http://thewebtiger.com/blog/sax-and-clarinet-students-perform-well-loved-classical-themes/ Writing about website design, development, and other geeky stuff Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://thewebtiger.com/blog/sax-and-clarinet-students-perform-well-loved-classical-themes/#comment-2782 Megabytes » Blog Archive » National Anthem becomes Global Anthem Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:54:01 +0000 http://thewebtiger.com/blog/sax-and-clarinet-students-perform-well-loved-classical-themes/#comment-2782 [...] One of the songs performed in November’s recital was Finlandia, a song composed by Jean Sibelius in homage to his native Finland. It was 1899, the dawn of the twentieth century. Sibelius wrote music for a series of tableaux illustrating episodes in Finland’s past. The patriotic finale, “Finland Awakes” soon came to be in demand as a separate concert piece and Sibelius revised it in 1900, giving it the title “Finlandia”. Listen to the hymn-like section performed by Jubilate Jubilate sings these lyrics, written in 1939 by Finnish poet V.A. Koskenniemi: Finland, behold, thy daylight now is dawning, the threat of night has now been driven away. The skylark calls across the light of morning, the blue of heaven lets it have its way, and now the day the powers of night is scorning: thy daylight dawns, O Finland of ours! Finland, arise, and raise towards the highest thy head now crowned with mighty memory. Finland, arise, for to the world thou criest that thou hast thrown off thy slavery, beneath oppression´s yoke thou never liest. Thy morning´s come, O Finland of ours! [...] [...] One of the songs performed in November’s recital was Finlandia, a song composed by Jean Sibelius in homage to his native Finland. It was 1899, the dawn of the twentieth century. Sibelius wrote music for a series of tableaux illustrating episodes in Finland’s past. The patriotic finale, “Finland Awakes” soon came to be in demand as a separate concert piece and Sibelius revised it in 1900, giving it the title “Finlandia”. Listen to the hymn-like section performed by Jubilate Jubilate sings these lyrics, written in 1939 by Finnish poet V.A. Koskenniemi: Finland, behold, thy daylight now is dawning, the threat of night has now been driven away. The skylark calls across the light of morning, the blue of heaven lets it have its way, and now the day the powers of night is scorning: thy daylight dawns, O Finland of ours! Finland, arise, and raise towards the highest thy head now crowned with mighty memory. Finland, arise, for to the world thou criest that thou hast thrown off thy slavery, beneath oppression´s yoke thou never liest. Thy morning´s come, O Finland of ours! [...]

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