The present edition, based on the composer's manuscripts held at the National Library in Helsinki, brings available for the first time the Overture in F minor in its original instrumentation.

Sibelius spoke of the happy summers he used to spend in the hospitable home of his aunt Eveliina in the little southern coastal town of Loviisa. A major portion of his early chamber works were composed in Loviisa during his boyhood and student days. Before the turn of the century, Loviisa was a popular ...