Pan and Echo
Pan and Echo, 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 .
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 :- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons
- 4 horns, 2 trumpets, and 3 trombones
- Timpani, bass drum, cymbals, and triangle
- Violins, 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:| Conductor | Ensemble | Time | Recording venue | Label | |||
| 1 | Finlandia Orchestra | ? | ? | Fennica | |||
| 2 | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | 1975 | 4:27 | Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool | EMI Classics | ||
| 3 | Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | 1986 | 4:33 | Gothenburg Concert Hall | BIS | ||
| 4 | ? | 4:21 | ? | Elap | |||
| 5 | 2002 | 4:29 | Finlandia | ||||
| 6 | Lahti Symphony Orchestra | 2004 | 4:07 | Sibelius Hall | BIS | ||
| 7 | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | 2007 | 4:51 | Michael Fowler Centre | Naxos |