Nordic beauty: his tone poem Finlandia was an acclaimed success from the word go and has been regarded since 1900 as the “secret national anthem” of Finland. Inspired by the vast landscape of lakes and forests of his homeland, the epic tales of Finnish heroes like Kalevala, and influenced by the tonal language of the late Romantic era as well as by Finnish folklore, Jean Sibelius composed a unique work that reflects the soul of Finland in all its overwhelming beauty.
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