Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 "Legends"

About the work

Composed in 1895 on four episodes from the Finnish epic Kalevala concerning the hero Lemminkäinen. The third, The Swan of Tuonela, is the best known: a cor anglais solo over muted strings depicts the black swan gliding on the river of the underworld. Sibelius revised the running order of the four legends more than once; today they are usually played in the order of the published opus.

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