It’s so legato it’s
It’s so legato it’s difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that. Eugene Ormandy
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It’s so legato it’s difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that. Eugene Ormandy
The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can’t tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius. Esa-Pekka Salonen
I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral music; also some Handel, mostly songs and arias; I like Schubert’s and Beethoven’s chamber music and Sibelius’ symphonies; for opera, I listen to Mozart and in recent years Wagner. Colm Toibin