Earlier this week, the Avanti Chamber Orchestra shared the modern premiere of a rediscovered Sibelius “Concert Overture” on its Facebook page.

Today the complete concert will stream at 12 pm (EDT). Also on the program will be other Sibelius rarities (a suite from his incidental music to “Belshazzar’s Feast” and the melodrama “The Countess’ Portrait”) and the “Conte fantastique” for harp and string orchestra by André Caplet, after Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death.” If you miss it, I assume the concert will be archived on Avanti’s Facebook page.

For more information:

Avanti! conducted by Tuomas Hannikainen resurrects Sibelius work dormant for 120 years

While you’re waiting, enjoy this brief review of a Sibelius cigar by Zack the Stogie Man!

http://zackthestogieman.blogspot.com/2012/04/jean-sibelius-review.html