Global InformationCantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894 information
| Promotional Cantata of 1894 | |
|---|---|
| Cantata by Jean Sibelius | |
 The composer (c. 1891) | |
| Native name | Promootiokantaatti 1894 |
| Catalogue | JS 105 |
| Text | Kasimir Leino (né Lönnbohm) |
| Language | Finnish |
| Composed | 1894 |
| Duration | 28 minutes[1] |
| Movements | 3 (No. 3 only partially survives) |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 31 May 1894[2] |
| Location | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland |
| Conductor | Jean Sibelius |
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The Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894 (in Finnish: Kantaatti tohtorinja maisterinvihkijäisissä 1894; sometimes called the Promotional Cantata of 1894 (in Finnish: Promootiokantaatti 1894) for short),[3] JS 105, is a three-movement cantata for soprano, baritone, mixed choir, and orchestra written in 1894 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It is chronologically the first of Sibelius's nine orchestral cantatas, and belongs to a series of three such pieces—along with the Coronation Cantata (JS 104, 1896) and the Promotional Cantata of 1897 (JS 106)—that he wrote on commission from his employer at the time, the Imperial Alexander University (today the University of Helsinki).
The cantata premiered on 31 May 1894 in Helsinki with Sibelius conducting the Helsinki Orchestral Association and an amateur choir;[a] the soloists were the Finnish soprano Aino Ackté and the Finnish baritone Abraham Ojanperä.[2]
In 1896, Sibelius arranged the conclusion of Movement II as the Festive March (Juhlamarssi) for mixed choir a cappella.[4]
- ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 562–563.
- ^ a b c Dahlström 2003, p. 563.
- ^ Barnett 2005, p. 2.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 564.
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