FINLANDIA by Jean Sibelius - Music History Crash Course

Finlandia is one of Sibelius most well known works. Let's take a closer look at the history behind the music and the composer.
BBC Symphony and Chorus - • Sibelius: Finlandia (P...
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“Finlandia Op. 26”
By: Jean Sibelius
Performed By: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

[@erinvinson7801]

The 3 dislikes are from Nicholas ll and his two servants

[@waynesmith3767]

One was actually from Putin.

[@KOPFJE]

1:47 To clarify, the woman is not just a Finnish maiden, it is meant as Finland specifically. A maiden is often used as the national personification of Finland. It got strengthened from the original shape of Finland's area before the Winter and Continuation war, which had Finland looking like a maiden's silhouette. Sorry for the nitpick, but I got the feeling that the nuance of the national personification was missing from that part. I liked the video a lot. It tells a lot of the context behind that song and why we Finns get misty eyed whenever we hear it (especially with the hymn). There are stories of symphony orchestras having different names to Finlandia so it could be played even under the Russian censorship and rule.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

I think its funny that even tho Finland is a maiden its also referred to as Fatherland, in differing context tho.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

I think he means the national personification when he's saying "the Finnish maiden", as that's the name of the personification, Suomi-neito or Finnish maiden.

[@eltouni]

This piece of art describes really well what it feels like, and what it has been thru the history to be a Finn. Cant really listen this with a dry eye.

[@Silveirias]

Thank you for this video! Finlandia means so much to us Finnish people even today. I cannot listen to it without feeling an ache in my chest and tears burning my eyes. It reminds us of all the hardship our ancestors suffered under the Russian (and Swedish) oppression, and now especially of the great losses and the sacrifices made when the Soviet Union attacked. But "oh, rise Finland, you showed the world that you banished slavery and did not bend under oppression".

[@samuel3335433]

Finland. Pain hatred sorrow and agony will not make us fall apart but will make us stronger. Finland is a small nation but if we are small compared to russia that doesnt make us weak. Weak is something that make people feel fear and despair but it makes people feel hope and future for the next generation. Never underestimate finland people. We might be small but we have something that other people dont have and that is courage to face the threat

[@pyromorph6540]

Finland already was an ancient nation of people before their independence. Great video!

[@ilkkak3065]

Yes, I live in Finland near 6000 yrs old rockpaintings.

[@JaySlay69]

In the beginning you say that Finland was part of the Russian Federation. Finland has never been part of the Russian Federation (nor the Soviet Union for that matter), it was part of the Russian Empire.

[@sussout5098]

SISU 🇫🇮❣🙌 Thank you for the superb analysis both historically and taking the music apart section by section.🤗 This song is a mainstay for myself and all my Finnish cousins and we all play it on the piano. We live in the way north of the US but our grandparents immigrated here from Finland. Our parents all spoke fluent Finnish and when they did they were always laughing - made us wonder if they were talking about us. 🤪

[@jacksonlevon5106]

Hello beautiful 👋, how are you doing today? Hope your day is going absolutely great.?

[@operatori]

When asked by the Russian censors, Sibelius called this piece Fantasia, to obfuscate his nationalist ideals.

[@Kappanius]

This video Is a Masterpiece, I'm Italian and my Italian music teacher made us Watch this video. PS She used subtitles and slowed down the video. But I'm watching It whitout them and With normal Speed.

[@denizzzzz7349]

Amazingly well organised and informed videos. I'm deeply intrigued by your content. Thanks for the knowledge and interpretations!

[@dfkfgjfg]

This channel needs more views!!! Keep making these amazing videos

[@carefulconsumer8682]

No doubt about that!

[@HnrGl]

Wonderful video, I learned some stuff. I like this tune a lot. Greetings from Finland :p

[@HnrGl]

definitely prefer this over the official national anthem

[@Oddquartet]

So cool to hear from a viewer in Finland! Thanks for watching.

[@Tedger]

@@Oddquartet thanks. something I have heard million times (the piece) but never listened it this intently and all the layers... song that awokes so many feeling in many finns. thanks.

[@thebasisti2482]

@@Oddquartet I'm from Finland too

[@elsonborges1893]

Excellent work!!!! Congratulations!!!!

[@juliachapman1053]

Really enjoyed this video. So great to follow along with the score too - it was so clearly explained, and such a lot of really interesting background information to put the piece into context. Many thanks

[@MrKeloid]

Awesome video as always!

[@Sam-nb1rm]

Very informative. Thanks so much!

[@whalesong999]

Woke this morning seeking the hymn in my mind. "On great lone hills where tempests brood and gather..." appeared, with sober recall of this strong yet humble melody. Thanks for this lesson, well done.

[@ilokivi]

Kiitos videosta ja historiasta. Venáján tsar ei enáá ole, Suomi eláá vielá.

[@Themmrnmhrm]

Russian empire, not russian federation:p

[@Ichigoeki]

Eh, close enough. Foreign policy and tactics at least have stayed the same.

[@promosolo]

Just discovered your channel - really nice content!

[@marcuscooper8595]

An absolute masterpiece!

[@prabhakarrao4922]

A superb insight into Finlandia. Thank you

[@Oddquartet]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DrChaad]

Nicely done, informative and enriching. Thank you. With raspberries to Putin ··· 🇱🇻 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 Lai dzīvo Baltija!

[@bassibaa4754]

When the February manifest of 1899 came along. Finnish graduates from around the country took up a mission to collect as many names to a petition against the manifest and present it to Tsar Nikolas II. They ended up gathering half a million names in 11 days! while going across Finland with their skis! Half a million from Finland's total population of just over 2 million at the time. Just imagine it every fourth Finn had their name on the petition. During a time with no cars, only carriages, with no internet nor proper roads. and when it was time to present the petition to the tsar, Tsar Nikolas II did not even care to see it, but made them turn back by relaying a message to one of his generals.

[@bassibaa4754]

and during a time when Finland was not urbanized at all, so most people lived far off in the countryside

[@carefulconsumer8682]

Excellent explanation. Thanks. I subscribed and will check out your other videos.

[@benjaminh.abraham6815]

I like how you explained the piece! The piece is really good! However, I did hear some parts that reminded me of Tchaikovsky.

[@markhaga8408]

OH! I knew I recognized this channel, he made the great video on the 1812 Overture!

[@UnclePutte]

I laud your efforts, but... well, I am four years late so you have no doubt long since learned this, but nothing beats a native source to double check your work before release!

[@jojot.9916]

I love this channel

[@TristanMA]

Sibelius wrote some famous Halloween-Related Works such as The Swan of Tuonela, Valse Triste, & Tapiola.

[@waynesmith3767]

Halloween?🎃 not a thing in Finland 🇫🇮 and those works have nothing to do with it.

[@TristanMA]

They are related to Halloween in terms of concepts such as death, destiny, and the supernatural. @@waynesmith3767

[@jessj8313]

Oi, Suomi, katso, sinun päiväs koittaa!

[@hannessahlsten9300]

Correction: Russian EMPIRE, not Federation.

[@motoshop3653]

Thx

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

My college euphonium/tuba ensemble played an arrangement of this.

[@JimmyTheTurtle892]

First of all: this is a lovely video that gives info about the circumstances in which the piece was written that is crucial to understand it. Furthermore, I'm already going to bother you with annoying... suggestions! *gasp* Some very interesting pieces that might make your video can be Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet, Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony, or the, in my opinion, incredibly underrated and underperformed 2nd Symphony of Leevi Madetoja. I would be absolutely delighted if these ideas would make it in a video. I'm sure that not only we, the viewers, will learn new, interesting things, but that you will too. Good luck.

[@Oddquartet]

Thank you so much for the suggestions! Some of my favorite videos have come from viewer suggestions. I will add these to the list for future videos. Thank you.

[@JimmyTheTurtle892]

Odd Quartet Looking forward to it

[@poey1736]

Be Still My Soul is a banger

[@rconger384]

8:35 And they sang this Hymn eventhough the tyranny forbade them!

[@p0p4]

I’m still pissed that this isn’t our national anthemn..

[@tylsimys67]

Yeah yeah and blah blah. Try to sing it. Try to imagine the whole beer crowd singing it after some great sports victory. What we have now is good, compact, it has endured and made so many teary eyes...

[@p0p4]

@@tylsimys67 What we have is a mediocre composition as well as the same one that Estonia uses. So not even our own song. Finlandia is one of the greatest composions, anthemn or otherwise. And the lyrics is great, not sure what you mean by that, we sung it every independence day here where I live.

[@jessechen6541]

Awesome! (and first i think 🙂 )

[@eelimolsa5018]

Greetings from finland SUOMI PERKELE

[@Oddquartet]

I hope to visit Finland one day!

[@e4nproductions855]

❤❤😂😂🎉

[@levianas3235]

Be still my soul for non gospel fans I love classical music and gospel

[@steveeliscu1254]

I notice that you have the romantic era extending to 1950. I disagree. That ignores impressionism, expressionism, 12-tone, neo-classical, and other trends of the first half of the 20th century that are quite different from romanticism. I recognize, however, that there were some composers during that time period whose music could be described as "neo-romantic", but the prefix "neo" implies that the original romantic era had ceased some time before.

[@Aleksandr017]

Finland has never been part of Russian Federation. Russian Empire sure, but not the RF, which is the name of 21st century Russia.

[@6295LARGE]

What recording did you use in this video?!!

[@velbe]

If not exactly the same recording, the same orchestra; kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2bTn2CJnNeiZqc At least for me Osmo Vänskä conducting Lahti Symphony Orchestra (the one behind the link) has always been the correct one.