Sibelius: Soluppgång, Op. 37, No. 3

Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Format: Vocal Score Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, Soprano Originally for: Soprano, Orchestra Work: Soluppgang (Sunrise), Op. 37, No. 3 Binding: Work Language: German ISMN: 9790004801512 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 8 Description Sibelius made most of the orchestral versions of his songs for the soprano Ida Ekman, the incomparable Sibelius singer the composer called her in a dedication written in a score. Ida Ekman gave the first performance of the orchestral version of Soluppgang on March 30, 1914, in Turku. Ida's husband Karl conducted the orchestra of the Turku Musical Society. Nearly all of the orchestral arrangements were made years after the original compositions for voice and piano.Yet even though the arrangements were made in a very short period of time, Sibelius handled the combination of solo voice and orchestra in all songs with equal mastery, sometimes creating dark and dramatic atmospheres (in P