Finlandia, Op. 26
Finlandia is probably one of the most widely known of all of the works by Jean Sibelius. The original music was part of a larger work, written to accompany a series of tableaux illustrating Finland’s history. The great patriotic finale Finland awakes deeply spoke to Finnish nationalism and was in great demand to be performed as a separate concert piece. In the following year, Sibelius revised Finland awakes and renamed it Finlandia.
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