The Lemminkäinen Suite tells four stories from the Finnish national saga, the Kalevala, about the hero Lemminkäinen. Sibelius pulls out all his descriptive stops to create the wide-open, Northern musical landscape in which these tales play out, ranging from humorous to harrowing to haunting.
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Program Items
Kaija Saariaho
new work for orchestra (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission)
Sibelius
Lemminkäinen Suite
Performers
Susanna Mälkki
conductor