Journey London-Paris-Berlin, with a view to composing
Route
Helsinki (boat)-Stockholm (train)-Helsingborg (ferry)-Elsinore (train)-Copenhagen (train)-Könsör (boat)-Kiel-Hamburg-Bremen-Osnabrück-Vlissingen (boat)-Harwich (train)-London.
Accommodation
Langham Hotel, London
15 Gloucester Walk, Kensington, landlady Mrs Dodd
15 Gordon Place, Campden Hill (boarding house)
Route
London (train)-Dover (ferry)-Calais (train)-Paris
Accommodation
Hotel du Voltaire, Paris
Route
Paris (train)-Reims-Cologne-Hannover-Berlin.
Accommodation
Hotel Wiesbadener Hof, Berlin
Kurfürstenstrasse 36 II, landlady Frau Langer
Return route
Berlin (train)-Stettin (boat)-Helsinki
Sibelius worked on the string quartet Voces intimae; he conducted En Saga and Finlandia in London and Valse triste and Spring Song in Cheltenham. He met Debussy in London and went to the Sibelius Evening at the Music Club. After negotiations he decided to resume cooperation with Breitkopf & Härtel. In Berlin he underwent a post-operative medical examination; he worked on his string quartet and the songs of his opus 57.