2 Pieces for Organ, op. 111

Late in his career from 1925 to 1931, the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote six pieces for solo organ, chronologically as follows: Intrada, Op. 111a (1925); Preludium and Postludium, JS 153/1–2 (1926); Avaushymni (in English: Opening Hymn) and Surumarssi (in English: Funeral March; in French: Marche funèbre), respectively Nos. 1 and 10 from the Op. 113 Masonic Ritual Music (Vapaamuurareiden rituaalimusiikkia; 1927, revised 1948); and Surusoitto (in English: Funeral Music), Op. 111b (1931). Of the six, the most important and oft-recorded is Intrada, which over the decades has become "something of a display piece" for domestic organists.