Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52 | Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

[@olebirgerpedersen]

I've known Leif many years and he's got the same spirit as Sibelius, they match together. I I member that I had known this Symphonie and nr. 5 a long time before I had the opertunity to play under Leif and we became freinds. When he performed those two Symphonies for the first time in Denmark, it was as I had heard them before. His articulations, his tempi and his abillity to make everything so clear and Understandible is extraordinarily.

[@curtisgrindahl446]

Wonderful performance by the hometown orchestra. Turku has fewer than 200,000 people, yet they have this excellent orchestra in a funky concert hall. But with this conductor performing Sibelius, it is delightful. Love all the performances of Sibelius from this orchestra.

[@dianeandjeffreyknorr2804]

Bravi Turku! No country touches Finland’s per capita contribution to Western Classical Music.

[@shijoejoseph2011]

The way those strings steadily surge forth to that peak of a finale...heart smiles blissfully!

[@marykemp4452]

Fabulous. We are rehearsing this in my local orchestra ( Canterbury Symphony Orchestra) and I am enchanted by this performance. Well done.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Leif Segerstam = Sibelius.

[@warrenpyke813]

The best performance available, just brilliant.

[@constantquestioning4010]

Entièrement d’accord Une pure merveille 🙏🏼🕯🕯🙏🏼 Bravo de Paris !

[@johnvaughan7096]

Amazing, just switched over from another Finnish orchestra and conductor but this is so much clearer and more with Sibelius' spirit. Fabulous.

[@constantquestioning4010]

Agreed Sensational Fluid, light, dancing, free, charged with depth Fabulous quality of sound Resonant, clear Listening The conductor self evidently a maestro It all appears effortless Fabulous soloists United A revelation Merci infiniment Paris 🙏🏼🕯🕯🙏🏼

[@steveegallo3384]

@@constantquestioning4010 -- Bravi...chapeaux CHAPEAUX.....d'Mèxique!

[@monkeyishungry]

This is by far my favorite of Jean Sibelius's works. Prepare for tears and goosebumps. Thank you Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

[@tjlamb3739]

I FULLY AGREE. This brings a 79 year old Irish-American man to tears in the last 6 minutes. Yet the audience gives a mild applause (?)!!

[@fulltongrace7899]

Amazing symphony. Has been said that this is the symphony where Sibelius true individual voice emerges, later to flower in the powerful 5th and 7th symphonies. The clarity is amazing here, giving this symphony a chamber orchestra feel, all the orchestral colours and various tambers so well defined. An example is in the plagal -amen cadence ending of the first movement dimuendo drum roll. Never heard it so clearly before.

[@russellb5573]

I knew I was in for a treat a couple of minutes in. That bright, crisp, detailed, colourful sound washed over me immediately, with the masterly Mr Segerstam pacing everything perfectly and the orchestra producing such a sensitive, sweet, soulful, brilliant, dynamic performance. Excellent work from everyone. Thank you for the pleasure✨

[@staffanolofsson8201]

At 12:00 The most beautiful of all Sibelius slow movements.

[@Tortuosit]

Definitely.

[@kaistinakemperdahl9667]

Idk if it can beat the one of the violin concerto for me, but definitely top league!

[@georgenorris2657]

The conductor had to conduct the audience in to clap at the end. I love this symphony and this performance really brought out the Finnishness - if that´s a thing. And with Santa himself no less.

[@AronEdidin]

I. Allegro moderato II. Andantino con moto 12:00 III. Moderato. 23:30

[@pimpeq]

Leif Segerstam is a giant, he composed ca. 350 symphonies and is still working :D His performances are rather slower, I've got 2 completed Sibelius' symphonies under his direction, both very good - with danish radio orchestra and with Helsinki Philharmonic. The danish one is rather slower, than the finnish one. This last one is quite 'guide' of 'how to play Sibelius' :)

[@Tortuosit]

While I never liked the fast Sibelius interpreters, I must say Segerstam seemed to play slower than he did before.

[@brighidclaire]

And his Mahler is excellent.

[@darrylschultz9395]

Sure, Segerz is a giant, but lets concentrate on his musical abilities-he may have misunderstood "Finnish McDonald's" to mean you must always eat every last morsel!

[@E180TEKNO]

magnifique that remind me the serie " bordertown 1989 " i loved

[@whitestormmaster430]

R.I.P. Leif Segerstam

[@finjarmo]

This is my favourite among Sibelius' symphonies. The upload is superb, as are also others from the same source: beautiful and clear both in picture and sound. Perhaps you could try Uuno Klami's Kalevala Suite?

[@staffanolofsson8201]

I partly agree, then together with the second symphonie that I hold as Sibelius best symphonie .

[@fulltongrace7899]

The 3rd and 6th are my favourites at this time. The powerful 5th was my Sibelian introduction piece, and I later fell under the spell of the brooding 4th and transcendent 7th.

[@gregt2022]

Very fine performance, polite applause, interesting hall.

[@zebedeezebedee]

I knew I'd like this best from the first few lines ...

[@heinbierman9965]

This is really really good.

[@garybertini9899]

hope he can record Mahler's Symphony again!!!

[@ГерманУстинов-з1х]

Life!!!!!!

[@studentjohn35]

Would love to see Leif Segerstam working a gig with his doppelganger, Robert Wyatt.

[@akumayoxiruma]

Beautiful interpretation of this symphony so good job to the conductor and all musicians performing. 👏🏻 I just wonder why this recording wasn't done in the last rehearsal but during an actual performance because goven that the audience consists of mostly retired people, the mandatory audience coughings can be expected. Unfortunately, this one had quite a lot of them which is irritating and unnecessary.

[@viniciodecheco3433]

Que público tan frío,esos aplausos están congelados...

[@Tortuosit]

Feel the big itch to play the Andantino on my clarinet.

[@Tortuosit]

Did it, it is really simple and fun.

[@isaacparra2071]

◑ 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 ◐

[@JCMH]

Santa Claus conducting a symphony orchestra!

[@Bob31415]

Santa Claus conducting an orchestra from Finland. Seems apropos.

[@georgenorris2657]

Well he has to find something to do when he´s off-duty.

[@pauloamaral6069]

Is he still alive ?( conductor)

[@avisnocturna8942]

Yes he is.

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

@@avisnocturna8942 An article from last Dec says he's dropped his weight from 170 to 117 kgs, and is now also a principal guest for the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra.

[@howardmcclellan2022]

He completed a Symphony in April as a memorial to the death of Prince Phillip and a few of days ago his No.349!

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

He's alive and my 10th cousin moreover...!

[@islejoyeuse]

I had the great good fortune to perform Tschaikowsky Concerto 1 with him conducting!

[@Bob31415]

A very fine orchestra and conductor. Honestly not a very good symphony.

[@davidgerow2713]

Rather than sit in judgement on the great Sibelius, better to say that "I don't understand this work."

[@alexandrematthiensen4947]

As Sibelius once said, "they never erected a statue to a critic." Or maybe he wasn't the one who said it... But if he didn't say it, he thought it. :)

[@gerardcasey6095]

The orchestra isn’t great; the symphony is. The conductor does his best with both.

[@georgenorris2657]

I love this symphony actually but I struggle with the final theme as I think many orchestras and conductors probably do. I think there is a way of understanding what Sibelius was getting at. It´s tempting to try to build it to the very end as the conductor does here but I don´t think this is quite what Sibelius is aiming for?

[@Bob31415]

@@davidgerow2713 Sibelius is not above critique.