It's based upon a poem by the Swedish poet Viktor Rydberg, "Skogsrået" ("The Wood Nymph"), about a young, strong and handsome man, who one moonlit and windy autumn night, walks through the wood, on his way to a celebration. Forest spirits make him loose his way, and lead him deeper and deeper into the unknown, where he is bewitched and seduced by the Wood Nymph. Afterwards he never more can find joy in life, he becomes endlessly depressed and prematurely aged, always thinking about that enchanted meeting, deep in the dark wood.
Je possède depuis 2007 année Sibelius en France, la version CD comprenant l'enregistrement musical seul et sur "l'autre face" 😉 la version avec la narration traduite en francais du poème de Rydberg avec en fond musical l'œuvre de Sibelius Quand le splendide se mêle au tragique, dépressifs s'abstenir ! Sibelius devait en être un, because ses problèmes d'alcool et ce long silence musical et social jusqu'à la fin de sa vie Les génies (en tout) sont décidément des gens peu ordinaires
From Alan, This is sibelius at always his best, But why is it not included amongst the other tone poems on box sets, The wood nymph is a Masterpiece, Bye for now.
I've listened to this piece way more times than Sibelius ever did!! No joke :)
i cant tell you the comfort and pleasure this work brings me.
Why im listening to this beautiful piece of a Finnish man at 3 am?. i have class tomorrow
I am a Drum n Bass producer and arrived here after listening to 'Dom n Roland's' - Tone Poem. Completely different genres yet both master composers.
Truly astounding piece of music.
Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant..........only Sibelius
It's based upon a poem by the Swedish poet Viktor Rydberg, "Skogsrået" ("The Wood Nymph"), about a young, strong and handsome man, who one moonlit and windy autumn night, walks through the wood, on his way to a celebration. Forest spirits make him loose his way, and lead him deeper and deeper into the unknown, where he is bewitched and seduced by the Wood Nymph. Afterwards he never more can find joy in life, he becomes endlessly depressed and prematurely aged, always thinking about that enchanted meeting, deep in the dark wood.
Je possède depuis 2007 année Sibelius en France, la version CD comprenant
l'enregistrement musical seul
et sur "l'autre face" 😉
la version avec la narration
traduite en francais du poème de Rydberg avec en fond musical l'œuvre de Sibelius
Quand le splendide se mêle au tragique, dépressifs s'abstenir !
Sibelius devait en être un, because ses problèmes d'alcool et ce long silence musical et social jusqu'à la fin de sa vie
Les génies (en tout) sont décidément des gens peu ordinaires
I arrived here thanks to TwoSetViolin and their shenanigans. Beautiful piece!!!
Me too!
Me too!
This is so underrated
Totally agree with that
I really don't know why this piece isn't played more. There's so few recordings.
That's because it's not rated at all. It's tragically ignored.
From about 2:00 - 8:00, it's almost like a template for a kind of minimalism......only far better.
I like minimalism and absolutely love 2-8 mins of this piece but the last word in the world I’d use to describe those wonderful measures is minimalist
16:01 Beatlesy mixolydean pattern on the harp...
Composition de Sibelius fort jolie !
From Alan, This is sibelius at always his best, But why is it not included amongst the other tone poems on box sets, The wood nymph is a Masterpiece, Bye for now.
Absolutely, like his other early work, Kullervo, a masterpiece from the composer I consider the greatest of them all.
This is early Sibelius. In fact so early that the opening bars could be taken as the signature of the arrival of a new voice.
What do you mean about the first bars?
Why is this hardly ever played in concert halls?
It is a very good piece, but I also do think it 'shoots its wad' in the first nine minutes.
SO, show me what you got.
Pfft! That's an incredible feat! Not only that, it continues on!