Jean Sibelius: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Two films exploring the life and music of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius by celebrated filmmaker Christopher Nupen. At the peak of his career Sibelius was hailed by almost every leading critic and composer in England as the greatest symphonist of the twentieth century. The Americans went even further, with a survey by the New York Philharmonic Society in 1935 showing his music to be more popular with their concert-goers than that of any other composer in the history of music - a degree of recognition in his own lifetime unequalled in Western music. The words are provided almost entirely by Sibelius himself and his wife Aino and the music by Vladimir Ashkenazy, Elisabeth Soderstrom and Boris Belkin with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Series details

• Title: Jean Sibelius
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 2010-01-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-01-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Four
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 46015
• TVDB ID: 248802

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-01-22; final listed air date 2010-01-29; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jean Sibelius on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.