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Happy birthday--or should we say, "Hyvää Syntymäpäivää!"--to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)! "Sibelius is like a fine mystery writer, who plants clues for you right from the beginning—clues that point the way, or sometimes puzzle you, but always keep you panting for the next one." -Leonard Bernstein, Young People's Concert: A Tribute to Sibelius (1965) Join the celebration with this video of the Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker performing the fina

On this day in 1919, Jean Sibelius conducted the first performance of the final version of his Symphony No. 5 in E flat major. The Finnish government commissioned Sibelius to write the symphony in honor of his 50th birthday, 8 December 1915, which had been declared a national holiday. "It is a great masterpiece, and what makes it so, of course, is the extraordinarily original mind of Sibelius; one of the most inventive and personal people in the history of music. So personal as to be almost priv

LEONARD BERNSTEIN - - - Leonard Bernstein was a highly influential and dynamic conductor whose career was marked by a meticulous approach to interpretation and a deep commitment to musical education and innovation. His professional trajectory began with a dramatic breakthrough in 1943 when, with less than 24 hours' notice and no rehearsal, he substituted for the ailing Bruno Walter at Carnegie Hall, leading the New York Philharmonic in a challenging program and instantly establishing himself as

“Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” - composer Leonard Bernstein who would've been 100 years old today. | Biography