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	SIBELIUS Kullervo - An Inktroduction - INKPOT
		Kullervo's sister kills herself in despair, and in the concluding section of the movement, to the accompaniment of the heavy pounding of orchestral sforzandi, Kullervo curses himself, as depicted by the painting "Kullervo Cursing" (1899) by Gallen-Kallela (above right).
		Kullervo's Death is an emotional crescendo, an exercise in torment by guilt, the final stages of misery and horror leading to suicide - all expressed in music.
		As Kullervo's sword judges him guilty, the choir sing - both as fierce jury and solemn, reminscing funeral procession; Sibelius revives earlier themes throughout the movement and ultimately, the fate-laden brass theme from the "Introduction" makes an apocalyptic reappearance in raging Wagnerian form as the choir proclaims the Kullervo's doom.
	inkpot.com /classical/kullervo.html (1755 words)

	Kullervo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Finnish Kalevala, Kullervo was the ill-fated son of Kalervo.
		Kullervo is fairly ordinary in Finnish mythology, in being a naturally talented magician.
		Kullervo is the subject of a brief symphonic poem by Leevi Madetoja.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kullervo (698 words)

	Kullervo
		Kullervo's father sends him to pay the taxes and on the way back he seduces his sister without realising who she is. Out of shame the sister commits suicide.
		Kullervo proved inept and ignorant; having not had a father to pass on knowledge and skills.
		Kullervo is also an opera by Aulis Sallinen[?] and a symphonic poem by Jean Sibelius.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ku/Kullervo.html (182 words)

	Kalevala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vengeful, self-destructive Kullervo who is born as a slave, sold to Ilmarinen and given work by Ilmarinens wife who he later kills.
		Kullervo is a misguided and troubled youth often at odds with himself and his situation.
		For example, the story of Kullervo has been extensively used in the Silmarillion (including the sword that speaks when the anti-hero uses it for a suicide) as the basis of Túrin Turambar in Narn i Chîn Húrin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalevala (2865 words)

	Kullervo, 1892
		The text, which is from the Kullervo saga in the Kalevala epic, goes through the basic story: Kullervo persuades a young woman to enter his sleigh and induces her to yield herself to him in exchange for material goods.
		Kullervo, who has returned from the battlefield, is looking for the place where he defiled his sister.
		Kullervo is at the same time a masterpiece and a baggy monster of a work, bursting at the seams.
	www.sibelius.fi /english/musiikki/ork_kullervo.htm (2668 words)

	ydin
		Kullervo is a fatherless, motherless boy, believing his parents have been slain.
		On a winter road, Kullervo meets a girl going home, sleeps with her and in the morning he finds she is his sister.
		Kullervo is based on the Kalevala, the Finnish National Epic, of which the story is a distinct part.
	www.teatteri.org /search/drama.php?id=10&language_code=en (152 words)

	Kullervo and the wedding 1891-1892
		Kullervo, a gigantic work in five movements for orchestra, male choir and soprano and baritone soloists, was completed in April 1892.
		During the rehearsals, the choir was greatly enthused, and the orchestra, which was reinforced by German musicians, was amused by the composer's passion as a conductor, and by the new kind of score.
		In any case, according to Aino Sibelius, it was the success of Kullervo that persuaded her parents to allow the young couple to marry.
	www.sibelius.fi /english/elamankaari/sib_kullervo.htm (737 words)

	Living - The Cincinnati Post
		There is an abundance of orchestral and vocal riches in "Kullervo" and all were delivered magnificently by Jarvi, the CSO and their guests.
		Kullervo's theme soared from the opening bars, while the second movement lullaby was wreathed in desolation and intensity, ending in shattered, disconnected fragments.
		"Kullervo Goes to War" was not all derring do, the obsessive fanfares at the end suggesting the futile satiety of slaughter, Jarvi paced the finale beautifully.
	www.cincypost.com /2004/09/18/cso091804.html (573 words)

	Amazon.com: Sibelius: Kullervo: Music: Sibelius,Robert Spano,Hellekant,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus,Gunn,Nathan ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Kullervo's story is dark and violent; while the sections Sibelius composed do not form a cohesive narrative, they do convey the hero's tragedy.
		Kullervo is a powerful figure from the Kalevala, the epic Finnish saga composed of 50 poems compiled by Elias LÃ¶nnrot, a physician and folklorist who traveled throughout the Finnish-Russian borderlands recording the lyrics, stories, and ballads sung to him by rural people.
		Born with magical powers, Kullervo was raised as an orphan by his tribe's enemies.
	www.amazon.com /Sibelius-Kullervo/dp/B000JCETY2 (1343 words)

	Sibelius-Kullervo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The second movement, Kullervo's Youth, is sensitively handled, though I think it would have benefited from being moved on a little.
		Kullervo is a stout, hearty, not particularly bright lad who inadvertently seduces his own long-lost sister.
		The soloists take the parts of Kullervo and his sister, whose long monologue of remorse forms the emotional climax of the movement (the more conventional dramatic climax is the consummation of their rather odd courtship, vividly portrayed by the orchestra).
	home.earthlink.net /~sandrikasaw/kullervo.html (981 words)

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	'Kullervo' enthralls symphony audience
		Kullervo, Sibelius' first major choral/symphonic work, takes its name from the hero of the Finnish national epic, Kalevala.
		The second, scenes from Kullervo's youth, was all light and shadow, with superb playing by the winds and fervent climaxes in the brass.
		The hero Kullervo comes upon a young woman on his journey, pulls her into his sleigh, seduces and rapes her, only to find out later that they are siblings.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/09/19/tem_cso19.html (445 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		Colin Davis recorded a Kullervo Symphony with the LSO as part of his often lousy complete symphony cycle for RCA.
		Whereas the earlier Kullervo was as dull as dishwater, this newcomer is simply thrilling, a performance that goes straight to the top of recommended recordings, which have been surprisingly abundant considering the work's obscurity until the last couple of decades.
		Kullervo's Death has extraordinary power and concentration, with Davis taking special pains to bring out the details of Sibelius' often eerie string writing.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=9605 (448 words)

	Amazon.com: Sibelius: Kullervo: Music: Jorma Hynninen,Jean Sibelius,Esa-Pekka Salonen,Los Angeles Philharmonic ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Kullervo, symphonic poem for vocal soloists, male chorus & orchestra, Op.
		The story tells of Kullervo, a tragic hero from Finnish mythology who destroys his family and friends before finally taking his own life.
		Scored for a large orchestra, male chorus, and two soloists, the music is truly epic in scale.
	www.amazon.com /Sibelius-Kullervo-Jorma-Hynninen/dp/B0000028MW (855 words)

	SIBELIUS Kullervo
		This was the first recording ever of Kullervo, a tone-poem with vocal soloists and chorus in five movements, composed in 1891-92 and labeled a symphony.
		It is one of the few works of his earliest period that Sibelius didn't revise later on; the manuscript went into a drawer after he conducted the premiere with mixed success in Helsinki, and was sold in 1922 because of a financial crisis.
		Both soloists in the central movement (as incestuous Kullervo and his long-lost sister) were stirring singers, while the resonant acoustic of the Guildhall in Southampton added to the general ardor.
	classicalcdreview.com /sibberg.htm (623 words)

	Classical Net Review - Sibelius - "Kullervo" Symphony Op. 7
		Kullervo has received a number of recordings over the years with Berglund (twice), Salonen, Panula and Segerstam top of the list.
		Vänskä is at his brilliant best in the last two movements, Kullervo goes to War and Kullervo's Death, both panegyrics of typical Sibelian grandeur and eloquence.
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	www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/b/bis01215a.html (235 words)

	Welcome to AccessAtlanta! \| AccessAtlanta
		The 26-year-old composer’s first major work, “Kullervo” (1892) wears its influences on the surface, from the lush and sometimes twinkly orchestrations of Tchaikovsky to the long-breathed grandeur of Bruckner to the symphonic pictorialism of Berlioz.
		Yet many passages of “Kullervo” catch the ear as plaintive folk songs, and the choral singing is blocky, bold and charming.
		In the third movement, “Kullervo and his Sister,” we finally meet the luckless hero in person, just as he’s seducing a beautiful young maiden.
	www.accessatlanta.com /blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/reviews/entries/2006/05/25/aso_make_kuller.html (739 words)

	Sibelius Kullervo - LSO Live CD LSO0074 - London Symphony Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although he withdraw it a year after its successful premiere, Sibelius's early Kullervo symphony is laced with the atmosphere and creativeness that would characterise his later works, coupled with a tragic tale from Finnish folklore.
		Kullervo recounts the story of its eponymous hero.
		This recording of Kullervo is worth purchasing for any number of reasons.
	www.lso.co.uk /recordings/lsolive/detail.asp?Detail=LSO0074 (595 words)

	AroundCinci :: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opens its season
		Beginning with short, emphatic chords, the overture includes Florestan’s aria of love for his wife, the music for Leonore’s escapades as a man, the reunion of the couple, and their political and personal triumph in escaping the prison.
		In Kullervo, Sibelius—just 26 years old at the time of its premiere—took for his inspiration the Kalevala, an epic poem from the Karelia district of Finland.
		Deserving of more attention, Kullervo is an outstanding musical saga, well worth hearing, especially as it promises to be presented by our own CSO and the Estonian Male Choir under Jarvi’s nuanced and charismatic direction.
	www.aroundcinci.com /gen_includes/article.asp?articleID=2607 (1387 words)

	Sibelius:The White Box
		But if truth be told, the early Adrian Leaper/Slovak Philharmonic recordings are no match for the interpretive insights of Finland's Petri Sakari and the sophistication of his Icelandic band.
		The Kullervo symphony is the recorded exception, and is performed by conducting teacher extraordinaire, Jorma Panula, a soprano and baritone soloist, and Finland's Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.
		Kullervo is definitely from the Finlandia copybook and extols the nationalism that Sibelius was feeling at the time.
	www.audiophilia.com /software/ak54.htm (496 words)

	Finnish Music Information Centre
		The title role of Kullervo will be performed by baritone Gabriel Suovanen, and other protagonists include such singers as tenor Jyrki Anttila, baritone Esa Ruuttunen, mezzo-soprano Anna-Lisa Jakobsson as well as soprano Riitta Ahonen.
		The composer's own libretto is based on both the Finnish national epic the Kalevala as well as the play 'Kullervo' (1864) by Aleksis Kivi.
		"Kullervo sets himself alight, and indeed his first conscious memory is of fire, because the home of his parents was destroyed amid flame and smoke."
	www.fimic.fi /fimic/fimic.nsf/6f2206912ea20950422566e30048ea7e/34ffedaa2b859f8dc22570ea003d9e2b?OpenDocument (541 words)

	Gracenote: Search CDDB
		Jean Sibelius / Kullervo: Symphonic Peom for Soprano, Baritone, Chorus and Orch.
		Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Sibelius: The Seven Symphonies, Kullervo - 1
		Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Sibelius: The Seven Symphonies, Kullervo - 2
	www.gracenote.com /music/search-adv.html?qdisc=Kullervo (104 words)

	The Influence of European Mythology on Tolkien's Middle Earth - ColorQ Articles Etc
		Both Kullervo and Tuor were made slaves as a result of war.
		As for Kullervo the magician, he enlisted bears and wolves to maul his cruel hostess to death.
		Ilmarinen's wife was killed by Kullervo's magic, and his subsequent attempt to take his wife's younger sister as a second bride was rebuffed.
	www.colorq.org /Articles/article.aspx?d=lore&x=K_V_Tol (1021 words)

	The Biedermeier Era : B.A. Godenhjelm and ... : Carl Eneas Sjöstrand
		lt was easy for him to identify Kullervo, who at the age of three days had risen out of his cradle, with Finnish sculpture rising from its cradle under the artist's guidance.
		The conventional Sjöstrand was fascinated by the fate of the reckless Kullervo, the son of a subjugated serf.
		Sjöstrand also made a sculpture of the mature Kullervo throwing himself on his own sword as the inevitable end to a life filled with strife and killing (The Death of Kullervo).
	www.fng.fi /fng/html4/en/ateneum/guide/cont/chap4/sect1/page23.htm (128 words)

	SIBELIUS: Kullervo Symphony - Peter Mattei, baritone/ Monica Group, mezzo-soprano/London Symphony Chorus/ London ...
		The odd early symphony of Sibelius was composed when he was only 26 and he withdrew it from public performance just a year after its premiere.
		The five movements of the work are: Introduction, Kullervo's Youth, Kullervo and his sister, Kullervo goes to battle, and Kullervo's death.
		It is simple enough: the hero Kullervo in his sleigh passes a girl who appeals to him and he lures her unto his sleigh with furs and gold.
	www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=1580 (447 words)

	Telarc International: Search results
		New release features baritone Nathan Gunn, mezzo-soprano Charlotte Hellekant, and the men from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.
		On November 28, Telarc will release the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Kullervo, the five-movement narrative symphony composed by Jean Sibelius at the age of 25.
		Kullervo, was based on a story from the Kalevala, the mythic history of the ancient Finns, and from the moment of its 1892 premiere in Helsinki — conducted by Sibelius — Kullervo, became a symbol of Finnish nationalism, and the composer became a national hero.
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