One of classical music’s great anthems is a spectacular ode to a composer’s home country and its people. In April 2024, an audience of 5,000 was left in awe by the mighty sound of one of classical ...

Sibelius wrote his patriotic tone poem in 1899 as a protest against increasing censorship in his home country of Finland. In the summer of 1900, just as the world was beginning to wake up to Finlandia ...

Sibelius’s mighty Finlandia is a triumphant celebration of the ancient beauty of Finland and the proud independence of her people. "It is as if the Almighty had thrown down pieces of a mosaic from ...

Jean Sibelius is Finland's preeminent classical composer, and a recent contest to rank Finland's finest works of choral music has confirmed his untouchable status. "Finlandia, Op. 26", his beloved ...

The RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and its conductor Lio Kuokman perform Sibelius's much loved Finlandia and are then joined ...

Earlier releases in Thomas Søndergård’s ongoing Sibelius cycle were marred by indifferent engineering, so it’s nice to report that this collection of tone poems and incidental music boasts excellent ...

The Last Night of the Proms concert is the highly anticipated climax to BBC’s eight-week classical music festival. This year Finns around the world are in for a treat, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra ...