成人快手

With his last major work Sibelius leaves the listener with a complex representation of the brooding northern Finnish forests inhabited by Tapio, their god. It is suggestive rather than concrete, leaving fleeting impressions instead of focussed pictures. The music evolves from a tiny opening string theme, creating a world with no fixed centre. Storms rage and subside over ever-shifting ground until a final serene chord emerges. This is Tapiola.

Composer: Jean Sibelius
Performers: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov
Recording date: 31 July 2007
Date of broadcast: 31 July 2007