Evening Masterwork: Jean Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 43 for November 6, 2022
In the early-part of the 20th Century, composers like Richard Strauss, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Bartok were doing pioneering work in forms outside of the symphony. However, the symphony was the most important genre for Jean Sibelius’s musical thoughts, and a form that the composer could still create innovations within. His second symphony is bold, and it staked out new territory for Sibelius, which he would come back to at later points in his career. It’s our Evening Masterwork at 7, tonight on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.