Pan and Echo (Sibelius)

Pan and Echo (in Swedish Pan och Echo; subtitled Dance intermezzo), Op. 53a, is a short character piece for orchestra written in 1906 by the Finnish composer by Jean Sibelius. He conducted the first performance in Helsinki on 24 March 1906 with the Orchestra of Helsinki Philharmonic Society. He arranged it for piano in 1907.[1]

Pan and Echo
Character Piece by Jean Sibelius
The composer in 1904, by Albert Engström
Opus53a
Performed24 March 1906 (1906-03-24)

Literature

  • Tomi Mäkelä: "Jean Sibelius und seine Zeit" (German), Laaber-Verlag, Regensburg 2013

References

  1. "Other orchestral works / Pan and Echo". Jean Sibelius. Finnish Club of Helsinki. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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