Pan and Echo (in Swedish ; in Finnish: ; subtitled "Dance intermezzo No. 3"), Op. 53, is tableau music for orchestra written in early 1906 by the Finnish composer by Jean Sibelius. The piece premiered in Helsinki on 24 March 1906, with Sibelius conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Society; the venue was the original location of the (Helsinki City Hall since 1913).
Though brief, Pan and Echo is, according to Sibelius's biographer Andrew Barnett, "poetic, full of feeling, and scored with great sensitivity".
Instrumentation Pan and Echo is scored for the following instruments, organized by family (woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings):
2 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B), and 2 bassoons 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), and 3 trombones Timpani, bass drum, cymbals, and triangle Violins (I and II), violas, cellos, and double basses
Discography The Finnish conductor and the Finlandia Orchestra made the world premiere studio recording of Pan and Echo for Fennica. The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
ConductorEnsembleTimeRecording venueLabel1Finlandia Orchestra??Fennica2Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra19754:27Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolEMI Classics3Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra19864:33Gothenburg Concert HallBIS4?4:21?Elap520024:29Finlandia6Lahti Symphony Orchestra20044:07Sibelius HallBIS7New Zealand Symphony Orchestra20074:51Michael Fowler CentreNaxos
Notes, references, and sources
Also see Pan (god) Echo (mythology)
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