Publisher's Synopsis
Reprinted from authoritative sources, these scores represent Finnish composer Jan Sibelius's final symphonies: No. 6, a "poem within the framework of a symphony"; and No. 7, a one-movement "symphonic fantasy." "Number Six is autobiographical. An aging man feels his own incapacity. The ideals are there, but he cannot reach them. The Seventh forms a pair with the Sixth, but it is not autobiographical. Number Seven is sacred music." — conductor Osma Vänskä, noted interpreter of Sibelius's music.
