Jean Sibelius).
Op. 15 Skogsrået (The Wood Nymph), symphonic poem (ballad) for orchestra;
based on a poem by Viktor Rydberg of the same name. Completed in 1894-95; first performance in Helsinki on 17th April 1895 (orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society under Jean Sibelius). Melodrama arrangement (for narrator, piano, two French horns and strings) 1895; piano adaptation of the final sequence (Ur “Skogsrået”) 1895.
Op. 16 Vårsång (Spring Song) for orchestra
1st version (Improvisation) 1894; first performance in Vaasa on 21st June 1894, conductor Jean Sibelius; missing. 2nd version (Kevätlaulu / Spring Song) in 1895; first performance in Helsinki on 17th April 1895 (orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society under Jean Sibelius). Final version: first performance in Helsinki on 12th December 1903 (the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Robert Kajanus)
Op. 17 Seven songs
No. 1 Se'n har jag ej frågat mera;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed in 1891-92. Arranged as a song with orchestra in 1903.
No. 2 Sov in!
Words by Karl August Tavaststjerna. Completed in 1891-92.
No. 3 Fågellek;
words by Karl August Tavaststjerna. Completed in 1891.
No. 4 Vilse;
words by Karl August Tavaststjerna. 1st version in 1898, final version in 1902.
No. 5 En slända;
words by Oscar Levertin. Completed in 1904.
No. 6 Illalle;
words by Aukusti Valdemar Forsman (= Koskimies). Completed in 1898.
No. 7 Lastu lainehilla;
words by Ilmari Calamnius. Completed in 1902.
Op. 18 Six songs for male choir
No. 1 Sortunut ääni;
words from Kanteletar. Completed in 1898. Arrangement for mixed-voice choir in 1898.
No. 2 Terve kuu;
words from Kalevala. Completed in 1901.
No. 3 Venematka (Boat-ride);
words from Kalevala. Completed in 1893. Arrangement for mixed-voice choir in 1914.
No. 4 Saarella palaa;
words from Kanteletar. Completed in 1895. Arrangement for mixed-voice choir in 1898.
No. 5 Metsämiehen laulu;
words by Aleksis Kivi. Completed in 1899.
No. 6 Sydämeni laulu (The Song of My Heart)
words by Aleksis Kivi. Completed in 1898. Arrangement for mixed-voice choir in 1904.
Op. 19 Impromptu for female choir and orchestra;
words by Viktor Rydberg; Finnish translation by Severi Nuormaa (Pojat ja neidot, armas on elämä). 1st version in 1902: first performance in Helsinki on 8th March 1902 (“Female choir”, the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Jean Sibelius). Final version in 1910; first performance in Helsinki on 29th March 1910 (“Female choir”, the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Jean Sibelius). Piano score in 1910.
Op. 20 Malinconia, for cello and piano
Completed in 1900 (original name Fantasia).
