Jean Sibelius Makes Critics Swoon
I bow to no one in my loathing of Sibelius, so when I read statements like this I can only yawn: “His symphonies didn’t just brilliantly capture the ghostliness of the Finnish landscape – they were also way ahead of their time.” Just try listening to Finlandia — yeah, the symphonic poem that you need Findlandia vodka to make it through — and tell me it’s great.
