b'Program NotescontinuedHis most popular work was Hiawathas Wedding Feast which is based on the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem The Song of Hiawatha. This work was known worldwide and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Unfortunately, having no idea of the future success of the work, he sold the rights to a publisher for 15 guineas and was not able to fully profit from it. This mistake caused him to struggle financially for the remainder of his life. While being extremely popular, accepting concerts, teaching and conducting appointments in an effort to support his family, he continued to struggle financially. English musicians, after learning of his life of poverty and untimely death, created the Performing Rights Society, an organization that still exists today to protect copyrights of musicians. Ballade, Op. 33 premiered on September 12, 1898 and was conducted by Coleridge-Taylor. Elgar once commented on the premiere performance:The performance was a very promising, early milestone for the gifted 22-year-old composer who, tragically, died of pneumonia less than fifteen years later.the Ballade is "a work full of wonderful high-spirits, passion and warmth. Above all its a harbinger of what might come, given time and opportunity." Instrumentationtwo flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, and strings Duration13 minutesJean Sibelius(1865-1957)Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47Composed 1904, Revised 1905Jean Sibelius was widely recognized as Finlands greatest composer and is often credited with helping to give Finland a national voice while gaining its independence from Russia. He began studying piano at the age of 7, taught by his aunt Julia. He never quite took to the piano, often earning raps across the knuckles as punishment for improvising instead of practicing tudes. When Jean turned 10, his uncle princetonsymphony.org/ 14/ princetonfestival.org'