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Symphony No. 5
by Jean Sibelius
The composer (c. 1918)
KeyE-flat major
CatalogueOp. 82
Composed1914 (1914)–1915, rev. 1916, 1918–1919
PublisherWilhelm Hansen (1921)
DurationApprox. 31 mins.
Movements3 (originally 4)
Premiere
Date8 December 1915 (1915-12-08)
LocationHelsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
ConductorJean Sibelius
PerformersHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

The Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82, is a three-movement (originally in four movements) work for orchestra written from 1914 to 1915 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. He revised it in 1916 and again from 1918 to 1919, at which point it reached its definitive form.

Sibelius's work on his Fifth, Sixth (Op. 104), and Seventh (Op. 105) symphonies overlapped, as he sorted his motifs and refined his symphonic ideals. In 1915, Sibelius completed the Symphony No. 5, which was then in four movements. However, in 1916, he substantially revised the piece, and by merging the first two movements, created a three-movement work. From 1918–1919, Sibelius undertook a second revision and produced the final, three-movement version of the Fifth. (Two ideas he considered but ultimately rejected were: first, to write an entirely new first movement; and second, to scrap Movements II–III.) The original 1915 version of the symphony is extant, while the intermediate 1916 version is—with the exception of a double bass part—lost.[1]

History

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Original version and 1915 premiere

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Intermediate version and 1916 premiere

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Final version and 1919 premiere

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Instrumentation

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Music

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Movement I

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Movement II

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Movement III

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Context and analysis

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Modern reception

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Relation to Sibelius's other symphonies

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Discography

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The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Symphony No. 5.

No. Conductor Ensemble Rec.[a] Time Recording venue Label Ref.
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Notes, references, and sources

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Notes
  1. ^ Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
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References
  1. ^ Barnett 2007, pp. 246, 250, 254, 256–259, 264, 266, 275, 278, 281–282, 285–286.
Sources