Sibelius : Tapiola (Full) - Neeme Järvi (DGG)*

[@davidfmaas]

Makes me homesick for Finland, and I'm not even from there!!!

[@prototropo]

When I, an American, hear Dvorak, Sibelius, Bartok or Prokofiev, I think “Unnhh . . . and we’ve got Concerto in F, Appalachian Spring and Adagio for Strings. Wait, wait-there’s that Roy Harris symphony! And 4’33” . . .”

[@johnvarley428]

Me too, but then I was introduced to Sibelius, by an enlightened school teacher, who obtained free concert tickets for anyone who was interested. On one occasion when he played the finale to Symphony No. 2, to a bunch of disinterested"Rock and Roll" adherents ( me not included I must add!); was greated with "Wow!, that's fantastic Sir." And suddenly, my kind of "square" music became Fab!

[@noriemeha]

I think the phone advert 8 minutes in followed by the Grammarly ad is brilliantly placed. Sib would surely have chosen these intrusions to throw his music into an effective juxtaposition. Then the Grammarly repeat 5 mins later is breath-taking.

[@not2tees]

Sibelius did not write landscape music merely about forests and mountains and storms and peacefulness, but about the human who perceives such things - the giant human who's all there, with a vast mind and a deep heart and a deeper soul.

[@rogierdailly1608]

Music is not 'about' things, it's just music - the things we associate music with are subjective mostly , or are brought about by our knowledghe of the 'inspiration' the composer took from things outside music itself (such as nature) But everyone is free to have their own images while listening to Sibelius or any other composer.

[@elisatokugawa6947]

Yeah, Sibelius is the Shifu of classical music!

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

@@rogierdailly1608 Wide-spread they stand, the Northland’s dusky forests, Ancient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams; Within them dwells the Forest’s mighty God, And wood-sprites in the gloom weave magic secrets.

[@13sons]

very well said

[@TomVahlman-bz9nj]

@@apolloskyfacer5842 In high northern lands is a forgotten lake with deserted, dark shores and many nameless islands. One June day the ice has flown, when Lapland's short summer dawned; the October night binds its waves with ice again. The high mountains are reflected in the lake, when he is blue, and the boats of Lapland sail to the fishing grounds then. There many a cheerful duck splashes, there the reindeer graze happily by the shore, and myriads of mosquitoes darken the edge of the sun. Once - it's just said - the Sami wanted to see how deep it could be in great Enare. His line snapped; there was a song: »I am as deep as I am long». - Since then, no one has measured that depth again

[@landedinparainen]

Having lived here in Finland for 7 years I can fully appreciate what inspired Sibelius to write his haunting music.

[@elisatokugawa6947]

You lived in Finland? I hope you haven't encountered the Triad.

[@AlexAlexon3897]

@@elisatokugawa6947: Cheery soul, aren't you?

[@elisatokugawa6947]

@@AlexAlexon3897 I am a goth, so don't expect me to be cheery.

[@elisatokugawa6947]

@@AlexAlexon3897 Isn't Finland basically ruled by the mafia organization known as Triad? I haven't been to Finland, but I heard the Triad is as powerful as the Japanese Yakuza.

[@AlexAlexon3897]

@@elisatokugawa6947: Haha! I was using gallows humour myself. :) I'd never heard of Finnish Triads until I read your post. PS Um, I might be dating a goth soon (early days). Any advice? :)

[@BritinIsrael]

If Sibelius had composed only 2 works his entire life.....Tapiola and the 7th Symphony (obviously it would be his only symphony) he would still be remembered as one of the greatest 20th century composers. These two works, in my humble opinion, are two of the finest orchestral compositions of all time!

[@johnvarley428]

Without dismissing all the others I love so much, I am increasingly of the view, that he was the greatest composer since Beethoven; two great "pillars" holding up the Romantic era. Never equalled since

[@MartyMusic777]

@@johnvarley428 There was one other composer who was born 5 years before Sibelius (though who died tragically young) who managed what I would argue was the same level of genius in completely the opposite creative direction: Gustav Mahler. Their opposite philosophies on composition (Sibelius tried to get as much as possible out of one idea, Mahler would use as many themes as he deemed necessary to get his point across) contributed to both of them now having towering reputations in the world of composition to this day.

[@noriemeha]

@@MartyMusic777 Mahler and Sib respected each other's point of view. Thank goodness there's room in the world for more than one road to Vienna.

[@AlexAlexon3897]

@@noriemeha: I've heard that Mahler and Dvorak were also mutual musical admirers. Hope it's true.

[@redsonnetmusic]

This and the 7th symphony are unparalleled.

[@MsPandaRosa]

That last section, starting about 16 minutes in, always puts me in mind of a blizzard sweeping in off the Arctic Ocean.

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

Well, yeah, lol. That's what it is.

[@normanmeharry8313]

heard this first in 1970 when I became a Sibbie fan but couldn't get to grips with it. Heard it live last week first time. I now believe to be not so much nature music but a mental landscape of anxiety & neurosis possibly pointing towards his impending silence. I was recently suprised by scholars summing up contemporary music noting a few young composers saying how their spectral composition was influenced by a piece called Tapiola by some fella up in the Tundra.....

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

The visuals work very well with this work. I'm not normally a lover of them but here it's great.

[@harryandruschak2843]

Nothing quite like this has never been written before or since. I agree with David Maas...it makes me homesick for Finland, and I was born near London. Those horns at 13:00 make me shudder. And starting around 1:40, note how he brings out the bassoons

[@erkkithemajava]

Tämä on yksi Sibeliuksen kauhistuttavimmista ja pelottavimmista töistä. Puiset tuulet pelaavat metsän ääniä ja metsän mysteerit herätetään. Fantastinen!!! Viva Sibelius 150 anos !!!

[@elisatokugawa6947]

Zhang Sibelius (he's Finnish, not French, so "Jean" is for Zhang, I suppose) is the Shifu of music! Suomi wansui!

[@englishrose47]

Sibelius’s music is so haunting, so northern sounding

[@noriemeha]

This is something that big music has had to do, leave big tunes aside and go into that emotional landscape of human anxiety and try to set it up to the listener. Well done Sibelius. I think you succeeded here.

[@JesusRodriguez-pi8yq]

It’s a shame that the experience of listening to this majestic piece is interrupted by badly placed commercial ads.

[@LaLuLuZ]

I've subscribed to prem YT for so long, I didnt even know there were ads during vids

[@buttclef]

Totally agree. Yuck.

[@johnnynoirman]

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[@aluxebalam]

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[@tomtriffid]

A very cold piece of music, but somehow also beautifully (and threateningly?) majestic.

[@paulbeard4218]

The sheer mastery of the heavy ,sudden upsweeps ,mysterious etc.--- they all make Sibelius a stand alone great .Can't get enough of this superior music .

[@englishrose47]

Cold maybe because Sibelius’s music was so very “northern”

[@LuizBHMG]

This is one of Sibelius' most frightful and scaring works. The woodwinds play the voice of the woods and the mysteries of the forest are evocated. Fantastic!!! Viva Sibelius 150 anos!!!

[@gerardbegni2806]

I think tat it is somenow hazardous to assiocate precise details od orchdstration with specific pictures.

[@TapaniRonni]

For a Finn like me this is not scary at all. I grew up with forests all around me.

[@victormendes583]

Mais um brasileiro aqui!!

[@michsturge671]

Despite the high level of quality all his works possess, I've long felt this particular work is Sibelius' masterpiece.

[@erkkithemajava]

moro

[@specialperson335]

His violin concerto is his best work ever in my opinion

[@JackKellyUSA]

Don’t forget Symphony 2.

[@MrMLehman]

20 minutes of goosebumps.

[@ODYSSEUSMORTEL]

You don`t even know nothing about Finnish nature

[@AnthonyDonnellyTT]

Epic Sibelius. The last minutes get me every single time... each transition achingly beautiful.

[@David_Goza]

+Anthony Donnelly That great plagal cadence at the very end - resolving to B major from a still-lingering Dorian-flavored subdominant - is the finest orchestral "Amen" ever composed.

[@AnthonyDonnellyTT]

David Goza Eloquently put. Thank you for the reply David.

[@TheVaughan5]

Absolutely agree - it's one of the greatest moments in musical composition!

[@BritinIsrael]

Couldn't agree more........that resolution to B major at the end makes my body "shudder" every single time i hear those final pages. Sheer perfection in orchestral composition!

[@elisatokugawa6947]

We can call Sibelius the Shifu of classical music

[@mikerussell6815]

Fantastic emotion somewhat like the Moldau by Smetana and others echoing the sounds of feelings of Mother Nature. And Jarvi gives it all to us through the heart of Sibelius.

[@Amysupport]

Best recording of this piece, I've ever heard.

[@BritinIsrael]

This is like making a journey through Finland..Just close your eyes and you are there!! This is Sibelius at his best. A wonderful composition given a great performance. Thank you for uploading this.

[@elisatokugawa6947]

When I think of Finland, I think of Bruce Lee, Shaolin kung-fu, the Triad, buddhist monasteries, jiaozi dumplings and dragons.

[@JamesSumners]

I love the transitions in this piece. Masterful.

[@schlesmail1]

Wide-spread they stand, the Northland’s dusky forests, Ancient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams; Within them dwells the Forest’s mighty God, And wood-sprites in the gloom weave magic secrets. --Sibelius' inscription on the title page of English editions of Tapiola's score

[@LaLuLuZ]

a man of musing ipovs.. interesting point of views

[@GreenTeaViewer]

I've always thought of Tapiola as a companion piece to the 7th and a symphony in its own right.

[@noriemeha]

Yes, yet Tapiola always felt like a new direction for Sib, for some music scholars. And what we have of the incinerated 8th (Surusoitto (?), Opus 111b ) suggests it was. I think Surusoitto & Tapiola are much closer in expression than Tap is to 7. 7th is like a song compared to Tapiola which is almost un-singable.

[@havekenbeek]

Perfect work, perfect performance...

[@AnthonyDonnellyTT]

I've listened to a few renditions and this one hits me hardest... the violins have a beautiful 'weeping' quality that is evident from their first opening. I've yet to taste that elsewhere.

[@joshuasellers8725]

More than any other piece of music (to my mind), Siblius' Tapiola truly invokes that presence of what Rudolf Otto called 'the numinous' in its most raw, visceral manifestation. And that silence at the 1:00 mark is one of the most dread-filled silences of classical music. This piece never ceases to amaze and thrill my ears!

[@greatclassicrecords]

+Joshua S So it is... !

[@fflambeauutube]

+Joshua S Sorry but for me that silence is more a transitional pause than anything else. I do not see it in the least ominous. The composer who uses pauses so well is Alan Hovhaness who, by the way, was a friend of Sibelius.

[@paulbeard4218]

--Right you are , I'm continually intrigued by its mysterious and beautiful affect .

[@noriemeha]

@@fflambeauutube Totally personal response with limited transfer potential.

[@audunstolpe7408]

Indifferent beauty and merciless nature. It is you too.

[@RobertDeMiedo]

Todo un viaje por el espíritu de la naturaleza. Hermoso video, bellas imágenes e incomparable música la de Jean Sibelius! Gracias.

[@martinlee5604]

Kiitos paljon, Sibelius!

[@mosaicclassics]

I was listening to this while resting my eyes, and when the volume dropped very low at around 16:03 it was somewhat surreal as the strings gradually crept back in. The music is so atmospheric. There's none quite like Sibelius!

[@normanwibe7080]

I fully agree !

[@elisatokugawa6947]

Through notes, Sibelius gives birth to myths. His music is the voice of nature itself and the gods of old, condensed into notes. Even just listening to it elevates the soul and takes it to the sky. It feels like being at one with the entire Linnunrata, as Sinitic people call our galaxy. There's no doubt, Sibelius is the Shifu of music! Beethoven, Wagner, Rossini, all of them are nothing compared to this Sinitic master! If all "C-Pop" is like this, it means Sinitic peoples have much better taste in music than us Italians.

[@petervdveenmuis]

Absolute beauty!

[@Reggieelliot1990]

in 1958 when I was at Richard Lee school a thunderstorm started at 4 am and went on to 9 30 the sky was an oppressive green! We were all gathered in the assembly hall till it cleared This music used to remind me of that storm. Towards the end of the composition I visualized the wind rising to fight the storm. in its dying rage the storm attacked the wind killing, it but the storm was no more

[@ericnk58]

Outstanding performance (Neeme Järvi, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and anything by Sibelius is an unbeatable combination) and a perfectly fitting video. For those who find Classical music boring, this is the perfect introduction as it appeals to the eye as well as to the ear. Thank you!

[@bryanurizar]

I don’t know, I’d never recommend this to someone as an introduction to classical music. I feel it requires some maturity to really appreciate it.

[@TheRealRedAce]

Superb performance.

[@eamonjwadley]

phwaa, beautiful. thank you neeme

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

A discovery to be sure. Wonder what the composer might think while watching the film representation. In my opinion, Jan Sibelius would have embraced it. So very well done. Thank you all.

[@BlindObedienceBrutal]

Beautiful and transcendent music. The video images remind me a lot of northern and eastern Quebec, with its boreal forests, deep snow, countless lakes, and les Laurentides (mountains). Ben, comme on dit, mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver. I’ve never been to Finland but I wonder if the feeling is the same.

[@PeterLunowPL]

I think that Neeme Jarvi is a wonderful Sibeliusconductor.

[@harryandruschak2843]

Peter Lunow Actually, I think he is a marvelous conductor about ANY composer.

[@PeterLunowPL]

Harry Andruschak actually...you may be right. What I heard so far is pretty impressive.

[@spaceaurora]

You are right ! His version of Sibelius no.4 is outstanding. The best out there.

[@marie-francoisedehareng4274]

Nice video..I love those "running trees" at 16'21 !

[@steveclaflin594]

I liked the well-placed lightning

[@mizofan]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video :)

[@GregorDaniel]

Great and wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing! Many greetings, Gregor

[@ricardoantoniolucascamargo1298]

Sibelius' music is often played by Orchestras in Brazil, South America. The very first piece of him I've listened to was his Concerto for violin in D minor, played in Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, in 1980.

[@thomasdonnellymusic9001]

Surprisingly I was not expecting that final chord, but it was beautiful non the less.

[@alger3041]

+Thomas Donnelly Music Classic Picardian Third Major Triad close in a context that was basically in a minor key.

[@thomasdonnellymusic9001]

+alger3041 thanks, I ll look it up

[@redsonnetmusic]

Truly masterful.

[@RobertDeMiedo]

Yes of course, well known all over the world. Greetings from Mexico, City.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Inquietante, atmosférica pieza. Las imágenes acorde con la música..¡¡

[@tubaesperanza]

Emocionante. Que forma de instrumentar, de escribir, de expresar....

[@MsPandaRosa]

Musing on the video, at 16:20, the mirror-merging trees... Scene of mystery, of uncertainty... i admit i still like the idea of a blizzard... heard this as a child, thank God i never forgot it.

[@phil5664]

the person who did the video really thought through it. Very well filmed and matched to the music.

[@translatology]

Thank you Rubycon75 for reminding us of the poem. It's the key to Sibelius's images. Speaking from memory, I think he put it in German at the front of the original score: "Da dehnen sich des Nordlands düstere Wälder...etc." but never mind.

[@BegoneJonah]

My GOSH, I want to visit Ainola.

[@jeffmyersmusic]

lesser known piece, really nice moments

[@pvuor]

Ah, before him, nobody had thought of taking such sounds out of a symphony orchestra. Try from 13:00 on or from 16:50 on, for example. And some of the quieter sequences as well.

[@АнастасияВолкова-ч2ш]

Cool :)

[@FeonaLeeJones]

Apparently Ligeti's "Lontano" is the modern version of this piece

[@greatclassicrecords]

From Spain ? South America, Mexico ? Sibelius still well known upon there?

[@verdiguy]

I'm from Nova Scotia in Canada. For many years we had a splendid conductor here who was originally from Vienna. He fled the Nazis to Australia and New Zealand and ended his career here. He tended to program at least one piece by Sibelius each year, including the 2nd, 5th and 7th and the major tone poems. Tapiola has always been a favourite of mine.

[@elyacohen7548]

💖💖💖

[@toippa9]

Olen asunut täällä Suomessa 7 vuotta, ja voin täysin arvostaa sitä, mikä sai Sibeliusta innoittamaan kirjoittamaan kummallista musiikkiaan.

[@stephenjablonsky241]

I would love to know why this was Sibelius' last piece. Did he feel he had come to the end of his creative life at age 61? Was he tired of the strain of composition? Did his muse get lost in the forests of Tapio? Did he suspect he was writing his last piece while he was working on it? Regardless, the piece is moody and mysterious, and the last chord certainly sounds like goodbye.

[@alger3041]

Stephen Jablonsky It may not have been intended as his last at the time he was working on it.

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

+Stephen Jablonsky Probably, yes.

[@windstorm1000]

no one knows. its one of music's great mysteries. he teased others for years saying he was writing an 8th symphony but it was just a pipe dream. I think the composer had some sort of nervous breakdown after he wrote tapiola that permanently effected his creativity. or perhaps he said everything he wanted to say in music. or both. the case of Rossini is somewhat similar. both composers never divulged why they quit writing.

[@dialecticsjunkie7653]

For a modern example. Stephen Sondheim has not written a new work in more than 15 years. He keeps saying he's working on a Bunuel adaptation but it keeps getting pushed back in release date. :-(

[@michsturge671]

I wonder why this was destined to become his last work of any consequence. He had been recently voted their favorite living symphonic composer by the New York Philharmonic audience and Walter Damrosch commissioned him to write a 15-20 piece for the orchestra to premiere. By all accounts, he was stunned by the piece he received. The critics uniformly praised it, so Sibelius knew the piece was well received. He obviously hadn't "lost it" but he was already 66 and maybe he was just tired of subjecting himself to the strain of composing.

[@marisalouisa4518]

I've always like tapioka but tapiola is even better!

[@yusufassenjee7055]

Good one!

[@toippa9]

119/5000 Huolimatta siitä, että kaikilla teoksillaan on korkea laatu, olen pitkään tuntenut tämän erityisen työn Sibeliuksen mestariteoksena.

[@christineboase511]

Neeme Järvi at his greatest, just like a legend such as Leopold Stokowski at his greatest.

[@lovepeace20]

Magnificent ! What is this "Sibelius film " by the way ? Is it in English ? Where should we find it ? Thank you :)

[@greatclassicrecords]

lovepeace20 Kickastorrents.com

[@greatclassicrecords]

lovepeace20 Try a torrent downloader. There are two movies with Ashkenazy directing and some pictures of Finland . Type: Sibelius - the early years. The other film is something with Sibelius....maturity. Succes

[@lovepeace20]

greatclassicrecords thanks.

[@lejonfrost]

+lovepeace20 this is the soundtrack to my fathers Väinö Tuomaala´s stage play about his life

[@greatclassicrecords]

+lovepeace20 There's also a movie : BBC : Jean Sibelius - Allegro films 1984 Further: 2 documenteries with Ashkenazy : BBC Jean Sibelius - .The early years 2 : Maturity and silence All 3 are torrents which you can download with a torrent downloader

[@mikkomallikas5425]

Trés finnois!

[@cengiztaner4754]

This is to the woods what La Mer from Debussy is to the sea

[@erickmcnerney7727]

Who will be the first to not understand this piece? (so far no thumbs down). Hopefully I didn't jinx it.

[@PeterLunowPL]

Erick McNerney you jinxed it ,I just found out......:-) Well ,just want to say that good work cant be jinxed. Truly great music and a truly great conductor

[@harryandruschak2843]

Erick McNerney It's not a matter of jinx, nor of not understanding the music. You Tube has a few spoiled brats who need to be sent home to Mother to have their diapers changed. The You Tube equivalent of graffiti vandals with their cans of spray paint.

[@phil5664]

is this with Göteborgs Symfoniker?

[@rubenpietermark7923]

Yes

[@landedinparainen]

Love this but now I love Paavo Berglund's version possibly even more....there are more perhaps sombre tones and echoes of fleeting sadness.

[@patriciosalinas8359]

Bosques finlandeses??

[@classical7370]

ta piola 👍

[@soapy9472]

my roommate and i are arguing about whether the reflected water is real or if it's edited

[@elisatokugawa6947]

Wait, you an actual Finn? Isn't "Wong" a Sinitic last name common in Finland, China and Hong Kong? If your average "HK-Pop" or "C-Pop" music sounds remotely like Tapiola, it means you Sinitic people have much better taste in music than most Italians. Sibelius is a real Shifu of music!

[@almudenadlopez]

5:00 El mundo de los sueños

[@lindametelka5172]

Around 13 minutes I swear it sounds like Debussy's la mer

[@danielpincus221]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapiola_(Sibelius)

[@YadaiDelacruz]

:) 16:20

[@LewisHamsterHammond]

Spoilt by adverts.

[@tbone7193]

Videos Ads during a classical piece of music......SERIOUSLY ? How effin stupid !

[@fflambeauutube]

A terrific performance but not my favorite piece of Sibelius: far too cold, far too little in the way of melodies, far too bleak, not really very spiritual either. Not in the league with most other of his works.

[@noriemeha]

I don't know what age you are Ronnie but I as a teenage fan of the Sib many decades ago was bewildered by it but did sense its greatness. I have come to like it as advanced Sibelius in that it doesn't go out of its way to woo with big tunes. Its genius is that it paints big with the least initial material. It is one of his finest achievements which has influenced contemporary composers.As one critic said it is odd that Sibelius in Tapiola had hewn music that pointed to a distinct new direction but for whatever reason he went no further.

[@aatim2308]

+noriemeha A great note! I think Sibelius was a very romantic style composer in his core and he was worried somehow of the direction to which Tapiola was heading his music. But still Tapiola is a magnificent work.

[@audinos1840]

To KZbin and their damned commercials, haista paska!