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The Origin of Fire
Cantata by Jean Sibelius
The composer (c. 1902)
Native name	Tulen synty
Opus	32
Text	Kalevala (Runo XLVII)^[1]
Language	Finnish
Composed	1902 (1902), rev. 1910
Publisher	Breitkopf & Härtel (1912)^[2]
Duration	10 mins. (orig. 15 mins.)^[3]
Premiere
Date	9 April 1902 (1902-04-09)^[1]
Location	Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
Conductor	Jean Sibelius
Performers	Helsinki Philharmonic Society Abraham Ojanperä (baritone)

The Origin of Fire (in Finnish: Tulen synty), Op. 32, is a single-movement, patriotic cantata for baritone, male choir, and orchestra written in 1902 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The piece, which is a setting of Runo XLVII (lines 41–110) of the Kalevala, Finland's national epic, is chronologically the fourth of Sibelius's nine orchestral cantatas.

It premiered on 9 April 1902 at the opening of the Finnish National Theatre, conducted by the composer. It was later revised in 1910. Some of the sketches for the piece can be related back to 1893 to 1894.

Instrumentation

The revised version of The Origin of Fire is scored for the following instruments and voices,^[1] organized by family (vocalists, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings):

Baritone and male choir (TTBB)
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tuba
Timpani, glockenspiel, bass drum, cymbals, and triangle
Violins (I and II), violas, cellos, and double basses

The original version of the piece is scored identically, with the exception that triangle is omitted.^[4]

Discography

The American conductor Thor Johnson and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra made the world premiere studio recording of The Origin of Fire in 1953 for Remington Records (later reissued by Varèse Sarabande); they were joined by the Finnish baritone Sulo Saarits [fi] and the YL Male Voice Choir (then the Helsinki University Chorus).^[2] The sortable table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:

No.	Conductor	Orchestra	Baritone	Chorus	Rec.^[a]	Time^[b]	Venue	Label	Ref.
1	Thor Johnson	Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra	Sulo Saarits [fi]	YL Male Voice Choir (1)	1953	8:47	?	Varèse Sarabande	^[c]
2	Paavo Berglund	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra	Jorma Hynninen	YL Male Voice Choir (2) Estonian National Male Choir	1985	8:34	Kulttuuritalo	EMI	^[d]
3	Neeme Järvi	Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra	Sauli Tiilikainen [fi]	Laulun Ystävät Male Choir [fi]	1985	9:54	Gothenburg Concert Hall	BIS	^[e]
4	Osmo Vänskä (1)	Lahti Symphony Orchestra (1)	Tommi Hakala (1)	YL Male Voice Choir (3)	2005	9:03	Sibelius Hall	BIS	^[f]
†	Osmo Vänskä (2)	Lahti Symphony Orchestra (2)	Tommi Hakala (2)	YL Male Voice Choir (4)	2005	11:20	Sibelius Hall	BIS	^[f]

† = original version (1902)

Notes, references, and sources

Notes

^ Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
^ T. Johnson—Varèse Sarabande (VC 81041) 1978
^ P. Berglund—EMI (CDS 7 47496 8) 1985
^ N. Järvi—BIS (CD–314) 1986
^ ^a ^b O. Vänskä—BIS (CD–1525) 2007

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Dahlström 2003, p. 143.
^ ^a ^b Dahlström 2003, p. 144.
^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 142–143.
^ Dahlström 2003, p. 142.

Sources

Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.

External links

The Origin of Fire (Tulen synty), Op. 32: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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Symphonies	Kullervo (1892) Symphony No. 1 (1899, rev. 1900) Symphony No. 2 (1902) Symphony No. 3 (1907) Symphony No. 4 (1911) Symphony No. 5 (1915, rev. 1916, 1919) Symphony No. 6 (1923) Symphony No. 7 (1924) Symphony No. 8 (mid 1920s–c. 1938, abandoned)
Concertante	Violin Concerto (1904, rev. 1905) Two Serenades (1912–1913) Two Serious Melodies (1914–1915) Six Humoresques (1917–1918, No. 1 rev. 1940) Suite for Violin and String Orchestra (1929)
Tone poems	En saga (1892, rev. 1902) Spring Song (1894, rev. 1895) The Wood Nymph (1895) Lemminkäinen Suite 1895, rev. 1897, 1900, 1939; includes The Swan of Tuonela Finlandia (1899) Pohjola's Daughter (1906) Nightride and Sunrise (1909) The Dryad (1910) The Bard (1913) Luonnotar (1913) The Oceanides (1914, rev. 1914) Tapiola (1926)
Opera & theatre	The Building of the Boat (1893–1894, abandoned) The Maiden in the Tower (1896) King Christian II (1898) Kuolema 1903; includes Valse triste Pelléas et Mélisande (1905) Belshazzar's Feast (1906) Swanwhite (1908) The Lizard (1909) The Language of the Birds (1911) Scaramouche (1913) Everyman (1916) The Tempest (1925)
Cantatas	Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894 Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II (1896) Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897 The Origin of Fire (1902, rev. 1910) The Captive Queen (1906) My Own Land (1918) Song of the Earth (1919) Hymn of the Earth (1920) Väinämöinen's Song (1926)
Other voice(s) & orchestra	The Rapids-Rider's Brides (1897) The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River (1899) Snöfrid (1900) Marjatta (1905, abandoned) Impromptu (1902, rev. 1910) The Raven (1910, abandoned)
Other orchestral	Overture in E major (1891) Ballet Scene (1891) Karelia Suite (1893) Rakastava (1894, arr. 1912) Scènes historiques I (1899, arr. 1911) Overture in A minor (1902) Romance in C major (1904) Cassazione (1904, rev. 1905) Pan and Echo (1906) In memoriam (1909, rev. 1910) Scènes historiques II (1912) Suite mignonne (1921) Suite champêtre (1922) Suite caractéristique (1922)
String quartets	String Quartet in E-flat major (1885) String Quartet in A minor (1889) String Quartet in B-flat major (1890) String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae (1909) Andante festivo (1922, orch. 1938)
Piano trios	Piano Trio in A minor, Hafträsk (1886) Piano Trio in D major, Korpo (1887) Piano Trio in C major, Lovisa (1888)
Other chamber	Water Droplets (c. 1875–1881) Pieces for brass septet (1889–1899) Piano Quintet (1890) Malinconia (1900) Violin Sonatina (1915)
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Songs	Seven Runeberg Songs, Op. 13 (1891–1892) "Serenad", JS 168 (1894–1895) Six Songs, Op. 36 (1899–1900) Five Songs, Op. 37 (1900–1902) Seven Songs, Op. 17 (1891–1904) Five Songs, Op. 38 (1903–1904; includes "Höstkväll") Six Songs, Op. 50 (1906) Two Songs, Op. 35 (1908) "Kom nu hit, död", Op. 60/1 (1909, orch. 1957) "Arioso", Op. 3 (1911) Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1 (1897–1913; includes "Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt") Six Runeberg Songs, Op. 90 (1917)
Choral works	Hymn, Op. 21 (1896, rev. 1898) Songs for Mixed Chorus from the 1897 Promotional Cantata (arr. 1898) Finlandia Hymn (1899, arr. 1938–1940) Six Partsongs, Op. 18 (1893–1901) Jäger March (1917)
Family	Ainola (home) Aino Sibelius (wife) Ruth Snellman [fi] (daughter) Heidi Blomstedt (daughter) Christian Sibelius (brother) Aulis Blomstedt (son-in-law) Jussi Jalas (son-in-law) Jussi Snellman [fi] (son-in-law) Alexander Järnefelt (father-in-law) Elisabeth Järnefelt (mother-in-law) Armas Järnefelt (brother-in-law) Arvid Järnefelt (brother-in-law) Eero Järnefelt (brother-in-law) Kasper Järnefelt [fi] (brother-in-law)
Teachers	Helsinki Music Institute: Martin Wegelius (theory, composition) Mitrofan Vasiliev (violin) Hermann Csillag [de] (violin) Post-graduate studies: Albert Becker Robert Fuchs Karl Goldmark
Pupils	Toivo Kuula Leevi Madetoja Bengt de Törne [fi]
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