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Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105

192421 min

This guide follows Sibelius’s Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 (1924) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (2023)

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– – – – – – – – – Sonata form0:15–21:41

The starts with a drumbeat and a rising string scale, and a hymn-like builds to the first of the trombone , the first . The brings livelier music taken from a discarded fast , and the passage follows. The holds a full and a . After the the trombone blazes out in the . The brings a broad, quiet in C major.

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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Jean SibeliusSymphoniesLate Romantic periodC majorSonata form

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