| Symphony No. 7 | |
|---|---|
| by Jean Sibelius | |
.jpg) The composer (c. 1925) | |
| Key | C major |
| Catalogue | Op. 105 |
| Composed | 1918–1924 |
| Publisher | Wilhelm Hansen (1925) |
| Duration | Approx. 20 mins. |
| Movements | 1 |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 24 March 1924 |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
| Performers | Stockholm Concert Society |
The Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105, is a single-movement work for orchestra written from 1918 to 1924 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Sibelius's work on his Fifth (Op. 82), Sixth (Op. 104), and Seventh symphonies overlapped, as he sorted his motifs and refined his symphonic ideals. His initial plan (c. 1918) for what would become Op. 105 was a symphony in three movements; by 1922, this had evolved into a four-movement work and, by 1923, finally into a single-movement composition that eroded the traditional subdivisions of sonata form. The completed piece initially premiered under the ambivalent title of Fantasia sinfonica, but at some point in 1924–1925, Sibelius decided to 'promote' it to his Symphony No. 7. A preliminary ending is extant.[1]
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The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Symphony No. 7.
| No. | Conductor | Ensemble | Rec.[a] | Time | Recording venue | Label | Ref. |
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| 1 | [[]] | [[]] | |||||
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| 1 | [[]] | [[]] | |||||
| 1 | [[]] | [[]] |
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- Notes
- References
- ^ Barnett 2007, pp. 278, 304–305, 307–309, 311.
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