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Jean Sibelius conducts
Jean Sibelius conducted his own compositions with orchestras the world over for the space of nearly three decades. Vesa Sirén, author of “Aina poltti sikaria – Jean Sibelius aikalaisten silmin” (Always Smoking a Cigar – Jean Sibelius as seen by his Contemporaries), here views the composer as conductor in the light of contemporary evidence and the maestro’s only known recording.
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Jean Sibelius conducted his own compositions with orchestras the world over for the space of nearly three decades. Vesa Sirén, author of “Aina poltti sikaria – Jean Sibelius aikalaisten silmin” (Always Smoking a Cigar – Jean Sibelius as seen by his Contemporaries), here views the composer as conductor in the light of contemporary evidence and the maestro’s only known recording.
