1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70
71-80 | 81-90 | 91-100 | 101-110 | 111-118
Op. 1 Five Christmas songs
No. 1 Nu står jul vid snöig port;
words by Zacharias Topelius. Completed in 1913.
No. 2 Nu så kommer julen;
words by Zacharias Topelius. Completed in 1913.
No. 3 Det mörknar ute;
words by Zacharias Topelius. Completed in 1897.
No. 4 Julvisa: Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (Christmas hymn: Give me no splendour, gold or pomp);
words by Zacharias Topelius. Completed in 1909. Arrangement for male choir in 1935, for female choir in 1942, for children’s choir in 1954.
No. 5 On hanget korkeat, nietokset (High are the snowdrifts);
words by Wilkku Joukahainen. Completed in 1901. Arrangement for two voices and piano in 1903-05, arrangement for female voices in 1942.
Op. 2 Two pieces for violin and piano
No. 1 Romance in B minor
1st version in 1888, revised version in 1911.
No. 2 Epilogue
1st version Perpetuum mobile 1888, revised version 1911.
Op. 3 Arioso for soprano and string orchestra;
words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Completed 1911; first performance in Turku on 30th March 1914 (Ida Ekman, Turun Soitannollisen Seuran orkesteri under Karl Ekman). Arrangement for voice and piano 1911.
Op. 4 String quartet in B flat major:
1. Allegro, 2. Andante sostenuto, 3. Presto, 4. Allegro. Completed in 1890. Adaptation of the 3rd movement for string orchestra Presto [Scherzo]1894; first performance in Turku on 17th February 1894 (Orchestra of Turun Soitannollinen Seura under Jean Sibelius).
Op. 5 Six impromptus for piano:
1. G minor, 2. G minor, 3. A minor, 4. E minor, 5. B minor, 6. E major. Completed in 1893. Adaptation for string orchestra of the movements 5 and 6 (Impromptu) 1894; first performance in Turku on 17th February 1894 (Orchestra of Turun Soitannollinen Seura under Jean Sibelius).
Op. 6 Cassazione for orchestra
1st version in 1904: first performance in Helsinki on 8th February 1904 (the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Jean Sibelius). Revised version 1905 (but: “Bör omarbetas” [“Must be revised”]).
Op. 7 Kullervo Symphony
for soprano, baritone, male choir and orchestra. 1. Introduction, 2. Kullervo’s youth, 3. Kullervo and his sister, 4. Kullervo goes to war, 5. Kullervo’s Death; words from Kalevala. Completed in 1892; first performance on 28th April 1892 in Helsinki (Emmy Achté and Abraham Ojanperä, orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society under Jean Sibelius). Arrangement for baritone and piano of part of the music (Kullervo’s Lament) 1893, revised version 1917-18. Arrangement for baritone and orchestra of part of the music (Kullervo’s Lament) 1957; first performance on 14th June 1957 in Helsinki (Kim Borg, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Jussi Jalas).
Op. 8 Ödlan
Music for Mikael Lybeck’s play of the same name. Completed in 1909; first performance at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki on 6th April 1910 (conducted by Jean Sibelius).
Op. 9 En Saga, a symphonic poem for orchestra
1st version completed in 1892; first performance in Helsinki on 16th February 1893 (orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society under Jean Sibelius). Final version: first performance in Helsinki on 3rd November 1902 (the orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society under Robert Kajanus)
[Op. 10/11] Karelia music
Tableau music for a “lottery arranged by the Vyborg Students’ Association to promote popular education in the province of Vyborg”; overture (see op. 10) and eight tableaux (arrangement: see op. 11). Completed 1893; first performance at a social evening of the Vyborg Students’ Association on 13th November 1893 (orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society? under Jean Sibelius).
Op. 10 Karelia overture for orchestra
Completed in 1893 for a “lottery arranged by the Vyborg Students’ Association to promote popular education in the province of Vyborg”; first performance at a social evening of the Vyborg Students’ Association on 13th November 1893 (orchestra of the Helsinki Orchestra Society? under Jean Sibelius).