Jean Sibelius : The Wood-Nymph, tone poem Op. 15 (1894-95)

[@fabricioestevam6297]

That delicious and rare moment when, as soon as you've listened to a piece of work for the first time, you already know that it will become one of your favorites.

[@fcamiola]

I've listened to this piece way more times than Sibelius ever did!! No joke :)

[@calebe9060]

Why im listening to this beautiful piece of a Finnish man at 3 am?. i have class tomorrow

[@Aalisrocklist]

I arrived here thanks to TwoSetViolin and their shenanigans. Beautiful piece!!!

[@blackbeagle7315]

Me too!

[@w.w.2006]

Me too!

[@tonimarx6405]

I am a Drum n Bass producer and arrived here after listening to 'Dom n Roland's' - Tone Poem. Completely different genres yet both master composers.

[@asloii_1749]

This is so underrated

[@mattiehendrikx6998]

Totally agree with that

[@ForeverFall]

I really don't know why this piece isn't played more. There's so few recordings.

[@bobschaaf2549]

That's because it's not rated at all. It's tragically ignored.

[@havolei]

It's based upon a poem by the Swedish poet Viktor Rydberg, "Skogsrået" ("The Wood Nymph"), about a young, strong and handsome man, who one moonlit and windy autumn night, walks through the wood, on his way to a celebration. Forest spirits make him loose his way, and lead him deeper and deeper into the unknown, where he is bewitched and seduced by the Wood Nymph. Afterwards he never more can find joy in life, he becomes endlessly depressed and prematurely aged, always thinking about that enchanted meeting, deep in the dark wood.

[@jeandeblaize4175]

Je possède depuis 2007 année Sibelius en France, la version CD comprenant l'enregistrement musical seul et sur "l'autre face" 😉 la version avec la narration traduite en francais du poème de Rydberg avec en fond musical l'œuvre de Sibelius Quand le splendide se mêle au tragique, dépressifs s'abstenir ! Sibelius devait en être un, because ses problèmes d'alcool et ce long silence musical et social jusqu'à la fin de sa vie Les génies (en tout) sont décidément des gens peu ordinaires

[@davidgunn3947]

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant..........only Sibelius

[@evankeogh3098]

Truly astounding piece of music.

[@maxmerry8470]

Just watched a televised performance of this delightful rarity conducted by Sakari Oramo from the 2024 Proms.

[@svmarkov]

Me too! Wow, never heard it before.

[@JarmezGD]

I was there! Hearing it live was better than any recording, and I loved the tempo the conductor took it at. An absolutely wonderful piece, I hadn’t heard it before then, I went for the planets, but I’m hooked now.

[@PaulWilliams-on3ir]

Why is this hardly ever played in concert halls?

[@alanrobertandrews6493]

From Alan, This is sibelius at always his best, But why is it not included amongst the other tone poems on box sets, The wood nymph is a Masterpiece, Bye for now.

[@TheVaughan5]

Absolutely, like his other early work, Kullervo, a masterpiece from the composer I consider the greatest of them all.

[@maxmerry8470]

From about 2:00 - 8:00, it's almost like a template for a kind of minimalism......only far better.

[@evankeogh3098]

I like minimalism and absolutely love 2-8 mins of this piece but the last word in the world I’d use to describe those wonderful measures is minimalist

[@camillebouchard6436]

Composition de Sibelius fort jolie !

[@CultureJudge]

16:01 Beatlesy mixolydean pattern on the harp...

[@CsrlWiener]

It's about as long as the entire seventh symphony isn't it? This is a lovely work

[@noriemeha]

This is early Sibelius. In fact so early that the opening bars could be taken as the signature of the arrival of a new voice.

[@vetlerradio]

What do you mean about the first bars?

[@robertlambeaux897]

A partir de la 11e minute, cette oeurvre est SUBLIME et contient déjà en germe tout le futur Sibelius.

[@barryguerrero7652]

It is a very good piece, but I also do think it 'shoots its wad' in the first nine minutes.

[@millerforester6237]

SO, show me what you got.

[@tonimarx6405]

Pfft! That's an incredible feat! Not only that, it continues on!

[@stillstanding6031]

@@millerforester6237 An expensive cleaning bill.