Introducing the symphonic sphere of Leevi Madetoja

"I feel that you will achieve your greatest triumphs in [the symphonic] genre for I consider you to have precisely the properties that make a great symphonic composer. This is my firm belief." Thus wrote Jan Sibelius in 1914 to his former student Leevi Madetoja. Raymond Bisha presents supporting evidence for that foresight in extracts from Madetoja's First and Third Symphonies and the Okon Fuoko Suite performed by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds.

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Introducing the symphonic sphere of Leevi Madetoja is an episode from Naxos Classical Spotlight by Raymond.

This episode is 20:01 long.

This episode was published on Jun 27, 2025.

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