Sibelius' naturalist miniature
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This week we are presenting an analysis of a characterpiece titled “Le Sapin” from Jean Sibelius’ Op. 75. In this brief work, Sibelius poetically depicts the spruce tree (a staple of the Finish boreal forest) through a rich tapestry of recitative-like declamations and fantasy arpeggios, all underpinned by colouristic extended tertian harmonies.
DISCLAIMER: The first chord is a C# half diminished chord over G, instead of G#. That was a typing error.
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Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Le Sapin Op. 75 No. 5 (1914)
Recording: shiraishi NAL (2015)
Most people, including myself, love his symphonies. However, his piano music is severely underrated.
This was, sublime.
since you posted it, it's stuck on my head like a loop track, saddle beauty and peaceful melancholy it conveys is unbelievable. wow, Sibelius.
Absolute one to one ratio of beauty and love all in just one piano piece
Man I don’t have anything else to say
Guess i’ll just let music speaks for itself…
Sibelius is on my list of composers I should listen more.
Great Zelda vibes at the intro btw
Yes! The model/sequence, texture and appoggiaturas may remind you of the great fairy's fountain theme.
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Thanks for the analysis. Great content!
Greetings from Finland. Happy to see this excellent analysis of Sibelius in this excellenct channel!
What a wonderful national composer you have! Greetings, be well!
Like the analysis process. This way I have one a week! Thanks
Damn do I love when I discover such beautiful pieces!
Wonderful!
Another great miniature for piano by Sibelius is the Scène Romantique (op. 101 no. 5) which I find as beautiful as this one
I've loved Sibelius'' music and be interested in his other works since I happened to hear this piece for the first time a couple of years ago. Your analysis always provide me helpful and various information.
Our pleasure!
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Yes, a duo!
Beautiful
I love how in m.7 the Bm harmony which would continue the circle of 5ths progression is only stated implicitly, through the melody (taking C# as a passing tone). Especially taking into account the fact that the surrounding harmonies are all quite explicitly stated by the chords. I think this plays into the overall theme of very gradually asserting Bm as a stable key center throughout the piece's progress.
Well heard! Certainly the tonic is eluded several times, like the D# deviation in the cadenza. Meyer would have loved it.
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I confirm that I indeed love it. 😍
My sister has performed this piece a bunch and it's a very lovely one
God I love this channel...this is greatttt
Thanks for your feedback!
I always loved Sibelius music... 😍
fire song
I am absolutely amazed by how similar this sounds to argentinian folklore! You have no idea!!
Indeed! The 3/4 - 6/8 polyrhythm sounds like a Zamba, and the seventh chords over the circle of fifths is something that someone like Cuchi Leguizamon would do.
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the first chord is not C#7b5/G#, because the G in the score is nature (excuse me, i have a bad english but i love your videos), maybe im wrong
You are right! That was a typing mistake! Thank you for pointing that out and for your support.
Naturist miniature
Sind euch zum Schluss die Noten abhanden gekommen?
Is this piece marked molto rubato? The pianist takes a lot of liberties with the 3/4 ryhthm.
I was thinking the same thing. I wanted to hear a bit stricter tempo to give it a bit of a fancy feel but with just a bit rubato to give a bit more emotion to it
True it kinda drags, great playing nonetheless
I’m certainly used to a quicker and“neater” interpretation so to speak, but I absolutely enjoyed this. I think this piece lends itself to expressive liberties and it was pretty helpful for the musical breakdown for me personally
ok now show me his minimalist nature
As far as I know there are only 5 species of counterpoint.
The text in the beginning is saying that Sibelius built the opening arpeggios on 4th species counterpoint, the 7 - 10 refers to the interval between the bottom and top note of the arpeggios
I don’t like this recording at all. There’s rubato and there’s being over the top, which this very much is. There is no rhythm to speak of.
beautiful
Indeed