Sibelius Quotes:

I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.

- Rufus Wainwright

source: "Crystal clear". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2005.

topic: Singing, Mahler, Sibelius, Verdi

The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius.

- Esa-Pekka Salonen

topic: Ideas, Typical, Form, Sibelius

I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral music; also some Handel, mostly songs and arias; I like Schubert's and Beethoven's chamber music and Sibelius' symphonies; for opera, I listen to Mozart and in recent years Wagner.

- Colm Toibin

topic: Song, Morning, Writing, Chamber Music, Chamber

Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the public pure cold water.

- Neville Cardus

source: Sir Neville Cardus (1966). “The Delights of Music: A Critic's Choice”, London : Gollancz

topic: Water, Age, Cocktails, Sibelius

It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.

- Eugene Ormandy

topic: Funny, Orchestra, Difficult, Sibelius

Every couple weeks I'll listen to Sibelius's Seventh Symphony, just to check in, to see how it's doing. It's doing OK.

- Nico Muhly

topic: Couple, Symphony, Week, Sibelius