Nightride and Sunrise, also Night Ride and Sunrise (Finnish: Öinen ratsastus ja auringonnousu) is a tone poem composed by Jean Sibelius in 1908. Sibelius gave different accounts of the inspiration for this music. One, told to Karl Ekman, was his first visit to the Colosseum in Rome in 1901. Another account, given in his later years to his secretary Santeri Levas, was a sledge ride from Helsinki to Kerava "at some time around the turn of the century", during which he saw a striking sunrise.
Date of composition | 1908 |
Premiered | 1909, January 23rd in St Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
First published | 1909 |
Catalogue | Op. 55 |
Instruments | Orchestra |
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Jean Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 "Öinen ratsastus ja auringonnousu" Jean Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 "Öinen ratsastus ja auringonnousu" Jean Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 "Öinen ratsastus ja auringonnousu" |