{"id":2906,"date":"2020-09-12T17:53:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T17:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/09\/12\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-sibelius-symphony-no-1-in-e-minor-opus-39\/"},"modified":"2020-09-12T17:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T17:53:14","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-sibelius-symphony-no-1-in-e-minor-opus-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/09\/12\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-sibelius-symphony-no-1-in-e-minor-opus-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Sibelius, Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Opus 39"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leonard Bernstein conducts<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

20th century classical music with human meaning.  My favorite part is the Andante movement, starting around 13:00.<\/span><\/p>\n

Commentary by Robert Reilly: Jean Sibelius' Music of the Logos<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sibelius said, \u201cThere is music in the whole universe.\u201d He believed in the \u201cMusic of the Spheres,\u201d the classical Greek view that held that the mathematical relationships among the heavenly bodies are the same as those of music. The heavens are literally harmonious. He said, \u201cI believe that there are musical notes and harmonies on all planets.\u201d This included planet earth. Sibelius\u2019s experience of the world was essentially musical.<\/span><\/p>\n

[. . .]<\/span><\/p>\n

Though Sibelius was not religious in a conventional sense, he was a deep believer. \u201cThe essence of man\u2019s being,\u201d he said, \u201cis his striving after God.\u201d He saw art as hieratic and composition as a vocation. In words that could hardly go more directly to the heart of the matter, he said, \u201cIt [composition] is brought to life by means of the Logos<\/em>, the divine in art. That is the only thing that really has significance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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