MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - FINLAND: Helsinki / Lake Haapavesi / Savonlinna / Kerimaki
Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Sibelius Park and Monument
Temppeliaukio Church
Lake Haapavesi
Finland
Finland
Landscape, Savonlinna
Landscape and Church, Kerimaki
Date of Production: 2015-04-30
Playing Time: 00:55:57
Catalogue Number: 2.110316 UPC: 747313531653
UPC: 747313531653
The Places
Scenes of Finland and its capital Helsinki, the interlinked islands of Savonlinna, site of an ancient castle and Kerimaki, with its wooden church, suggest a vision of a remarkable country, moulded by its geographical features and its varied and long history.
The Music
Finland found its musical identity largely through the work of Jean
Sibelius. The son of a doctor, Sibelius belonged to a class of which the culture and language was Swedish. He learned Finnish and acquired his knowledge of Finnish literature and legend at school, developed his understanding of music in Germany, principally in Berlin, and established himself as one of the most considerable of the late Romantic symphonists, exploring new possibilities in a vein that might have seemed overworked. Here and in his tone-poems, based largely on Finnish legend, he created a national music that has defied imitation in the very breadth of his conception of the symphonic form.
