Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Oceanides (Finnish title: Aallottaret, occasionally translated to English as Nymphs of the Waves or Spirits of the Waves; original working title Rondeau der Wellen; in English, Rondo of the Waves), Op. 73, is a tone poem for orchestra written in 1913–14 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece, which refers to the nymphs in Greek mythology who inhabited the Mediterranean Sea, premiered on June 4, 1914 at the Norfolk Music Festival in Connecticut with Sibelius himself conducting. The tone poem (in D major), praised upon its premiere as "the finest evocation of the sea ... ever ... produced in music", consists of two subjects that Sibelius gradually develops in three informal stages: first, a placid ocean; second, a gathering storm; and finally, a thunderous wave-crash climax.Aside from the definitive D major tone poem, two intermediate versions of The Oceanides survive: the first, a three-movement orchestral suite that dates to 1913; and the second, the initial 'Yale' version of the tone poem (in D♭ major), which Sibelius dispatched to America in advance of his journey but revised prior to the festival. The Oceanides thus stands alongside En Saga, the Lemminkäinen Suite, the Violin Concerto, and the Fifth Symphony as one of Sibelius' most overhauled works. The suite and Yale version, never performed in the composer's lifetime, received their world premieres by Osmo Vänskä and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra on September 19 and October 24, 2002, respectively. A typical performance of the final version lasts about 10 minutes."@en }
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- The_Oceanides abstract "The Oceanides (Finnish title: Aallottaret, occasionally translated to English as Nymphs of the Waves or Spirits of the Waves; original working title Rondeau der Wellen; in English, Rondo of the Waves), Op. 73, is a tone poem for orchestra written in 1913–14 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece, which refers to the nymphs in Greek mythology who inhabited the Mediterranean Sea, premiered on June 4, 1914 at the Norfolk Music Festival in Connecticut with Sibelius himself conducting. The tone poem (in D major), praised upon its premiere as "the finest evocation of the sea ... ever ... produced in music", consists of two subjects that Sibelius gradually develops in three informal stages: first, a placid ocean; second, a gathering storm; and finally, a thunderous wave-crash climax.Aside from the definitive D major tone poem, two intermediate versions of The Oceanides survive: the first, a three-movement orchestral suite that dates to 1913; and the second, the initial 'Yale' version of the tone poem (in D♭ major), which Sibelius dispatched to America in advance of his journey but revised prior to the festival. The Oceanides thus stands alongside En Saga, the Lemminkäinen Suite, the Violin Concerto, and the Fifth Symphony as one of Sibelius' most overhauled works. The suite and Yale version, never performed in the composer's lifetime, received their world premieres by Osmo Vänskä and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra on September 19 and October 24, 2002, respectively. A typical performance of the final version lasts about 10 minutes.".