Six Humoresques

87 and 89,[a] are concertante compositions for violin and orchestra written from 1917 to 1918 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Despite spanning two opus numbers (due to publishing technicalities), the composer—who originally considered calling the humoresques impromptus or lyrical dances—intended them as a suite.

1's instrumentation (most notably, he eliminated the harp part); the original, while promised to Wilhelm Hansen in February 1917, was never published.

1 on 15 December 1940, with Toivo Haapanen conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

[5] The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the complete Six Humoresques: