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“Every couple weeks I'll listen to Sibelius's Seventh Symphony, just to check in, to see how it's doing. It's doing OK.”

Week Couple Checks Symphony Sibelius

Author:Nico Muhly

“I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.”

Singing Mahler Verdi Sibelius

Author:Rufus Wainwright

“The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius.”

Ideas Form Process Various New Things Typical Units Sibelius

Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen

“I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral music; also some Handel, mostly songs and arias; I like Schubert's and Beethoven's chamber music and Sibelius' symphonies; for opera, I listen to Mozart and in recent years Wagner.”

Writing Years Would Be Song Morning Impossible Opera Chamber Listening To Music Symphony Wagner Aria Schubert Handel Chamber Music Choral Music Sibelius

Author:Colm Toibin

“Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the public pure cold water.”

Age Water Cold Pure Old Age Engaged Composer Justified Manufacturing Cocktails Austerity Cold Water Sibelius

Book:The Delights of Music: A Critic's Choice

Source: The Delights of Music: A Critic's Choice

“It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.”

Funny Difficult Orchestra Sibelius

Author:Eugene Ormandy