Scene with Cranes op. 44/2 for strings, 2 clarinets & timpani (score)
of the Play Death by Arvid Järnefelt
Sibelius, Jean
Scene with Cranes op. 44/2 for strings, 2 clarinets & timpani (score)
of the Play Death by Arvid Järnefelt
Sibelius, Jean
Instrumentation: strings, 2 clarinets and timpani
Publisher: Gehrmans Musikverlag
Catalogue No: M550091467
ISMN: 979-0-55009-146-7
Shop Product Code: 287508Q
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This beautiful work for 2 clarinets, timpani and strings was written for Arvid Järnefelt's play Kuolema ('The Death'). The play became notable for its incidental music: a group of six compositions created by the author's brother-in-law, Jean Sibelius. The most famous selection is the opening number, Valse triste. In 1906 Sibelius revised Nos. 3 and 4 from the incidental music and combined them under the title Scene with Cranes. In the play a flock of cranes flies overhead at that point, one of which separates from the group, carrying an infant to a young couple.