Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Shostakovich
05/02/2022 @ St Andrews Hall
Finnish composer Jan Sibelius held strong views about his country’s position under Russian dominance. Much of the Karelia region lay in Russia, but the fact that part of it was in Finland’s eastern tip (focused on Vyborg) was one of the reasons Sibelius accepted a commission to provide music for the students of Helsinki University in Vyborg. […]