The Quartet is equally at home with Haydn and Mozart as with contemporary composers and has collaborated with Sofia Gubaidulina, Aulis Sallinen, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jouni Kaipainen, Erik Bergman, Haridas Greif and others. Andante - Allegro', 'String Quartet In A Minor, JS 183 : II. Stream songs including 'String Quartet In A Minor, JS 183 : I. Beginning in 1896, Sibelius began to keep a personal catalogue of his works. Listen to Sibelius: String Quartets In A Minor & D Minor by Jean Sibelius Quartet on Apple Music. The first two are the product of Sibelius student years. Within the concertante and chamber genres, the Violin Concerto and the string quartet Voces intimae (each in D minor), respectively, ensure Sibelius's reputation. Cellist Seppo Kimanen also acts as the Artistic Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. Ill just mention three discs: with Voces Intimae the Tempera (BIS - review) couple the B flat Quartet, the Gabrieli (Chandos CHAN8742) couple Sibeliuss Piano. Sibelius composed three string quartets prior to his well-known Voces intimae in D minor. The Quartet has performed at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival every year since 1981 and undoubtedly ranks today among the most sought-after quartets in Scandinavia.
In 1991 the Quartet won the prize of the Chilean music critics for the best performance by an international ensemble in Chile, and in 1998 the award of the international critics at the Cracow Contemporary Music Days. The Quartet was awarded a three-year grant by the Finnish state in 1985. Since making its international breakthrough at the West Berlin Music Festival in 1983, it has visited most parts of Europe, India, China, South Korea, Chile, Japan and the United States. 56 Franz Schubert (Artist), Ehnes Quartet (Artist), Jean Sibelius (Artist) & 0 more Format: Audio CD 4. The following year already brought invitations to appear at several Finnish and Swedish music festivals. 1 The new version was first performed in Helsinki. It was first performed in Helsinki on 27 March 1913 by the Philharmonic Society Orchestra, conducted by the composer himself, but he revised it in 1914. 64, tone poem for orchestra written in 1913 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The Jean Sibelius Quartet - Yoshiko Arai and Jukka Pohjola (violins), Teemu Kupiainen (viola) and Seppo Kimanen (cello) - was formed in 1980 and granted the right by the Sibelius estate to use the name of the Master of Ainola. (Sibelius) The Bard (in Swedish: Barden ), Op.