• Source: Overture in A minor

The Overture in A minor, JS 144, is a single-movement work for orchestra written in 1902 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece premiered in Helsinki on 8 March 1902, the with Sibelius conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Society. The overture led a program that evening also included two other first performances: the Second Symphony (Op. 43) and the Impromptu for female choir and orchestra (Op. 19; revised in 1910).




Instrumentation


The Overture in A minor is scored for the following instruments, organized by family (woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings):

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons
4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, and 1 tuba
Timpani
Violins (I and II), violas, cellos, and double basses




Discography


The Estonian-American conductor Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra made the world premiere studio recording of the Overture in A minor (then still in manuscript) in 1987 for BIS. The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:




Notes, references, and sources


Notes

References

Sources
Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.

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