Jean Sibelius - 5 Pieces for piano, op.75 no.5 'The Spruce' (w/sheet)

Jean Sibelius - 5 Pieces for piano, op.75 no.5 'The Spruce'
pf: Kazumasa Matsumoto
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[@JeroenO129]

Such an underrated composer. He once said that the piano can't 'sing'. I'd say he proved his wrong right here.

[@TB-sg1jb]

Sibelius' piano music is as underrated by the world as it was by himself. He wrote it primarily to earn money, and, having become one of the leading symphonic of his day, did not think much of it later. He was very wrong about this, his piano compositions are very good.

[@aitismarka9483]

He's recognized as one of the greatest composers of all time. He's definitely not underrated among classical musicians.

[@leonlinton634]

@@aitismarka9483 I would disagree. Among classical musicians, he is regarded in that way, but for a few select symphonies, tone poems and the Violin Concerto. There is a lot of Sibelius, especially his piano works, that are obsolete among common musical knowledge, and that would make him underrated in my eyes. I think he is a composer who belongs to a group of romantic international composers, such as Grieg, Dvorak, Smetana and Albeniz. These are all very well known composers among every classical musican, but only for a few select works and I think they are all underappreciated for that.

[@leonlinton634]

@Avien84 Do not yet me wrong, I completely agree with what you are saying; I would probably categorise Sibelius with Nielsen in terms of similarity in innovation, however the group I was referring to was that of composers who are well known, but only for a few works.

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

@@TB-sg1jb Many of his piano pieces were written during the Great War, when his income from his German publishers dried up, and most orchestras would not be playing, so he was forced to write small pieces for his domestic publishers. Of course he was a notorious spender who was in debts up until the late 1920s.

[@lerobarclay5173]

Sounds like a jazz ballad...from one of the greatest composers ever

[@yukiko_akiyama]

0:19 this made me feel so much emotions. i want to cry now

[@somemango9587]

it sounds so modern for a classical piece

[@jacobbass6437]

Modern? This is very traditionally written. If you want something more modern than this, I’d check out Xenakis, Messiaen, and Ligeti. And even more modern would be John Adams, and Thomas Adès.

[@lordbensmiteroflibtardoidl6639]

Jacob brass really? Is there any composer who use 2 5 1 and other jazz chords like that? Even Debussy and Ravel didn’t use such chords and they are much more Morden

[@jacobbass6437]

@@lordbensmiteroflibtardoidl6639 ii-V-I aren’t jazz chords they’re just a standard progression that’s been around for over 400 years. And your right that Debussy and Ravel didn’t use a lot of traditional functional harmony. But that kinda proves my point. They were the people pushing music very far forwards by abandoning traditional functional harmony. I fail to see your point. This piece is by no means modern.

[@lordbensmiteroflibtardoidl6639]

@@jacobbass6437 Yup Chopin and Bach used it but its hardly jazz, I'm not talking about standard ii V I I'm talking about (in c maj) Dminor7, G7 and Cmaj7 or by extension fmaj7, fmaj7 b5, Eminor7 (or Eminor7bb5) or by extension fmaj7, fmaj7 b5, Eminor7, E minor7bb5, Dminor7, Dminor7b5, Cmaj7. These are the chords I'm talking about. Nobody ever uses it even thought they are the best chords which can be used in functional harmony and non-functional harmony. Rachmaninoff uses the functional harmony version in his piano concerto but the ending is the pure tonic like this, (ii) Fmaj7, (V) Fmaj7b5 but ends in cmaj, but this is not jazz. For functional harmony the correct jazz way Sibelius used it correctly (above) And for non-functional abstract harmony like debussy or ravel the earliest use of it is giant steps, see what I mean, This composer was way ahead of his time, Using this form of the progression which is 200 years in the future for him. (bb is double flat)

[@afrodykeeism]

He died in 1957

[@randiey95]

0:55i love that circle of fifth

[@conraddean6510]

In one of the practise rooms at Sheffield university, I heard someone do a full performance of this. I pressed my ear against the door and rushed in after it finished to find the name of this piece. Such an amazing composition

[@sheilawidjaja7331]

Wow. Love the introduction. This composer really made the piano sing and sound elegant.

[@robert72744]

The first 12 bars is a great example of how to actually notate the concept of rubato.

The exposition here is exquisite. Sibelius knew "it".

[@user-ql5ie7lk2i]

🤡

[@Nunbody]

We had to listen to this because of our music teacher. Im finnish btw🤡

[@happymimi1129]

@@Nunbody Moi

[@bacho4884]

What do you mean by "it"?

[@Nunbody]

@@bacho4884 had this planned all along ya know

[@sunsetspalmtrees5201]

Been playing piano for 15 years and this is by far one of my favorite pieces. My favorite part is at 1:35. A rush of emotion. Love it ❤

[@AsrielKujo]

Or Ravel ondine is also beautiful!!!

[@TheModicaLiszt]

@@AsrielKujo 🙄 The pure simplicity of this pieces makes it more beautiful than Ondine in my opinion. I play this piece a little slower than this interpretation, and it’s so vast and empty and beautiful.

[@AsrielKujo]

@@TheModicaLiszt welp it's 3 months ago and i guess they are both beautiful i their own way

[@TheModicaLiszt]

@@AsrielKujo Yeah. Maybe I should upload my own recording

[@internetuser_03]

This sounds like it could be a modern improvisation. I've never heard of this piece before but it sounds really nice

[@habe-yd5iq]

정말 사랑했던 사람과의 낭만적인 추억을 떠올리는것같네요..

[@astrosandorbits5532]

I always found Sibelius to have written, for the piano, in such a way that each note had such deliberance. The accents of the melody notes on the right hand are deliberate and almost heavy because they have a point to prove.

[@erikfreitas7093]

Gorgeously melancholic.

[@habe-yd5iq]

0:55 i like his breathing sound☺️

[@hoylee5801]

Heard the last 30 seconds of this on Radio 3, and found it here. Wonderful music.

[@almac4466]

Never heard this piece before. The 'experts' seem to tear the performance to pieces. As a first time hearer, I though it was beautiful.

[@johnransom1146]

Never heard this before. I know the symphonic literature but not pieces like this small diamond.

[@obamadoescare9351]

Made me cry tears of joy

[@Julia-ij3wi]

I just wanted to ask if somebody cried too? 😉 Why this music is so sad for me?...🤔🤷😭

[@samanthatabasa501]

sad, but beautiful

[@viltekuliesiute7514]

I'm playing this and it's probably my favourite piece I've played in 7 years of playing the piano. I really enjoy playing the fast parts very quickly! 🖤

[@iitsukami]

Viltė Kuliešiūtė Labas, as irgi! :D

[@AV-ot9ft]

Nuostabus kūrinys ^^

[@equestriaelectricsymphonyo8602]

So simple, so beautiful

[@ljc.93]

The Sapin is by far my favourite piano piece by Sibelius.

[@axelfriberger2119]

I think you spelled it wrong, but then again, i don’t speak baguett

[@FreeTheJambon]

@@axelfriberger2119 I am a baguette and that's perfect spelling right there

[@cezarfreysleben5911]

This is an amazing piece. Absolutely poetic, so inspiring!

[@m.a.3322]

Unbelievable. I'm stunned by this beauty

[@FishingtonBurpPuzzle]

Yes, I practiced this some years ago. It contains thrilling passages. I now feel it once more.

[@kguy152000]

Utterly mesmerizing

[@BOBAN3N]

Timeless music.

[@EmdrGreg]

It is a lovely piece. It reminds me of what might be called salon pieces.

[@kokomew]

Beautiful!!!

[@casual720]

Why does this remind me of the main theme song from Haul’s Moving Castle?! Inevitably beautiful piece though...

[@chrisSkordPiano]

Same key probably

[@TheMelopeus]

I get you, i also get this feeling a bit

[@douwemusic]

Same key, use of minor and major 7ths, similar sad-nostalgic vibe, some similarities in chord patterns:)

[@user-jk1gx4uo9q]

Шикарное исполнение! Спасибо!

[@klangschatten5610]

Very beautiful.

[@vcnt70]

Thank you for this. Sibelius such a prolific composer. Evocative music, like going to a different movie every time.

[@isabellecaroliner770]

Quel univers magnifique !

[@TheBeethovenFanPage]

@0:20 I can hear le temps des cathédrales.

[@orbital3631]

너무 좋아요

[@user-wk1jk5ww9j]

어머 뭐야 처음 들었는데 너무 내 취향이다 시벨리우스 이런 곡도 만들었었네..

[@oceanmachine1906]

Amazing

[@Shine-kg9vk]

Omg this sounds so contemporary

[@randiey95]

im only heard tonical here. Ders no such contemporary in this piece

[@uthorofthehightower3367]

@@randiey95 It doesn't have to be atonal to sound contemporary.

[@randiey95]

@Uthor of the High Tower wrong.

[@kimsahl8555]

A lovely piece, and very very very good playing!

[@10jpmorgan]

This is SO jazzy! Love it!

[@user-jq6gs8kn4g]

Такой классный композитор!

[@ricardo713]

So beautiful! 😭

[@Runpierre]

Art

[@user-ut1md2qr4n]

Beautiful

[@user-nm1ii2vu4x]

泣きそう

[@user-iu2tg7xx9b]

Великолепно со вкусом чудесная пьеса метель ель в снегу точно модница в белом манто

[@nezkeys79]

fly me to the moon

[@trappaskunk]

i was hearing some autumn leaves

[@obilewong4003]

@@trappaskunk yep so very much like 'Autumn Leaves' haha

[@randiey95]

circle of fifth*

[@alexanderartemyev8476]

Очень красиво! Very good!

[@anthonyschrayer7752]

How are u playing the accidentals in the cadenza, are u carrying them through the whole section, applying them only to the note they are on, or applying them to the 32nd note that they are a part of?

[@martinwest2538]

A relevant question. As you can see from the occurrence of the accidentals they are renewed on every beat (that is, on every group of notes) like the a sharp just before the "forte" (the fermata) in the middle or the d sharp in the fourth and fifth groups from the beginning of the "risoluto". So the accidentals are in force one figure at a time, on the special notes they are applied to (as there were bar lines between every group), while the key signature of B minor (f sharp and c sharp) is in force at every single occasion.

[@mika9027]

😍

[@PrestissimoMasterStation]

Just like in the party.

[@FueganTV]

Surprised noone has pointed out how jazzy the piece sounds

[@thepianocornertpc]

How?

[@conni1392]

@@thepianocornertpc probably all the 7ths and 2-5-1s lol

[@thepianocornertpc]

@@conni1392 Not enough.lol

[@idkheheidk1480]

The 1st piece reminds me of Chopin's Ballade

[@amarantoilvert1205]

Un dia desperte..... sucedieron tantas cosas hermosas indescriptibles, llene cada espacio de mi ser, contemple el atardecer... ver al sol despedirse de mí con una extraña mirada. Me acogio un cielo estrellado con infinitos ojos..... y fue ahi. En ese momento que nada tenia sentido para mi... esos ojos miraban extraños al no ver tu presencia a mi lado. Si el tiempo tendria la intencion de atraparme entre mis recuerdos. Dichoso daria mi ser para que sea asi. .... cada nota de esta pieza cada sonido y silencio resuena en mi mente con cada segundo que vivimos juntos y aunque quisiera olvidarlos jamas lo olvidaria, aunque me destruya y me hiera por siempre los conservaria. Cada tarde y noche caminando en una calle donde nadie nos veia y solo los 2 llenabamos esa calle con nuestro sentimiento. Una fotogragia jamas tomada y guardada entre mis recuerdos, sin colores y aspectos... sumergida en mí y solo para mi. Por que nadie mas puede sentir esos recuerdos tan alegres y tristes al momento que los recuerdos. Cambiando mi mundo a cada instante sin pedir permiso y acogiendo todos mis sentidos. Aprovechando cada segundo de mi tiempo para susurrar en mi mente .....SI ahi estan. Todo es perfecto. Por que no puede repetirse todo de nuevo. No podria estar sin un segundo del dia en deja de pensar ..... como hubiera sido nuestra vida .... si nada hubiera cambiado.... tal vez no estaria escribiendo todo esto aqui. Quiza te lo estuviera diciendo a la cara. Entre risas y lagrimas dichoso de lo que vivimos .... sin remordimientos ni ataduras. Sin pensar en que estaria bien o mal. Solo verte a los ojos y darte un abrazo que dure para siempre...... con el primer atardecer que nos vio, sentados en una banca hasta llegar el anochecer .... Tal vez sera la unica manera de liberar lo que siento. Escribir sin detenerme. Pensando que algun dia leeras esto o tal vez solo quede ahi ... estatico sin sentido para nadie y solo para mi. Mi suerte esta echada estos textos, pues mi vida y mis textos ya no me sirven de nada. Escribir tenia un sentido antes.... ahoro solo escribire al viento. Derrepente un dia el viento me responda en un delirio imitando tu voz.

[@dap4699]

¿Todo bien, amigo?

[@stacia6678]

¿Estás bien ahora?

[@sarahblasi3441]

que harmônia maravilhosa! simplesmente fantástico! linda

[@randomguy8115]

Just discovered this beautiful piece. I suck at controlling quiet dynamics- cant wait to start practising this!

[@randomguy8115]

I cant do this piece RIP LMAOO :'

[@JuanKanji]

@@randomguy8115 why???

[@PinkSheeps]

Hola gue tal

[@honeysugar1]

Sounds like the theme song to one of the Korean dramas!

[@user-ti4tl7yr8z]

小3の時弾いたの思い出した……もう1回、弾いてみようかな

[@kimch-kimch]

예아

[@juanpablozamoramoncada9946]

1:33 Can someone explain to me why in the "Risoluto" there is no division of bars?

[@sneddypie]

because it's a cadenza

[@sarafischerova6248]

There is no actual temp in this part, i played this song and it confused me as well so i asked my teacher and he said that jean wanted to let everybody play this part the way they want because its a bit harder than the rest of this song.

[@sharppolo555]

hi, can’t find the sheet music for this piece anymore, could you please send it to me through email perhaps? Otherwise where can i download this?

[@_bacho1483]

Yes i can send it to you, its not the greatest scan, they are only photos. Please send me your email adress.

[@Yhiith]

wow

[@stalkerstomper3304]

I had lost almost all heart and hope... and then, through a hole in a blown out cave, I walked in, and behold! A beautiful woman with wings and a fairy wand appeared with this heavenly tune being played on her celestial harp. I tried to approach slowly out of respect and reverence, but being so desperate for life, I ran towards her while she floated upon the glistening water... the water of life. She just smiled and bathed me in the water. A water so warm and invigorating that I wanted to draw in as much of it as I could, but alas, she wished me farewell having saved my life, and all I could offer her were some gems and a butterfly net. Upon exiting the cave, I was transpoted back to the Light World, and turning around, lo and behold my sweet princess was waiting with arms opened to greet me. Someday, I'll make her my wife, and we'll be wed within the fountain of life among the Fairies. ---- Signed, Link

[@snuplay]

대성당의 시대가 열렸다가 좀 떠오름

[@josephlaredo5272]

Nicely played. Two carps: there is a rest in the 'main theme' (da-dee-da-da [rest] da-dee), which surely gives this melody its shape and character, but which Ms Matsumoto plays (or pedals) through every time; and that low B in the penultimate bar is marked mp with an accent, not pp!

[@Eleutherarch]

Joseph Laredo I'm currently working on my interpretation of this piece. If I was to post a private video at some stage, would you critique it?

[@mcbainst]

Joseph Laredo there you go again...

[@josephlaredo5272]

I'd be happy to, but it would only be an opinion and, as you can see, opinions vary!

[@f82f82]

Also the way rubato is used here is wrong, there is nocover up for the parts which were sped up..

[@LacklusterOfficial]

yeah, i've been listening to my wife practice this song and the way it is played in this video is just off. too fast when it should be slow, not enough air between the notes. it's a gorgeous track when you take your time and play it calmly and quietly. we've had our talks about the "shuffle" where the 4th note appears too fast instead of quietly, and whenever i try to tell her how to play it (how i feel it should be right), she makes a shambles of it. she plays it in a lovely way though. this track makes me want to learn to play it so i could show her how i think it should be played. i saw an old video of an old (really, ancient) dude playing it and he hit the pauses, the timing right-on. re-listening to how ms. matsumoto plays it, some of the portions are almost robotic! :( seriously weird listening to this. it's like Sibelius made it completely obvious that at the end of each... bar.. or musical passage / phrase, there should be a breather, whereas in this video she just plays the next phrase, never stopping to breathe. it's hard to listen to this version. i'll try to find the good one again.

[@deodatdechampignac]

Very sensitive rendition !

[@napirol]

٢١.٣.٢٣ ♡. كوزيت ح ٣٠،٣١

[@fredhoupt4078]

Exceptionally lovely miniature romantic music at its finest. Swooning......

[@Cosimo-composer]

sounds like scriabin,nice :)

[@user-qq8vb8mx2s]

日本人👍

[@scru6]

Ermmmm… what The Spruce

[@koonae]

뭉글뭉글 해서 졸립다

[@evuli1099]

I hate electronic notes they changa so sudenly

[@bartwatts1921]

What?

[@AsrielKujo]

Lmao what are you even talking about man...

[@user-of7fe4rq2j]

My faforite melody. it's wonderful!!!! Обожаю эту мелодию. Напоминает Таривердиева. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmTahWuQi5mhbKc

[@BANHMIZON]

I just had a listen to that wonderful piece you linked. Is there an english name for it?

[@redvine1105]

Hints of Michael Jackson’s opus “stranger in Moscow” here

[@Xia_majesty]

Imma go back to deathcore now.

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

It could have been Spanish.

[@selene_ey]

its kinda strange for me... I play for ten year, and I play this song really often, but here I listen to version that is very different from what I played. Pianist that recorded this video is doing such little wrong things (im sorry, im not english), and I think that it could be played better than this. No hate, its just my opinion ^^

[@axelfriberger2119]

Can you give examples?

[@user-gc1zp8pp6n]

ジャパニーズぷちょへんざ

[@lacobymills4930]

Isn't Sapin just a piece of cake?

[@ludwigamadeusbach8363]

"A North American evergreen tree (Abies balsamea) having a pyramidal shape and flattened needles. It is used for pulpwood and yields Canada balsam." -The Free Dictionary. You may be thinking of sapin-sapin which, according to Wikipedia, is a Phillipino desert. But I don't really know.

[@lacobymills4930]

@@ludwigamadeusbach8363 cool ok

[@PinkSheeps]

😴 ihan ok

[@cinnamonbulla]

Arvostaisit nyt vähä enempi

[@sneddypie]

what

[@SadButter]

Reading these sheets makes me wanna dig out Sibelius' corpse and teach him to write comprehensible sheets. Like who the hell writes a bar that goes on for 5 and a half rows??

[@obilewong4003]

That is a cadenza, and I believe Sibelius's notation to be comprehensible to many pianists

[@yamchathewolf7714]

That's all you have to say about this masterpiece? Who gives a shit about insignificant notation flaws in a masterpiece of music that only a few composers have come close to?

[@bartwatts1921]

Well, you’re a musical idiot! Ever heard of a cadenza?

[@dap4699]

You really expect to teach a musical genius how to write a sheet...?

[@SadButter]

@@dap4699 I dunno, at the time of writing I was honestly just venting cause I was trying to learn to play this piece and I had a hard time reading this thing. Like first there's the bits were left and right hands go crisscross and then there's the middle bit where there's not a single bar line for an entire page, so I thought I had to keep track of all the augmentations the whole time, but then it turns out I didn't AAAGH just remembering it is making me pissed off again. Makes me wonder if any of these other guys here even play the piano. They just don't get it.

[@korosilorinc6058]

Beautiful!!