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The Bard Op. 64 is a brief tone poem for orchestra composed in 1913 by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was first performed in Helsinki on 27 March 1913 by the Philharmonic Society Orchestra conducted by the composer himself but he revised it in 1914. The new version was first performed in Helsinki on 9 January 1916 again under the baton of the composer.It was premiered in England in a broadcast conducted by Adrian Boult in 1935.