This work was commissioned for a concert celebrating the composer’s 50th birthday and premiered in Helsinki in December 1915, with Robert Kajanus conducting. The work is divided into three movements:
Tempo molto moderato; Allegro moderato
Allegro moderato quasi allegretto
Allegro molto
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major was written by Jean Sibelius.
Jean Sibelius released Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major on Wed Dec 08 1915.
Hoping to cast off the despair that had characterized his earlier music, Sibelius said,
I am composing of this life that I love so infinitely, a feeling that must stamp everything I compose.